[nicholars]

Out of the headphones you have used / own, If you could keep 3 headphones that you would have to keep forever and never buy any more headphones, Which would you keep?
 
Mine would be (out of headphones I have owned) :
 
Over Ear
 
Shure SRH 1540 - Very good all rounders, comfortable, sound good with everything.
Denon D2000 - Good bass, very good for electronic music.
Sennheiser HD650 - The midrange and smooth sound is a good combination with the other 2.
 
IEM's
 
Shure SE215 - Very good all rounders, comfortable, sound good with everything.
Yamaha EPH100 - Good bass, very good for electronic music.

 

[Jackson9696]

Shure 1540-best all rounder
HD650-best mids.
D600-best for fun(hip hop, edm, etc.)

Shure 535(beautiful mids)
Asg 2(bombastic bass, sparkling highs)
Fa4exb(amazing all rounder!)

Cool thread!

 

[masmole]

My lifestyle dictates the need for closed back with minimal sound leakage, so here's my list:

1) Audeze LCD XC (best all arounder and most musically pleasing to my ears, which also happens to be my favorite sounding Audeze cans even over the open back LCD 3 and LCD X)
2) Fostex TH900 (most comfortable and fun to listen to, great for movies, video games, livelier music, and just lounging around); honorable mention goes to Philips Fidelio X2 but that's an open back so...
3) Sennheiser Momentum (not really portable but I made it work as my portable set of cans, great all around sound, versatile with all music genres) - I'm considering replacing this with the upcoming Oppo PM-3 if I feel they are an improvement once I finally get to try one.

 

[bikerboy94]

Senn HD558
Senn Momentun over ear
Klispch X11 IEM

 

[drbluenewmexico]

HiFiMan 400i, easy to drive, trancelucenet sound, very musical, great balance of detail and body in sound
Senn 650  fabulous mids, scale up with better dac, cables and amp tremendously well
Shure 1540  all around fun easy to drive phone, beautiful and well made.
 
 
JVC 850.  the tone is gorgeous, dynamics excellent
Zero Audio DUOZAS, very live PA like sound with great dynamics and tone
ATH IM50s...with upgraded cable great for EDM and rock

 

[bikerboy94]

I thought it said 3.

 

[nicholars]

  I thought it said 3.

 
or 3 over ear and 3 IEM

 

[Pirakaphile]

I don't intend to get any more headphones other than the HD-650 and RE-400. So, HE-500 and those two. I'll probably only ever have 3 pairs of speakers as well.

 

[Rearwing]

RHA T10
Senn HD 600
AKG K702

 

[UNIF]

Out of the ones I own I'd keep the
 
LCD2.2 (non Fazor)
HD800
Signature DJ
 
For IEMs I'd only need one The JVC FX850

 

[nicholars]

  Out of the ones I own I'd keep the
 
LCD2.2 (non Fazor)
HD800
Signature DJ
 
For IEMs I'd only need one The JVC FX850

 
Got to try some of those LCD 2.2 but the weight (and price) is a problem, seems like there are more positive reviews of the LCD2.2 before the fazor.

 

[kojebee]

AKG Q701 (Value for money - massdrop)
Stax SR84 system
JVC HA FX750 (have owned far more expensive IEMs, but these are keepers!)

 

[bikerboy94]

This should be 3 total headphones and IEMs. Keeping 6 is no kind of sacrifice LOL.

 

[J&J]

1 Senn HD 600 ( one of the best ever )
2 HF 400 ( Amazing value and sound and easy to drive planar )
3 Fischer FA 011 ( very under appreciated ) 

 

[hodgjy]

1) LCD 2.2F.  My favorite.  Good at everything.  Needs an amp.
 
2) HD650.  Very smooth and forgiving.  A laid back experience.  Needs an amp.
 
3) SRH1540.  My only closed headphones I'll need.  Excellent bass, but almost too much at times.  Low impedance and high sensitivity so can be driven from any device.