Cult headphones

[Cruelhand Luke]

for me 'cult status' means an almost irrationally devoted following to something that the masses don't necessarily get...but when you get it, you GET IT
I immediately thought of the Sony MDR 7506 and Koss Porta Pro (for those of us that don't buy from the top shelf)

 

[HumbleMan]

I've sold or returned somewhere close to 10k worth of audio gear because of my HD668B (and its hyperactive counterpart, the SR850). I'm done!

 

[gazzington]

Got to be Porta Pro and grado 80

 

[93EXCivic]

for me 'cult status' means an almost irrationally devoted following to something that the masses don't necessarily get...but when you get it, you GET IT

That is what I was thinking. I was surprised to see HD6xx series mentioned as they have a fairly large following.

My nominations would be Yamaha orthos, KSC75/Porta Pro and the Superlux HD668B.

 

[Cruelhand Luke]

That is what I was thinking. I was surprised to see HD6xx series mentioned as they have a fairly large following.

My nominations would be Yamaha orthos, KSC75/Porta Pro and the Superlux HD668B.

and the 5th gen Civics?

 

[Hondadude85]

DT48 - they pretty much started it all
DT770 - any music you listen to was probably mastered using these at some point. Plus they sound incredible
DT880 - they have the ability to match headphones costing far more than their current price
HD600/HD650 - they are excellent “amp tattletales”, if you ever want to hear what your amp or basically entire setup sounds like, use these. They’re truly chameleons in a lot of ways and in my opinion, solely responsible for the insane headphone amp market today.

 

[Storydog]

In my personal experience:
AKG K 240 Sextett (a NOS-Sextett brought up my headphone interests in 2010 new)
Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro(fessional) (the old one with 600 Ohm).
Beyerdynamic DT 531 (because the nice nickname "Groovalizer", in fact its a unspectacular midclass hp of the 90s for several cases)
Beyerdynamic T 90 (wiil I get to know the famous peak some day?)
The Headphones in the second line that are worth a discover, for example Sennheiser HD 530 behind HD 540/HD 560 and German Maestro GMP 400 behind Beyerdynamic DT 880, AKG K 701/K 702 and Sennheiser HD 600.

 

[levap]

I'll try to make first summary. List looks too long, but is it really possible to exclude something?

Sennheiser
- HD 600
- HD 650
- HD 800
- HE90 Orpheus
Beyerdynamic
- DT 48
- DT 770
- DT 250
- DT 880
Fostex
- T50RP
AKG
- K1000
- K240
- K701
Koss
- Pro 4AAA
Denon
- AH-D7000
- AH-D5000
Hifiman
- HE-6
Sony
- MDR-R10
- MDR-7506
Stax
- Omega
- SR-009
- SR-007
- SR-Lambda
Grado
- SR80
- RS1
Audio-Technica
- ATH-M50
- ATH-W5000
Etymotic
- ER-4
Focal
- Utopia
Audeze
- LCD-2

 

[BubbaJay]

We all know about the Sennheiser's and Beyer's but a new headphone that will be cult status (already is for me) has to be the Focal Elear. I would also say the LCD's would be in the same category.

 

[Peti]

I'm surprised not to see the Audio-Technica L3000, the leatherhead. It's more like mythical though, especially the green leather version.

I'd also add Sony Qualia, too.

I'd consider cult the TakeT piezoelectric headphones, too.

Sennheiser HD-414, the first open-style headphones EVER.

 

[BoyNamedSue]

Hifiman he6's, 4 screw version, modded, paired with a super amp.

 

[miko64]

jecklin float
bayer dt880
stax sr007
final d8000
obravo east-1c

 

[rumina]

stax sr007 2.5 with port mod