Newbie help with headphone gift choice.

I don't know much about headphones. They all have good reviews so how to choose? These will be an Xmas gift for my brother.

He uses them for TV and music. Priorities would be durability, comfort, then sound quality in that order.

AKG K 240 MK II

Sony MDR7506 Professional

Sennheiser Professional HD 280 PRO

Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Professional Studio Monitor

Thanks for any input.

dmesg11-26-2023 3:21am

dmesg OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 11-26-2023 at 10:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thank you guys for your info. I appreciate it. Budget is about $75 - $100. So the four I listed are in that range. We live in New Mexico so it is dry here. But my brother's place doesn't have any carpets if that makes any difference. Thanks for the head's up on HifiMan set drivability. (Is that a word?) I didn't think about about that. I'm tempted to try a pair for myself but my android phone would not be able to drive them. My brother would use them with Apple laptop and Apple iPad. So maybe hifimans wouldn't work. Decisions, decisions. Thanks again. Happy holidays.
dmesg OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 12-21-2023 at 07:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks to everyone for your input. I went with the Sony MDR7506 Professional since he wants to try some recording of guitar music. I gave them to him early and he's using them a lot,