[JasonZ10]

Also, try to be realistic in pricing, don't choose only the extremely expensive ones.

In no particular order:
 

1. Sennheiser HD 598 - Great for just about anything
2. Sennheiser HD 25-1 ii - Portable, beautiful, sounds excellent
3. Ultrasone Pro 2900 or HFI 580 - I <3 bass
4. Grado RS1i - Reference, recording engineer sounds like a neat job.

 

[koolkat]

HD438              My first headphones
SR60                First headphones I got with my own money
DT770              Love the ear pads
AKG Q701          Lime green. 

 

[Uncle Erik]

I'd get on well with just the HD-800.

Though I'd like to take the speakers, too.

 

[Eric_C]

Why 4? I'd get by with just one custom--the JH13.
In fact, I'm working towards selling off all my current headphones once I can afford a pair.

 

[koolkat]

1 for listening.
 
1 for starting a fire in case of an emergency.
 
2 to sell away in case I ever need extra money.
 
 

 

[electropop]

Now that I've heard what the HD800 can do out of a well suited system, I could also live with just that one.
 
For portability, K271/2 or one of the newcomers I've yet to hear: K550, KNS6400 or SRH940. 

 

[Eric_C]

Quote:

1 for listening.
 
1 for starting a fire in case of an emergency.
 
2 to sell away in case I ever need extra money.
 
 

We apparently have very different ideas around "for the rest of your life".
Also, did you assume this was a desert island scenario?

 

[koolkat]

Na I didn't assume it was a desert island scenario.
 
I was thinking more of a backpacking adventure. Living from place to place.
 
 
I figured if I got some good headphones (that aren't out of my budget), some day I could sell them off in case I ever got broke.
 
1 for listening, 2 kept in boxes (to sell off), 1 more in my bag (for emergency purposes lol). 
 

 

[Szadzik]

Beyer T1
Fischer FA-011 (if I can find better pads)
Senn MX980
Some IEM, still searching for the right one.

 

[Lex2]

DT990 (my most comfortable cans, love child of a Grado and Sennheiser)
Grado HF2 (classic Grado, the 325i done right, great bass, Row 1 seats)
Sennheiser IE8 (love the soundstage, love the bass)
HD800 (almost perfect)
 
Honorable mention: K701

 

[Puranti]

Orpheus
Orpheus
Orpheus
Orpheus

Do I do it wrong ?

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,
 
HifiMAN HE-500.
SRH940.
PRO900.
SR60i with L pads.
 
In that order.
 
Very best,

 

[Carlosfandango]

JH16's
ES5's
 
That's all I'd need.
 
I love IEM's for travelling, limited space situations, outdoors, sitting in hotel rooms, bus, train, plane...
 
I'd need one pair of each (with a spare set in case of emergencies).

 

[KneelJung]

I could be happy with just a pair of SR60's for the rest of my life, but if I get to keep 4 I guess I'd have to go with the 4 I have functioning right now. One of which is a woodied SR60, my HF2, a Fostex T50, and my IEM's, the Sunrise SW Xcapes. The 225's would have to remain cupless in a plastic bag, forever needing to be reseated in some wood.

 

[Canadian411]

LCD2
Hifiman HE-6
Ultrasone Edition 8 LE
Beyerdynamic T1
 
Was going to include Sennheiser HD800 but disappointed.