[Aikanaro]

Yeah I think sennheiser reached the top of the snowy dynamic mt top with the hd800...but planars are climbing a bigger mountain .. cant wait to see whats coming

i think it's unfair to compare dynamics with planars though

 

[Claritas]

i think it's unfair to compare dynamics with planars though

Unfair? Maybe I just have bad memories of people trying to weasel out of comparing PM1 with HD800 but I say compare everything! Audio is full of interesting trade offs.

 

[Byrnie]

i think it's unfair to compare dynamics with planars though

Seems fair game to me. I try not to compare open to closed headphones though.

 

[kman1211]

It's getting hard to determine my favorite headphone of the bunch. The top 4 headphones are quite close in terms of preference.
 
Open:
1.) AKG K712 Pro
2.) AKG K612 Pro
3.) Sennheiser HD 545
4.) Sennheiser HD 239
 
Closed/Semi-open:
1.) Beyerdynamic DT 150
2.) Modded Fostex T50RP
3.) AKG K240 MKII
 
Overall:
1.) AKG K712 Pro/Beyerdynamic DT 150(tied)
2.) AKG K612 Pro
3.) Modded Fostex T50RP
4.) Sennheiser HD 545(pads fell apart, using HM5 pads for the time being)
5.) AKG K240 MKII
6.) Sennheiser HD 239

 

[lestatdi]

1- HD650
2- Vmoda M100
3- ATH-M50
4- SE215
5- Klipsch x10
6- HD598
7- Klipsch s4ii
8- CX300 II
9- HD202
10- HifiMan Re0

Reading all the opinions, lill buy a Shure 1540 now! I think its what im looking for in the Headphone world!

 

[danpyle]

I don't have many, but here goes:
 
1. Grado Alessandro MS1 (2009 version)
2. Beyerdynamic 770 (80 ohm)
3. Apple EarPods
 
I'm looking to grab another pair of Grados soon. Just need to decide which model!

 

[takato14]

i think it's unfair to compare dynamics with planars though

Seems fair game to me. I try not to compare open to closed headphones though.

This isn't fair either. If companies would get their **** together they'd know that closed can match and sometimes even surpass open when done right.

But I digress, closed headphones are significantly harder to engineer, and there is a considerable gap between most open headphones and most closed headphones.

 

[Byrnie]

But I digress, closed headphones are significantly harder to engineer, and there is a considerable gap between most open headphones and most closed headphones.

Agreed but they seem to only be done right (as of the last 10 years) when they're no longer closed and are technically semi-open (fostex, denon DX000 line).

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[Claritas]

Agreed but they seem to only be done right when they're no longer closed are semi-open (fostex, denon DX000 line)

This year's Focals could hold their own in sound, not in fit or build. Maybe it's the exception that proves the rule. I've given up on portables.

 

[Byrnie]

This year's Focals could hold their own in sound, not in fit or build. Maybe it's the exception that proves the rule. I've given up on portables.

Crap I forgot about them and my own Shure 1540. Very true. Agreed about portables!

 

[HarleyZH]

Agreed but they seem to only be done right (as of the last 10 years) when they're no longer closed and are technically semi-open (fostex, denon DX000 line).

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The JVC DX1000, Final Audio Design Pandora Hope VI, Audeze LCDXC are not semi open. The modded cans like ZMF x Vibro and the lot are not semi open either.

 

[Byrnie]

   
The JVC DX1000, Final Audio Design Pandora Hope VI, Audeze LCDXC are not semi open. The modded cans like ZMF x Vibro and the lot are not semi open either.

I don't consider the LCD-XC to be a "done right" headphone, IMO, the treble was too recessed for me and it's so uncomfortable.  Same with the JVC, I've seen multiple posts about the headband being uncomfortable but I have no heard this headphone myself, so take that with a grain of salt.  I haven't heard the Pandora either so that might work prove me wrong.  I don't think including modded cans (such as the ZMF) is fair given the company who made the headphone originally, couldn't get it "done right" themselves.  If you consider comfort, as I personally do, then the LCDs are out, most likely so are the JVCs (from what I've read), and so are the Focals and then my point still stands.  Again this is my opinion.

 

[jimi30]

This isn't fair either. If companies would get their **** together they'd know that closed can match and sometimes even surpass open when done right.

But I digress, closed headphones are significantly harder to engineer, and there is a considerable gap between most open headphones and most closed headphones.

bro headphone company's have there@#@ together more so than ever ...the last 5 years have blown away everything. ..closed open do not agree. .

 

[HarleyZH]

If I ranked my cans it'd be something like this
 
Sennheiser HD800
Mr Speakers Alpha Dog
Audeze LCD2.2
ZMF x Vibro
Fostex TH600
Hifiman HE500
JVC DX1000
Beyerdynamic T1
Ultrasone Signature DJ
Sennheiser HD650
Sennheiser HD600
Feenix Aria
Grado Bushmills
Philips X1
Audio Technica W1000X
 
Waiting on delivery Oppo PM-2

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  I don't consider the LCD-XC to be a "done right" headphone, IMO, the treble was too recessed for me and it's so uncomfortable.  Same with the JVC, I've seen multiple posts about the headband being uncomfortable but I have no heard this headphone myself, so take that with a grain of salt.  I haven't heard the Pandora either so that might work prove me wrong.  I don't think including modded cans (such as the ZMF) is fair given the company who made the headphone originally, couldn't get it "done right" themselves.  If you consider comfort, as I personally do, then the LCDs are out, most likely so are the JVCs (from what I've read), and so are the Focals and then my point still stands.  Again this is my opinion.

Fair enough for comfort. The JVC are not uncomfortable for me, and the Audeze models have never bothered me in the slightest with comfort. 
 
Yeah, Fostex certainly could do a lot better, understatement as shown in their past models. 

 

[Byrnie]

  Fair enough for comfort. The JVC are not uncomfortable for me, and the Audeze models have never bothered me in the slightest with comfort.
 
Yeah, Fostex certainly could do a lot better, understatement as shown in their past models.

Yea I should have clearly mentioned comfort into my original post.  The weight doesn't bother me that much just the comfort for Audeze, the same can be said for HiFiMan cans too (the exceptions being their new 560 and 400i are super comfy).