[xand1x]

K1000 and to a lesser extent K340.

 

[tkam]

L3000

 

[humanflyz]

Definitely the K1000s: it just clicked for me.

I'm hoping I'll have a similar reaction to an Omega 2/KGSS combo.

 

[muckluck]

My SA-3000s did it for me

. I haven't had the chance to listen to much high-end gear.

 

[bozebuttons]

Hp2 out of a Melos Sha1 back in the early 90s.

 

[jrussell6]

I bought a pair of sa-3000's and thought they were "the best I'ld heard" then they broke, and sony sent me my money back, and i vowed against sony, on a total drunken whim i whipped out the credit card and logged into headroom, ordered me up a pair of grado 325i's (much to my girlfriends dismay when she saw the credit card next to the computer in the morning) geeez i still hear about it.

i have to say i am totally blown away everytime i put them on,,, which is bad, i have officially begun the journey to empty my wallet forever. the more i read, the more i want to try other phones, and amps which i dont' have. i almost wish i had just taken the plunge for the rs-1's.
however my next phones will have to be iem's,,,, my classmates think i'm retarted and are sick of hearing my headphones.

 

[Quake1028]

Grado SR225's. I loved everything about the SR60, and the 225's are their big brother so it was a natural love at first listen.

 

[Zorander]

The HD-580 did that for me, and to a lesser degree, so did the HD-650.

Just recently, the AKG K601 out of a Solo amplification brought me that inexplicable magical sound too!

 

[jadalias]

ER4-P. I had come from Shure E2c and E3. Man, did the etys just blow those away.

KSC-75. I paid my $12, waited for amazon to cough em up, and tore the package open. I plugged them in, put on some familiar tunes, and was just blown away.

 

[blargman]

i've had beer hit the spot :|

gf's hit the spot.... lol

never had a headphone hit the spot, but yet i'm a newb. no good phones yet.(edit: i take that back, i bought some er-6i's last week, and I do like them alot with my Iriver)

altho recently i started using flac and foobar instead of crappy mp3's and winamp. HUGE difference, much better sound on all my music. Love it

 

[mulveling]

L3000 fits that description best, for me

 

[kramer5150]

The HF1 was a real eye-opener for me.

I was happily enjoying my MS2 + millet at the time. Then the HF1 came out and it was like .... WOW!!! The mids!! the wood resonance!!! the kick-bass The Guitars!!

It was an eye-opener for me because I immediately knew that flat and accurate is not my preference. It bacame obvious I prefered a colored kind of sound. Now... the MS2 is not the flattest or most accurate headphone either IMHO, it already has some of the grado signature, but I wanted MORE.

The HF1 does lack some of the detail resolution and sub-bass extension of the MS2. Hence... where I am at today....

 

[nothing111]

L3000 as well. To me they just sound and feel "right".

 

[skyline889]

Out of every headphone I've ever heard or owned, the Grado HF-1 was the only one to really wow me right off the bat. It may not be the most accurate headphone nor the most expensive available but every note just sounds so amazing. If I could only have one can, I'd definitely be content with the HF-1.

I've only heard the Orpheus for about ten minutes so I don't think I can voice a fair opinion on those, though they did sound goooooood...

 

[SK138]

AT A900LTD made me sell my Senn, Grado, Alessandro collection and get into more AT sound(s). All I need is HA5000 amp and my journey is compete...at least for awhile