[Boyz2men]

As described I tried a list of full-size, portable headphones and in-ears and I want to share with you guys. I am a bit lazy so I don't want to be the guy who is about to write a thread for hundreds headphones comparison. This thread is more like a Q&A type rather than something heroic. You can collect over 90% information about your target cans as hundreds of reviews are waiting for you online. What I am trying to do is to make up the last 10% uncertainty for you to make the decision. (buy it or not)
 
 
 
All the following headphones have been with me for at least 1 week to 1 month. Most of them are close-back cans. If not specifically pointed out, most of these headphones were running under Macbook or idevice+PHA-1. Actually among full-size headphones, only TH900, TH600 and Denon D5000 were driven by Fostex HP-A8. So I am not so responsible 

 for other full-size cans such as T70 and T5P. But the sound characters are there and won't be a night-and-day thing under any normal DAC/AMPs. As you know, both Macbook and PHA-1 are balanced and less coloured.
 
 
 
Now let's start from a list of 104 headphones......
 
AIAIAI

TMA-1 DJ

TMA-1 Studio Young Guru Edition

 
AKG
K451
K550
K551
K545
K267
K495
 
Audio Technica
ATH-PRO700MK2
ATH-ES10
ATH-ES700
ATH-W1000
ATH-W1000X
ATH-A900X
ATH-M50X
ATH-ANC9
 
Bang & Olufsen
H3
H6
 
Beyerdynamic
T50P
T51P
DT1350
T70
T70P
T5P
DTX501P
DT770 Pro 32Ohm
DT770 Pro 250Ohm
DT660
MMX 102
DX160
 
Bowers & Wilkins
P3
P5
P7
C5
 
BOSE
OE2
 
Creative
Aurvana Live!2
Aurvana In-ear 2
 
DENON
C300
C400
C710
D340
D600
D7100
D5000
AHNC800
 
FOSTEX
TH900
TH600
 
FOCAL
Spirit One
Spirit Professional
Spirit Classic
 
Final Audio Design
Pandora Hope VI
Heaven II
Heaven IV
Heaven VI
 
GermanMaestro
GMP 450
 
Grado
GR10
 
Harman Kardon
AE
CL
Soho
 
JBL
S700
 
JVC
SZ2000
 
Klipsch
X10i
Status
 
KEF
M500
M200
 
LINDY
HF-100
 
Logitech
UE 6000
UE 900
 
Monster
Inspiration
Ntune
 
Moshi
Vortex
 
NAD
VISO HP50
 
Nocs
NS900
 
Onkyo
ESHF300
ESFC300
IEHF300
 
Phiaton
MS 400
MS 500
 
Philips
L1
M1
 
Pioneer
HDJ2000
 
PSB
M4U1
 
Sennheiser
IE8i
IE80
CX 300-II
Momentum On-Ear
Momentum Over-Ear
Amperior
 
Sony
MDR-1R
XBA-H3
 
Thinksound
Ts02
Ms01
On1
 
Ultrasone
Signature Pro
Signature DJ
PRO2900
 
V-Moda
M100
True Blood REVAMP
Remix Remote Metal
Vibe
 
Westone
ADV Alpha
UM Pro 30
 
Yamaha
PRO500

 

[Bohdy]

Quite the collection.
 
What are you favourite picks and why?

 

[Boyz2men]

What a general question

 
 
Most of 104 cans are worth mentioning though with various characteristic. But if you ask about my favourite ones, I would say a range of......
 
K545, ES700, W1000, T51P, T70, DT770 Pro 32Ohm, P5, C400, D5000 with TH900 ear pads, Focal spirit one, Focal spirit Classic, Heaven VI, GMP 450, HF-100, VISO HP50/M4U1, XBA-H3, On1, Signature Pro, Signature DJ.
 
K545                                  balanced and still wide soundstage close to K550
ES700                                sweet female vocal and strong bass
W1000                                sweet female vocal and sweet treble
T51P                                  all-round player
T70                                    clean & beautiful treble
DT770 Pro 32Ohm               widest soundstage for a close can. Yes I mean WIDEST
P5                                      warm vocal, punchy bass
C400                                  crystal clean mid & treble for an in-ear one. Increase a lot with a better DAC/AMP
D5000 w/TH900 ear pads     reduce bass amount, reduce the sharp of treble, given wider soundstage. Perfect level-up
FSO                                   great vocal, guitar and piano performance
FSC                                   soft, warm and smooth. Thick mid like chocolate
Heaven VI                          different vocal presentation like a poison
GMP 450                            typical right sounding can with wide soundstage
HF-100                               best value for me
VISO HP50/M4U1               nice vocal with nice indoor soundstage
XBA-H3                              not as sharp as ex1000, best in-ear for pop music
On1                                    best bass for portable headphones. Good clarity and soundstage.
Signature Pro                      balance, a bit aggressive and cool. Better value than ED8
Signature DJ                       bass-prefer version of S Pro with a bit less aggressive presentation and a bit narrower soundstage than S Pro but still fairly good.
 
 
I am talking more about sound characteristic rather than sound quality. Because I believe it would be the priority for most people to choose a pair of headphones especially portable cans and in-ears.