Sennheiser HD490 Pro Plus

Sennheiser HD 490 Pro Plus - Open-back Studio Monitoring Headphones | Complete Accessory Upgrade, The Ultimate Solution for Professional Workflows

Perfectly Blending Clarity, Comfort, and Durability, Redefining Professional Monitoring Standards

With decades of acoustic engineering experience, Sennheiser introduces the HD 490 Pro Plus, designed specifically for contemporary musicians. These headphones are not just a monitoring tool, but a powerful solution to the biggest challenges in mixing decisions: precision and translatability. In demanding production environments, a pair of studio headphones that deliver full-range, true, and uncolored sound is crucial. The HD 490 Pro Plus, with its innovative open-back architecture and meticulously tuned transducers, ensures that every detail you hear, from deep lows to crisp highs, is faithfully reproduced, allowing your mixes to sound perfect on any playback system.

The Sennheiser HD 490 Pro Plus is designed for extended work sessions, with its lightweight ergonomic structure and interchangeable dedicated ear pads completely eliminating wearing fatigue. Whether you're arranging, recording, or doing final mixing, it provides unparalleled comfort and sonic consistency. Combined with the included dearVR MIX-SE spatial audio plugin, these open-back monitoring headphones instantly upgrade your workstation to a world-class mixing studio, making them an indispensable professional partner for all producers and audio engineers seeking ultimate sound quality.

Product Features

• Industry-leading Precision: Built on decades of Sennheiser's R&D experience, delivering an extremely neutral, true panoramic soundstage to ensure accuracy in mixing decisions.
• Open-frame Architecture: Maximizes natural sound dispersion, reduces resonance and Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), presenting a wide, three-dimensional, and clear soundstage.
• Innovative Low-frequency Cylinder System: Exclusive technology ensures precise, solid, and clear low-frequency response, avoiding the common bass muddiness issues found in traditional open-back headphones.
• Neodymium Magnet Transducers: High-performance neodymium magnets and advanced transducer design provide excellent dynamic response and balanced full-range tonality, revealing rich sound details.
• Dual-purpose Earpad Design: Includes two pairs of interchangeable ear pads (velour for producing, fabric for mixing), offering different acoustic characteristics and comfort levels to meet the needs of various work stages.
• Ergonomic Lightweight Design: Carefully calculated structure and pressure distribution significantly reduce fatigue during long listening sessions, allowing you to focus on creation.
• Independent Left/Right Cable Connection: Detachable cable can be connected to either the left or right earcup, providing maximum flexibility for studio work and preventing cable tangles.
• Deluxe Accessory Bundle (Plus Version): Additionally includes a 3-meter headphone cable, a spare headband pad, and a premium hard-shell carrying case, offering the most complete user experience and protection.
• Included Professional Mixing Plugin: Includes a Dear Reality dearVR MIX-SE license, which simulates an ideal studio monitoring environment, allowing you to achieve precise spatial mixing within your headphones.

Core Features and Included Software Explained