Buyer's Remorse: Headphones and earphones you bought on impulse and regretted. - Page 18

Pioneer HDJ-500, not so comfortable

Like a few other posters, I researched everything I bought beforehand so I am not really disappointed with any of my purchases.  The headphones getting the least amount of use though are my M50's.  They were the first decent pair I bought and I really enjoy the sound of them but everything else I have just wins out.  I bought Sennheiser 598's after the M50's, there is just no comparison.  Then I got a pair of Grado SR80i's and I found that I am in the category that enjoys the "Grado sound".  Then, I got a pair of Sony XB500's which I use exclusively for when I listen to hip hop/rap while gaming.

At least with the 4 pairs I have right now, I have a lot of variety in the sound so I never feel bored, and I have no reason to upgrade until I move on to the wallet breaking category of headphones.  My portable rig though, now that is something I have plenty of room to work on hah.  And on that note, I will grab my M50's and give them a good listening now, it's been a while.

I lost some money buying and quickly thereafter selling HD650's which is a bit of a shame. Then again, I did learn that I dislike "dark" sounding headphones and rather like lush mids and tilted (but not too harsh) treble, so I did learn a lot about my musical preferences.

Denon D1100, I wanted some headphones with a strong bass... then I read about the terrible build quality problems they have. 

For me it was the Beyer DT770  80ohm.  I was a hp newb at the time and at first listen I was so impressed with the bass (first closed HP for me) that I didn't notice how crappy everything else was.  A week later and I couldn't stand to listen to anything on them.