Quote: Originally Posted by Presently42 What are your favourite headphones? I've spent the most time with the AKG K701, and I really like them. However, I strongly suspect that I prefer the Sennheiser HD800. What are your favourite types of headphone; in-ear, on-ear,circumaural or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shike That pretty much is exactly what I said, in more terms than less. Well that's the goal. I don't mean flat for anyone's specific canals, but flat as can be empirically measured without reflections (since these will very regardless). IMO, people...

I really appreciate the comments so far. I want to hear more about personal experiences with headphones and possible measurements that anyone has used in the past.

Quote: Originally Posted by anetode What are your favorite headphones? Grado RS1 for portable, Stax O2 or HD800 for home use. What are your favorite types of headphones? Circumaural Do you believe that the current standards for objective measures are useful? Yes, but more research...

Quote: Originally Posted by Happy Camper http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f133/b...nt-lab-482386/ This does look exciting.

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis Welcome to Head-Fi. Stax SR-007BL and AKG K1000 Circumaural Nothing. It should "just" reproduce the audio signal put into it, without adding or retracting anything. Aka transparent Its ability to reproduce the sound as close to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shike Define "timbre response". Flat is flat . . . if it has little to no distortion and of course reaches law of diminishing returns in terms of decay/transients then I have yet to see what particularly impacts it. Timbre: The octave to octave balance...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chef It's difficult to know what you mean by standards. Standards of who? Head-Fi? Corporations? HydrogenAudio? Please clarify. Therein lies the problem. There are some accepted standards regarding a surround sound sound system, as to where to place...

I left the "Objective Measures" question open ended intentionally. The data on headphone metrics appears to be lacking IMO. I am primarily interested in other opinions regarding the metrics they have seen and used. My search on headphone papers turned a series of different measurement...

I am doing some research into objective and subjective evaluation of headphones. I am looking for some opinions from audio enthusiasts about headphones. What are your favorite headphones? What are your favorite types of headphones? (in-ear, on-ear,circumaural, supra-aural) Do you believe...