Rank the Headphones that You Own.
Feb 8, 2016 at 11:07 PM Post #5,296 of 8,134
Headphones:
1. Audeze LCD-X
2. Sennheiser HD800
3. NAD Visio HP50
 
IEM's:
1. JH Audio Custom Roxannes
2. Sennheiser IE800
3. Shure SE535 with Sensaphonic Custom Earmold
 
Feb 12, 2016 at 8:11 PM Post #5,297 of 8,134
  1. Sennheiser HD600
2. HiFiMan HE-400
3. Oppo PM-3
4. Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro
5. Etymotic hf5
6. Sennheiser HD 239
7. V-MODA XS
8. V-MODA M-80
 
Ultimate Ears 4 Pro - unranked because I haven't received them yet

 
I did a significant re-shuffling recently and would now rank them like this:
 
1. HiFiMan HE-560
2. Sennheiser HD600
3. Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro
4. Ultimate Ears 4 Pro
5. V-MODA XS
6. V-MODA M-80
7. Etymotic hf5
8. Sennheiser HD 239
 
Feb 12, 2016 at 8:45 PM Post #5,300 of 8,134
1. Hifiman HE-400i (Most accurate, musical)
2. Fostex TH600 (powerful bass, most fun)
3. Hifiman HE-400 (first audiophile headphone owned, nice bass)- sold to buy HE-400i
4. Grado 80i (well-rounded)
5. JVC SZ1000 (most powerful bass)- sold to buy Fostex TH600
ALSO used to own ATH m50, Akg mkii k240, Noontec zoro hd and Hammo
 
Feb 15, 2016 at 4:05 PM Post #5,302 of 8,134
1. Hifiman HE-400i
2. Etymotic ER-4S (IEM)
3. B&O H6
4. Etymotic HF3 (IEM)
5. Hifiman HE-400s (sold)
6. PSB M4U1 (sold)
7. Fischer Audio FA-003 (sold)
 
Feb 23, 2016 at 7:01 PM Post #5,303 of 8,134
Equal total satisfaction between IEM Fidue x3 hybrid  &  Planer closed back Oppo PM3
 
Cant say one is better than the other as they are quite different but I love them both dearly :)
 
Feb 25, 2016 at 10:09 AM Post #5,304 of 8,134
1)Q701-Love the soundstage
2)Kef M500-I just like the sound signature. You have to put the on your ear properly to get bass right.
3)NAD HP50- Awesome bass never bleeds into sound
4)PHILIPS X1-fun,fun,fun
5)SENN AMPERIORS- Great workhorse can use when doing chores or exercising. Never falls off head.
6)HE400- They always seem to be sibilant. No matter what I do.
7) Senn PX 100ii- Warm sounding
 
Feb 25, 2016 at 11:40 PM Post #5,305 of 8,134
1)  Beyerdynamic T1 - My Go to phone right now.  Incredible imaging and detail.
2)  Fostex TH-600 - Fun bass and fantastic for metal music.
3)  Mr. Speakers Alpha Dogs - Excellent isolation and good with harsh recordings.
 
The three compliment each other very well.
 
Feb 26, 2016 at 3:33 PM Post #5,307 of 8,134
HE-560
LCD-2f / HD-650 / PM-2
PM-3 / T90
K-7XX / D7100
Momentum / MDR-V6 / HD-25-1
ATH-M50X / Amperior / DT770-LE / Ultrasone Pro 750

Note to myself - you have too many headphones.
 
Feb 27, 2016 at 1:26 PM Post #5,308 of 8,134
1. Q701
2. SR225e
3. DT 990 Pro
4. T50RP MK3
5. ATH-M50
 
All of these are very genre dependent; however, I feel that the Q701 is the best all-around.  Oddly enough, even though I don't love the sound of the T50RP MK3 (it's still very good), I find myself listening to it longer than the others when I'm actually using it.  There's just something about the sound that feels a little unnatural--like each of the instruments were recorded separately, and a composite recording was produced.  Despite this, it manages to do a lot of things right, making it very difficult to put down.
 
An equalizer might change the order slightly.  The DT 990 Pro might actually be Number 1 if EQ'd (sorry, purists), but I generally don't bother messing with it.  I assume that tubes might have a similar effect.  At the moment, I run everything through a O2/ODAC. 
 
Feb 28, 2016 at 3:05 PM Post #5,309 of 8,134
1. Momentums 2.0
 
Sadly that's all I can rank today, but a certain LCD2 should be making its way over to me soon so I can hopefully re-update my list! 
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Feb 28, 2016 at 3:43 PM Post #5,310 of 8,134
My favourite 5 (Starting from the top) :
Denon AH-D5000
Sennheiser HD600
Denon AH-D2000
Beyerdynamic DT990 ( Limited Edition )
Fostex T50RP MK2
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The rest ( In no particular order ):
Pioneer SE-A1000/Sennheiser Momentum 2.0/ Sennheiser HD558/Ultrasone HFI 780/Ultrasone Pro900/ Fostex T40RP MK2/Takstar HI2050.
Bang & Olufsen H6/ JVC HA-SZ2000/Audio Technica ATH-MSR7/ Audio Technica M50X ( Limited Edition ).

This is only half of my collection.:rolleyes:
 

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