Full size headphone: Sennheiser HD-580. Just an amazing headphone. The sound is just lush, 3-dimentional, and totally invoving without being fatiguing. I hear the air around instruments and they throw up an incredibly wide and deep soundstage. By no means do I mean to sound like any type of expert on this subject, and while I certainly haven't heard 'em all, when I have the HD-580's on my ears, I find I don't need to. That's about the ultimate compliment I can give any headphone. I am still searching for this type of sound nirvana in a portable, preferrably in-ear type of headphone. While I haven't yet found it, I have to mention the Koss Porta-Pro. This is the portable headphone that started it all for me. While it isn't perfect, what this all-star veteran does, it does very well. And for the cost, it continues to be a champ in my eyes. As far as the portables go, I own headphones from the Sony EX-71, The Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5EBs and most recently the V-Moda Vibes, and while the Vibes are an excellent set of phones, I still keep coming back to the Porta Pros because of all they do. Still on my list to try though are the Etyomic ER-4Ps. I have heard great things about these headphones and that may hopefully be where my search for my one favorite in-ear headphone may finally come to an end.
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