Rank the Headphones that You Own. - Page 184

Need to change mine a bit now. My all time favourite this week has been my HD600's. Subjective to change next week though.

Update to my list:

 

Sennheiser HD600

 

The only thing I listen to anymore, very smooth and natural sounding.  The only complaint I could level with it is one I'm sure a lot of people would be surprised by; I don't think its quite "thick" enough.  It needs a hair less upper mids and a bit more lower mids, and then its tonal balance sounds perfect to me.  It can sound thin on some material,  but never sounds overtly thick on anything, and I like a thickness to the sound where it's called for in the source material.  The EQing I tried mostly solved this, but I'll be getting a Rolls Bellari HA540 and rolling a few NOS tubes in it soon enough; a tube amp with the right tubes should provide what I'm looking for.  I'm not concerned with audiophile reproduction anymore, all I care about is how enjoyable the headphone is, and to me that means natural and completely transparent, with insane levels of clarity, and something I have absolutely no complaints about, but still has sublime detail, a proper stage, and precise imaging, mostly.  Looking to the Koss ESP-950 as my TOTL headphone after this one.

 

Everything Else

 

Meh, they all have distracting problems that don't let me listen to the music, and instead force me to listen to the flaws because they're so front-and-center.  Mostly bad tonal balances.  DT1350 in particular has a few layers of haze over it that I can tolerate if need be, caused by a forward upper midrange and some other things, but I'd prefer to be using the HD600.

Edited by IzzyAxel - 3/6/13 at 11:11pm

My top 3

1. 325i - so involving and extremely exciting to listen to, sounds great right outta my phone

2. A900x - comfy, good for gaming and music with clear mids and just enough boom. Also, good right outta my phone

3. DT880 600 - very detailed and fairly comfy

Here's how I roll and in order of Awesomeness

1.)Sennheiser HD800
2.)Sony MDR-1RNC
3.)Monster Turbine Pro (In Ear)
4.)Bang and Olufsen EarSet 3i
5.)Apple Ear Buds(latest edition)

I've started to figure out that this gets harder to do, the more headphones you have.

I could rank mine by open v closed, but not all of them in one list...

Open:
ESP/950
RS-1
PRO2900 ~ MDR-F1
[miles and miles of space]
KTX-Pro


Closed:
ATH-W5000
ATH-W1000X
QC15 Ltd
ATH-ESW9
MV1
TBSE ~ AE2
Ruk50

1) HE-500

2) Sony ZX700

3) Shure SE210

 

Yeah, pretty short, simple list. With the HE-500s, I don't find much of a need for anything else haha. The Shure SE210s are used only for working out, where I could care less about sound quality. The Sonys, on the other hand, are used primarily by my girlfriend to block out the leakage from my HE-500s 

How long have you had your HE500s? 

 

About a month now. Absolutely love them. 

Westone 4
HD600
ATH A900
Hifiman RE262
Klipsch x10
Sony V6
Koss UR40
MEelectronics m6
Klipsch pro media (same as s4)

1. LCD-2-2 / HE-400 / Westone 3 

(all number one - depending on mood/application/kind of music)

1. Denon AHD2000

2. Beyer DT880

3. AT A900x

4. Beyer DT770

5. Ultrasone Pro750

Future Sonic Atrios MG7

JVC FXZ200

AKG K350

1. Denon AH-D7000/AH-5000 (extremely musical and excellent across all genres)
2. Sennheiser Amperior (very musical and fun-sounding)
3. Creative Aurvana Live! (best overall between $100)

 

Special mention (in no particular order):

1. Sennheiser HD800 for its design
2. Audeze LCD3 for its bass
3. Hifiman HE-6 for its neutrality
4. Fostex TH900 for its urushi cups
5. Yamaha Pro 500 for its accuracy
6. Philips Fidelio X1 for its design and general good sounding
7. Bose QC15 for its noise cancelling
8. Beyerdynamic T1 for its detailed and accurate sound

9. Sony MDR-1RBT/1RNC (due to inbuilt amp)

    

My top 3... at this moments in time.

 

What's a "DR-Z6" ?