Replacement for Krakens V3 Pro

Headphones - Open Back

Hi,

I'm looking for a replacement of my razer krakens v3 pro.

This time I'd rather target something wired for the sake of actually good audio quality.

Unless there is something good wireless?, but the only thing I saw are maxwells, and I don't think its worth it in this case.

Budget:

In general I'd like to stay below 300usd.

I don't have a dac/amp(beside JM6 Pro that I use for my iems) so please consider that here,

but I'm really okay with buying something that might sound worse for now, and then buying something later to improve it.

Source/Amp:

As stated above, I'd probably plug it into the JM6 Pro(CX31993, MAX97220) as my mobo is really bad, and I don't have anything better yet.

How the gear will be used:

I'll use it in my home, so I don't really care about noise isolation, however I don't know how well would It be with thin walls of mine, as well as with my condenser mic(novox nc1).

I've never had open back headphones but I think I'm leaning towards them.

My main use cases are gaming(valorant, cs, so I guess the soundstage(?) is important), listening to music, voice chatting etc.

Preferred tonal balance:

I have genuinely no idea.

Preferred music genres:

Mostly hiphop.

Past gear experience:

Kraken V3 Pro - It's hard to tell anything without more experience imo, but I feel like they lack details?

Recently I've switched to IEMs for gaming, and even tho they are like a fraction of krakens price i hear everything MUCH better(maybe not in terms of quality?, but like more things?, more details?),

however my ears kinda hurt in long sessions(possibly I'd get better/diff tips, but that's for another time) so I'm looking for actual headphones.

My current picks:

beyerdynamic dt 770 pro, 770 pro x, 700 pro x, 990 pro, 990 pro x, 900 pro x - mostly into X00 pro x, XX0 pro x, cuz of detachable cable.

Please help me decide on open/closed back thing, as well as a model/brand in general.

It might be quite dumb but I also care about how they look,

I really like beyerdynamics style and heard good thing about them in general so that's why I'm thinking about them.

Posted Jul 6, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC

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