The HD 490 PRO is Sennheiser's open-back studio reference headphone: a flat, uncoloured response from 5 Hz to 36 kHz and the wide, dimensional soundstage of an open design, so you can place things in a mix and trust what you hear. Two sets of pads ship in the box, each tuned slightly differently — one voiced for producing, one for mixing — and both are washable and replaceable. Comes with the dearVR MIX-SE plugin, which puts a virtual mixing room around the headphones so mixes translate to speakers.

This is the standard package; the Plus adds a second cable, spare pads, and a hard case.

• Open-back reference
• 5 Hz – 36 kHz
• Two pad tunings
• dearVR MIX-SE