[Germancub]

Worst: Any Grados... what was I thinking spending so much money on such poorly built headphones with nearly no soundstage? (this ought to make people quite angry and i dont care, i have to get it off my chest). I cant even listen to them anymore. Wish I could sue them for my tinnitus.

Best: Both of my AKGs, K501 and K601. K601 wins by a fairly large margin, absolutely the perfect sound to my ears (confirmed at canjam even more!).

Dont regret: Sennheiser HD600, first headphones I had that showed me what true quality headphones feel like and made me rethink my (now well in the past) Grado fanboy-ism. Build quality makes them feel like they could last forever, sound wonderful in their own way and if I could get over the comfort issue I had with them, they would be a perfect compliment to my AKGs.

 

[intoart]

Worst (by far): K701s. How can a "reference" headphone suck that bad?
Best (also by far): AD700s. These are everything that the K701s claimed to be but were not.

 

[Covenant]

Best: HD600

Worst: Shure e4c

 

[Father Schu]

I still love the RS1's

SE530's are comfortable, isolating and detailed but I hate having to boost the treble to get the sound I like. Don't end up using them that much except on an airplane and with UE10's coming . . .c-ya!

 

[Sway]

Best: Denon D5000 complimented with a Head-Direct EF1 (Oh, so good!)

Worst: Senn HD595...nuff said

 

[some1x]

Best so far:
1. HE60: bought for around $900, but then got scammed out of it -_-
2. K1000: my first one was brand new from Headroom for $550 (iirc)

Worst so far:
1. W5000: bought new, had rattle issue, sent back to Japan, came back with scratched cups, etc ... and I don't really like their sound lol.
2. K1000: one of them was a dud -_-
3. SA5000, K701 (can't stand their sound)

 

[hew]

Best: He Audio Jade/O2mk1.

Worst: Everthing else I ever wasted money on.

 

[MacedonianHero]

Best purchases: Grado RS1s and Westone 3s...just phenomenal.

Worst: Bose Triports....sold them 3 weeks after purchase.

 

[Luckyleo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Best: Stax SR-007BL and AKG K1000 (hard to choose) Worst: Koss The Plug (just horrible bass bloom)

Krmathis, I'm reading the entire thread for the first time. Not thru yet as I have a few more pages to go, but you've posted 4/5 times. Man o man, no wonder you're so prolific!

 

[cn11]

Best: tie- Mogami recabled Ultrasone HFI-780 / Sennheiser IE8

Worst: Phonak PFE (unamped)

 

[Luckyleo]

Best SR-80, AKG - 701
OK - 325
Worst Bose QC2

Hoping??? HF-2

 

[mojorisin676]

Best: Grado RS-2

Worst: Bose Triport (Back in the Day...)

 

[1UP]

Best: Grado SR60 - groovy!
Worst: Grado SR60 - hurt so much wearing them

Worse than painful: JVC air-cushions - sound like utter *****

 

[El_Doug]

Best: L3000 and AD2000 - both amazingly detailed. a great duo to own, and covers just about the entire spectrum of music I want to hear

Worst: Shure SE110 - bloated and smeared. K701 - painful!

 

[Lil' Knight]

^ wow, when did you get the L3K?