[davidhunternyc]

I plan on starting a poll. What are the most beautiful headphones ever made? Before I do I would like to get some input from all of you and I do not want to leave something out. What do you think are the most beautiful headphones ever made? Here are my contenders so far: AKG K701, Grado HP1000, Grado RS1, Sony R-10, Sony Qualia 010, and Ultrasone Edition 7. I was thinking about adding the Audio-Technica ESW10 to the list as well. Please let me know your candidates. Thank you.

 

[Duggeh]

Do you mean just plain looks nice, or are you also asking from a design perspective?

 

[jonathanjong]

Wasn't there a recent thread on this? https://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/be...s-head-380111/

The Audio Technicas should def. be on the list: ES7, ESW9 and 10.
The K701s and Qualias seen to be divisive.

 

[Rednamalas1]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/pic...-rules-212768/

 

[davidhunternyc]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonathanjong /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wasn't there a recent thread on this? https://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/be...s-head-380111/

Thanks, yes, I did check out this thread and others but so far, no one has started a poll. I thought it would be interesting. Thanks just to the comments here so far, I have found some insanely beautiful headphones that are on the obscure side, at least for me. They should be included in the poll. I guess the only bad thing about a poll is it seems that the most popular headphone such as the AKG K701 would probably trump a more exclusive headphone such as the Stax SR-007BL. But I will wait and get a few more candidates before I post the poll. It terms of beautiful headphones, yes, I mean just beautiful looking. Anymore candidates anyone?

 

[hawat]

The D7000 is beautiful. I though that it's finish would scratch easily but so far I don't have a single one on them so hopefully they will stay that way for a while

Without hesitation I'd say that they are much nicer than e9,k701 or rs1.

 

[compuryan]

L3000 is purty. So is the K1000, that ones a no brainer.

 

[reflex]

From just looks.... I like the looks of the K701's. They just look.... ah... clean, pure? Can't put my finger on it, I just like them.

 

[uraflit]

no skullcandy?

im outta here.

lol

 

[monolith]

I'd probably have to say Stax O2s are the nicest looking headphones I know.

Those or the W5000s.

 

[olblueyez]

L3000G green
some version of a full size AT woodie

 

[wrecked_porsche]

ATH-W11jpn
ATH-L3000G

 

[Peter Pinna]

Beautiful in the sense of it's appearance or beautiful in the sense of it's sound? I would be more interested in the beauty of it's sound rather than it's appearance. Who cares about their appearance beauty (or not) once they are on your head?

 

[panda]

classy - w10ltd & he90
cool - qualia 010

 

[Rednamalas1]

No idea what darth is doing up there, but still beautiful.