Samson SR350 Closed-Back Over-Ear Studio Headphones — 40mm Drivers, 32Ω, 5.6 oz Lightweight

Samson SR350: Lightweight Closed-Back Studio Headphones for the Beginner Home Studio

The Samson SR350 is the entry-tier closed-back over-ear headphone built for the buyer who needs a real studio monitoring tool without paying for a flagship driver and a heavy chassis. It is the headphone you reach for when you want the room to disappear, the seal to keep your click track out of the vocal mic, and the weight to stay off your head through a four-hour mix session. The SR350 does the job an entry studio headphone is supposed to do — isolate, sit comfortably for hours, and run from anything with a headphone jack — and it gets there at 5.6 ounces and 32 ohms.

40mm Rare Earth Neodymium Drivers — Bass-Forward Frequency Reproduction

The SR350 uses 40mm rare earth neodymium drivers, sized large enough to move air for the bass response that beginner home studios need when they are tracking kick, bass, and synth bass. Frequency response covers the full 20 Hz to 20 kHz audible range, so nothing is hidden — the low end shows up, the midrange is intelligible for vocal tracking, and the top end stays open enough to catch sibilance and cymbal detail. This is the sub-flagship driver tier doing its job: large enough to be useful, light enough to be wearable.

Circumaural Closed-Back Design — Isolation That Keeps the Click Out of the Mic

The closed-back circumaural earcups seal around the ear, not on top of it. Two things happen when you record vocals or acoustic instruments with a closed-back headphone: outside room sound stops reaching your ears so the take you are hearing matches the take going to the file, and the click track or playback in your headphones stops leaking out and bleeding into the microphone. Beginner home studios rarely have an isolation booth — the SR350 closes the gap without a booth budget.

32 Ohm Impedance and 110 dB Sensitivity — Plug Into Anything, Get Real Volume

Low impedance is the spec that lets the SR350 work everywhere. At 32 ohms, the SR350 draws very little current to reach reference level — a laptop's onboard headphone jack, a phone's dongle, a tablet, or the headphone output on a Focusrite Scarlett or any other audio interface all drive it cleanly without an external headphone amplifier. Sensitivity is 110 dB, so even at conservative interface gain you get usable monitoring volume for cueing and editing. The buyer with one interface and one laptop does not need a second piece of gear in the signal chain to hear what they recorded.

Lightweight 5.6 oz Build and Cushioned Earpads — Built for Long Sessions

Heavier headphones become uncomfortable inside an hour, and then the session ends early or the buyer trades them off and misses the take. The SR350 is 5.6 ounces or 158 grams — light enough that the headband sits on the crown without biting in, and the cushioned over-ear pads spread clamp pressure across the surrounding skull instead of concentrating it on a single contact spot. The adjustable padded headband expands and retracts to fit a wide range of head sizes without point pressure. This is a headphone built to wear for a full mix pass.

8.25-Foot Cable and 1/4-Inch Adapter — Studio Reach, Consumer Compatibility

The hardwired straight cable is 8.25 feet or 2.5 meters — long enough that the buyer can stand up from the desk, walk across a small bedroom studio, or move from the audio interface to a tracking position without needing an extension. The cable terminates in a 1/8-inch (3.5mm) stereo plug for direct connection to laptops, phones, and tablets, and the included 1/4-inch (6.3mm) screw-on adapter converts the plug for a pro audio interface or studio headphone amp jack. One headphone, two formats, no second cable to buy.

Who the Samson SR350 Is For

The SR350 is the right headphone for the first-time buyer who needs a closed-back monitoring tool that works with the laptop and the audio interface they already own. It is the right upgrade for the home producer who has been using consumer earbuds for tracking and is starting to hear the limits — the SR350 adds isolation, low-end response, and an over-ear seal at a price tier that does not require committing to a flagship. And it is the right entry point for the comparison shopper looking at sub-flagship closed-back headphones — the SR350 brings 40mm neodymium drivers, 32-ohm impedance, and 5.6-ounce lightweight comfort to a tier where most competitors give up at least one of those three.