TH-900. Just a fine overall driver. My kind of SS. I've only had these a little over a week and just can't get enough head-time. Not the bass cannon everyone makes this out to be. It's deep but very clean, detailed, tight and fast. I love the treble as it' so damn detailed. I'm hearing things I've never heard before in many of the songs I've heard many times.
MDR-7Z. These gets dogged a lot but I just love the smooth laid back sound this gives. Different versus everything else I have. The bass is deep but a little muddy and distorted but I like it, mids just perfect and liquid silky smooth and while the treble is a bit rolled off, I likie!
TH-X00 Modded Purplehearts. This would be #2 but it's so close in SS to the TH900 when I changed out the pads to the Ori's and did the Lawton driver dampening only. This is one fine sounding driver with the mods. It's so detailed, pretty V shaped but I prefer this, tight/fast/punchy bass (not muddy, fat or slow at all after the mod) mids a bit recessed and taking a bit of a backseat...but not too bad and the highs are just perfect with the right amount of detail. It's actually quite insane how detailed these are after modding.
AT W1000Z. They finally got rid of that asinine headband with their latest flagship but I have to deal with the one on these. It just doesn't give me a good fit/seal like everything else I own. I don't have a big noggin and more like the Beetlejuice guy sitting in the waiting room ( a bit obscure reference) But it still sounds really good. It's quite punchy but a bit rolled off at the top end. I like bass, but it's gotta be clean, fast and tight. Deeeeep too.
Meze Classic Gold. Probably the best $300 HP I've listened too. I love it and use it as my portable set-up with DFR on Iphone 7S. When I plug it into the LYR2, it sounds so good. Liquid smooth mids. Bass is VERY tight and punchy and doesn't bleed into the mids or upper end. This HP is so polarizing when I read many peoples thoughts on them. Doesn't matter to me, I love them and will NEVER get rid of them.
M1060. Very awesome HP for the price. I replaced the stock pads with Audeze sheepskin (definitely helped with the bass) and did the papertowel mod and it really got rid of the ringing as I was one of the unfortunate ones to hear it. I like this HP a lot.
HD 650. My very first HP as I've had it a good many years. I've loved this SS forever but have grown a bit bored with it as I just like very musical and fun sounding HP's.
He 400i. Another set of HP's I absolutely love. When I first got them they seemed very bass-light or should I say non existent bass. But changing out the pads to the leather Brainwavz and giving it more head-time, they really shine. Exceptionally detailed and one of the best from the group I own. They just don't get the head-time versus everything else.
Denon AH-D2000. Just another set that I really, really like. Now these are bass cannons. I replaced the pads with the stock TH-X00's and they sound brilliant. I just like them a lot. Again, they don't get the headtime.
I actually like every single set of Headphones I own. It's so hard to actually rank them. The Denon AH-D2000 even though ranked last is not a bad headphone AT ALL. I like it immensely. For my tastes, everything I own just rocks and I'm one happy man! I'm actually listening to the Denon right now on the LYR2 with some Brimar tubes and it sounds spectacular.
MDR-7Z. These gets dogged a lot but I just love the smooth laid back sound this gives. Different versus everything else I have. The bass is deep but a little muddy and distorted but I like it, mids just perfect and liquid silky smooth and while the treble is a bit rolled off, I likie!
TH-X00 Modded Purplehearts. This would be #2 but it's so close in SS to the TH900 when I changed out the pads to the Ori's and did the Lawton driver dampening only. This is one fine sounding driver with the mods. It's so detailed, pretty V shaped but I prefer this, tight/fast/punchy bass (not muddy, fat or slow at all after the mod) mids a bit recessed and taking a bit of a backseat...but not too bad and the highs are just perfect with the right amount of detail. It's actually quite insane how detailed these are after modding.
AT W1000Z. They finally got rid of that asinine headband with their latest flagship but I have to deal with the one on these. It just doesn't give me a good fit/seal like everything else I own. I don't have a big noggin and more like the Beetlejuice guy sitting in the waiting room ( a bit obscure reference) But it still sounds really good. It's quite punchy but a bit rolled off at the top end. I like bass, but it's gotta be clean, fast and tight. Deeeeep too.
Meze Classic Gold. Probably the best $300 HP I've listened too. I love it and use it as my portable set-up with DFR on Iphone 7S. When I plug it into the LYR2, it sounds so good. Liquid smooth mids. Bass is VERY tight and punchy and doesn't bleed into the mids or upper end. This HP is so polarizing when I read many peoples thoughts on them. Doesn't matter to me, I love them and will NEVER get rid of them.
M1060. Very awesome HP for the price. I replaced the stock pads with Audeze sheepskin (definitely helped with the bass) and did the papertowel mod and it really got rid of the ringing as I was one of the unfortunate ones to hear it. I like this HP a lot.
HD 650. My very first HP as I've had it a good many years. I've loved this SS forever but have grown a bit bored with it as I just like very musical and fun sounding HP's.
He 400i. Another set of HP's I absolutely love. When I first got them they seemed very bass-light or should I say non existent bass. But changing out the pads to the leather Brainwavz and giving it more head-time, they really shine. Exceptionally detailed and one of the best from the group I own. They just don't get the head-time versus everything else.
Denon AH-D2000. Just another set that I really, really like. Now these are bass cannons. I replaced the pads with the stock TH-X00's and they sound brilliant. I just like them a lot. Again, they don't get the headtime.
I actually like every single set of Headphones I own. It's so hard to actually rank them. The Denon AH-D2000 even though ranked last is not a bad headphone AT ALL. I like it immensely. For my tastes, everything I own just rocks and I'm one happy man! I'm actually listening to the Denon right now on the LYR2 with some Brimar tubes and it sounds spectacular.
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