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Choose your current headphones and a possible replacement to see the differences in sound, features, scores and price.
What you have
The pair you're thinking of replacing
Sennheiser HD 490 ProSennheiser$43079What you're eyeing
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Worth upgrading to from the Sennheiser HD 490 Pro
Same category, at least 5 points better on the HearWiki score, and priced within three times what the Sennheiser HD 490 Pro costs.
Sony WH-1000XM6+9.4 score$31 cheaper88
Bose QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen)+6.7 score$70 cheaper85
Verum 2+5.8 score$70 more84- Earfun Wave Pro X+5.6 score$299 cheaper84
Sennheiser HD 480 PRO+5.4 score$30 cheaper84
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How the verdict is decided
The verdict comes from the gap between the two HearWiki scores: 10+ points is a clear upgrade, 5-9 meaningful, 2-4 marginal, within a point a sidegrade, and anything negative a downgrade. Sub-score bars and the spec table are computed from the catalog, and the written verdict is assembled from those same numbers by fixed rules - there's no model guessing at request time, so the same pair always reads the same way. Read the full method.