[DavidMahler]

If you could only own one headphone for the rest of eternity, which would it be....

When deciding your choice do NOT consider the following factors:

1. Portability (however if your favorite sounding headphone is a portable one, by all means you can choose it)
2. Price / rarity
3. How hard it is to drive
4. Whether it is opened or closed

What you SHOULD consider:
1. Sound quality
2. Durability
3. How it suits the genres you prefer

LASTLY, only mention a headphone you have heard.......you do not need to own the headphone to choose it though.

 

[swbf2cheater]

the Sennheiser 595 as it is easily driven and sounds freaking amazing, anything else worth mentioning will fail miserably without an amp unless its in ears.

 

[paaj]

Of the headphones had before and own now I'd probably take the 404LE. I'm not interested in 'stepping down' to dynamics. It's not totally revealing like the 4070 but still very detailed and a very natural (if not really neutral) sound. Much more forgiving too, you can actually listen to the not-so-perfectly-recorded rock music where the 4070 pushes the faults in your face.

If all recordings where good recordings I think the 4070 would be my choice though. There is something in it's ability to ruin music that also makes it an amazing headphone when the music is right.


...
^ I think it's about sound, not usability. If it is about instant usability I'd say ESW10's...

 

[krmathis]

I would keep my Stax SR-007BL.

Since "how hard it is to drive" is not to be counted for it stand out as the clear winner for me.

 

[bowraboy]

DT250.

 

[n3rdling]

o2

 

[XXII]

Quote:

Originally Posted by n3rdling /img/forum/go_quote.gif o2

x2

 

[z50j]

Koss PortaPro

 

[GuilTopia]

Quote:

Originally Posted by z50j /img/forum/go_quote.gif Koss PortaPro

Definetly.

 

[trevorlane]

HD650, which to me is still Old Ironsides

 

[vvaffles]

K701s lovee them

 

[c3p0]

dr dre beats


























































j/k lol

 

[Skylab]

I'm tempted to say Beyerdynamic T1 - but I haven't had it long enough to really make such a claim, in spite of thinking it's the best headphone I've ever heard.

So for now my answer is JVC DX1000.

And if open/closed had been allowed as a consideration factor, the DX1000 would have been my answer regardless - since I must first and foremost have a closed headphone.

 

[MayorSimpleton]

Got to be HD600 for me.

 

[vandread]

Sony R10

the one and only make me shake my body and drowing into the music