Closed for recording, open for mixing · review
The least expensive pair here: 40 mm (1.57 in) drivers, a 2 m (7 ft) cable with a snap-on quarter-inch adapter, and earcups that rotate 90 degrees for one-ear monitoring.
What it amounts to The floor of this shelf, with a published cable length, a snap-on adapter and rotating cups. It publishes no impedance, no sensitivity and no frequency response — which is true of all six American listings here and of neither European one.
40 mm drivers, a 2 m cable, a snap-on 6.3 mm adapter and earcups that rotate 90 degrees. At $19.99 that is the specification, and two of those four items are genuinely useful.
The adapter is the first. A 3.5 mm (0.14 in) plug goes into a laptop and a 6.3 mm (0.25 in) plug goes into an interface, a digital piano or a mixer, and a monitoring pair meets both inside a week. A screw-on adapter lives in a drawer; a snap-on one stays with the cable.
The rotating cups are the second. Ninety degrees is enough to push one cup behind an ear and keep the other on, which is how a DJ cues and how anyone checks a mix against the room. Two listings on this shelf publish it.
Then the gaps, and they are the same three on every American listing in this family.
No impedance. That is the figure that says whether a laptop headphone output can drive the pair properly, and the page for a pair on this shelf that publishes 32 ohms says exactly why it matters. Two pairs here publish an impedance and both are European listings.
No sensitivity, and no frequency response. Of the ten pairs on this shelf, two publish a response curve’s limits and one publishes an SPL figure; none of the six American listings publishes either.
And nothing about whether the earpads can be replaced, which on a cheap pair is what decides between a two-year life and a disposable one. The cable is fixed, so a trodden-on lead is a dead pair.
Read on the day this page was built: $20 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Design | Closed back, over-ear, with a cushioned adjustable headband |
|---|---|
| Drivers | 40 mm (1.57 in) |
| Cable | 2 m (7 ft), fixed, with a 3.5 mm (0.14 in) jack and a snap-on 6.3 mm (0.25 in) adapter — one of two listings here to publish a cable length |
| Monitoring | Earcups rotate 90 degrees for one-ear DJ monitoring |
| Isolation | Philips states the over-ear fit gives passive noise isolation. No figure is published |
| Impedance | Philips puts nothing in writing on this. Two listings on this shelf publish one, and both are European |
| Sensitivity | Philips puts nothing in writing on this. |
| Frequency response | Philips puts nothing in writing on this. |
| Earpads | Philips puts nothing in writing on whether they can be replaced. One pair on this shelf publishes that they can |
| Manufacturer reference | p2000 |
| Amazon reference | B085899TQ9 |
| EAN | 0689342228466 |
Because the screw-on kind lives in a drawer and is never where the interface is. A 3.5 mm (0.14 in) plug goes into a laptop and a 6.3 mm (0.25 in) plug goes into an interface or a digital piano, and a pair of monitoring headphones meets both in a week. Four of the ten listings on this shelf supply an adapter; this one makes it snap on so it travels with the cable.
The listing does not let you tell. Impedance is the figure that answers it — a low figure means a laptop or an interface headphone output has enough to give — and the two pairs on this shelf that publish one are both European listings, one at 32 ohms. None of the six American listings here publishes an impedance, a sensitivity or a frequency response. At $19.99 a 40 mm (1.57 in) driver is the whole of what is known.
Details checked on October 7, 2026.
A first monitoring pair for a keyboard or an interface, where the adapter should already be attached.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 2,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for musical instruments and gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Closed back · 40 mm (1.57 in) PEEK drivers · DAW plug-in included
Berlin-designed closed backs with 40 mm (1.57 in) PEEK drivers, a stated 2 Hz – 23.5 kHz response and 112.5 dB SPL, plus a Headphone Utility plug-in with crossfeed for the DAW.
Best for: Mixing on headphones, where crossfeed makes a stereo image less exhausting.
≈ $180
Closed back · 50 mm (1.97 in) drivers · 32 ohms · foldable
AKG’s closed-back reference: 50 mm (1.97 in) drivers, 32 ohms and a stated 114 dB SPL/V sensitivity, tuned towards the AKG Reference Response curve. Low impedance, so it also works from a laptop.
Best for: One pair for recording and for checking a mix, driven from an interface or a laptop.
≈ $190
Closed back · 40 mm (1.57 in) drivers · low impedance
The cheapest way into closed-back monitoring here. AKG states 40 mm (1.57 in) drivers, a low impedance chosen so phones and interfaces can drive it, and replaceable earpads at a price where that is unusual.
Best for: A second pair, a practice pair, or a first pair on a strict budget.
≈ $70
