[rich51080]

Hi everyone 
 
Im looking for the best cans available for rock and metal.
 
I currently own the MS2i but I want to go even higher up the chain in owning the bst phones for this genre of music.
 
Any ideas.
 
I been looking at the Audeze lcd-2, Grado GS-1000, Beyers Tesla, AKG Q701, and the hifman range.
 
I enjoy a good soundstage and appreciate good detail.
 
Suggestions please.

 

[Happy Camper]

Can you get to a meet to try the different headphones? That is the best way to know if something fits your expectations. I feel both the LCD and the HE are winners. Both have different needs for amping though.

 

 

[Curly21029]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sennheiser-Orpheus-HE-90-and-HEV-90-set-/300546497417?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8916959475093458494#ht_952wt_1141
 

 

[DemonicLemming]

K701/702s are pretty boring for metal...too neutral and lack any sort of impact.

 

[earerror]

Sony SA5000's..detail speed and clarity + nice soundstage. 

 

[WhiteCrow]

the GS1000 made me vomit blood, I hated them. the RS-2/i/1/i are for lack of a better word METALAS****!!!! they are perfect for metal and almost any other gener I have tried with them*mettal/bass head with classical*
 

 

[MrQ]

LCD-2.  Beyer T1 and the new HifiMan HE-500 would be worth an audition.
 
 
AKG 702  NO, NO AND THRICE NO.
 
imo of course...

 

[ZARIM]

PS1000, RS1i, Ultrasone Edition 9, Denon D7000, Audio-Technica W5000.

 

[WhiteCrow]

 
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Audio-Technica W5000.

Please tell me you were joking... the W-5000 had all the energy of somebody half heatedly sighing into my ears, but no bass and un-involving midrange and a pretty sharp*but not exciting* high end. I lol'd when the man working at 32ohm told us they had to mark them down to sell.

 

[MrQ]

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the W-5000 had all the energy of somebody half heatedly sighing into my ears,