[MTsoul]

1. HD580.

 

[CSMR]

1. AKG K501
2. Koss Porta Pro (these and ER4s for travel)
3. Ety ER4 (good for its purpose though - sound isolation)
4. ER6 (never got round to selling these lol)

 

[zotjen]

Grado RS-1
Senn 580 w\equinox cable
Westone UM2
Grado 325 (silver)
Pioneer SE-DHP800
Ety ER6

 

[astro]

Ety ER-4P
Senn HD497

 

[Cousin Patty]

AKG K701
Grado SR225
Senn HD595

Tough choice between the Grado and Senn but the K701 is no contest better than both of them.

 

[vpivinylspinner]

Okay as of today I rank them as follows:

Headphiled AKG K340
AKG K1000s
Grado RS-1
Stax SR-404
Sennheiser HD-650
Sony MDR SA-5000
Westone UM2
Grado SR-60

 

[Fitz]

Time for another update:

1) AKG K501
2) Audio-Technica W5000
3) Stax SR-X Mk3
4) AKG K701

 

[eboomer]

I've been trying to decide between HD650, SA5000, and K701.

I made a spreadsheet in which I kept track of the preferences among these three, so every time somebody in this thread said that they prefer the 650 over the 701, for instance, I put down a 1 and every time somebody said that they prefer the 701 over the 650 I put down a -1. I also did this to compare SA5000 with K701 and HD650 with SA5000. I found that about 65% of 17 people prefer HD650 over SA5000, about 63% of 8 people prefer K701 over HD 650, and 80% of five people prefer K701 over SA5000.

Based on this, it seems that people here that have more than one of these phones will typically find K701 to be their favorite of the three. My upgrade-itis just got worse!

 

[TheMarchingMule]

From what I heard and agree with (being that I have the K701) is that the K701 is like an Ety, but w/ headphone qualities, such as wide (WIDE!) soundstage, better extension up and down, etc.

 

[Duggeh]

Update

1)SR-007
2)Float 2
3)HD650
4)PX100
5)HP-100

 

[will75]

1) HF-1
2) HD595
3) HP890

The 595s are preferred over the Grados on a rare track or two and in one surprising place. When I play my electric guitar and use headphones in the amp I prefer the Senns. I way prefer the Grados for rock music but the senns sound better out of my amp when I play guitar (even with heavy distortion). Go figure.

 

[TomH]

With equal sources and decent amplification:

Lambda Pro

HD650
Lambda

HD600
E4C

HD595/SR225

PX100
HD540rII
HD430

everything else

K701s on the way to enter the fray

 

[John Stimson]

1)Etymotic ER-4p: just right, I made an adapter to convert them to ER-4s, but I don't use it with my portable players.
2)Sony MDR-7509: A little bass-heavy, but they do seem to reproduce very low frequencies and aren't too attenuated in the high frequencies
3)Sony MDR CD-750: Not in the same class as the two above. Decent though.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

I'm bored, so time for an update!

1) soon to be balanced W5000
2) modded DT831 (added 120ohm series Holco resistors to each driver)
3) DT531
4) K270S (sound is about as good as the 531, but the comfort is not quite as good)
5) E5
6) KSC75 (soon to be recabled and have 75-ohm series resistors added)
7) HD201 (though amazing sound, considering it's a closed headphone for less than $20 which I will actually listen to voluntarily

And it really doesn't sound that much worse than the KSC75)

 

[leng jai]

1. Sennheiser HD595
2. Shure e2c
3. Sennheiser HD497
4. Sennheiser PC150
5. Sony EX71
6. Creative HQ1000
7. Sennheiser MX500