[argentum]

AKG 24 HURT
Sennheiser 25 HEAL
Stax 23

 

[Drake22]

haha, interesting

and i thought top 3 will be senn, beyer and grado

 

[ABathingApe]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drake22 /img/forum/go_quote.gif haha, interesting and i thought top 3 will be senn, beyer and grado

I thought they were gonna be senn stax and grado

 

[chews89]

Wow, 25, 23 and 24. Looks like a pretty close race to the finish-line.

C'mon guys! Vote Sennheiser!

 

[sipa]

AKG 23 HURT
Sennheiser 26 HEAL
Stax 23

 

[Ferrariman]

AKG 22 hurtz Terrible new canalphones.
Sennheiser 26
Stax 24 Heal (?)

Oh yay, the two manufacturers with the most boring sound sig are in the top 3 :\

 

[John Willett]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrariman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh yay, the two manufacturers with the most boring sound sig are in the top 3 :\

You mean the two manufacturers with the most accurate, uncoloured sound sig are in the top 3

Actually - looking at the list - all 3 are renowned for headphones that aim to be as uncoloured as possible.

 

[71877]

Ye, its no surprise these 3 are left.

Stax is pretty exclusive with few people who dislike them.

Sennheiser has a very balanced lineup: good cheap 20-200$ headphones, 'affortable' highend at around 200-300$ and a true high end in production model at 1000-1500$. Not to mention the HE90 reputation. And they offer closed, open, on ear, around ear, in ear, earbuds ect ect. So they please a lot of ppl.

AKG has the vintage headphones reputation and some decent midrange phones. Their in production high end gets mixed opinions tho, so they are the 1st of the 3 to go imo.

On topic:

AKG 23 hurt
Sennheiser 26 heal
Stax 23

 

[RationalGaze]

AKG 22 hurt
Sennheiser 27 heal
Stax 23

 

[squall343]

AKG 23 heal
Sennheiser 27
Stax 22 hurt

 

[JaZZ]

The three most advanced headphone brands are on the podium! It shows that the majority of Head-Fi members value high fidelity higher than «sound», which is a pleasant surprise to me.

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[Bengt77]

[size=large]Oh my god you guys killed Audio-Technica while I wasn't watching![/size]

AKG 22 HURT
Sennheiser 28 HEAL
Stax 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by proteuskim /img/forum/go_quote.gif lets get Audio Technica outta there for the love of god.

Why so hostile?

 

[proteuskim]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ABathingApe /img/forum/go_quote.gif AKG 23 Audio-Technica 0 HUUUURRRRTTTT Sennheiser 26 Stax 23 HEAL

woohoo! love it.

 

[Bengt77]

It would have been nice if Sennheiser/AKG/beyerdynamic*, Stax/Audio-Technica* and Grado would be left. Then, one brand of each headphone producing continent would be left. Now it's two brands from Europe and one from Asia. Does this mean that the Americas don't produce good headphones? I mean, even when the playoffs started, there wasn't any American brand left.

[size=xx-small]*) Either of them.[/size]

 

[proteuskim]

AKG 21 HURT (minus the K1000 wat do they have to offer?? most of their phones are cold n uninteresting IMO.)

Sennheiser 29 HEAL (as another poster stated, balanced line of headphones in every price range and even their flagship models strike a nice accord between detail and enjoyment)

Stax 22 (way too inaccessible, albeit maybe some of the best i've heard)