[Superpredator]

1) ATH-W2002
1.5) Modded K340
2) ATH-W100
3) Grado HF-1
4) UM2
5) Beyer DT250-80
6) KSC75

 

[rockbottom]

1. RS-1
2. HD580
3. SR80
4. PX-100
5. PX-200

 

[braker218]

Of what I've owned:

Grado RS-2
AKG K-340
Grado SR-225
Beyer DT770/80
Grado SR-80
Koss KSC-75
Shure E2C

 

[kg21]

Out of the ones I've owned:
1. AKG K340
2. Alessandro MS-Pro
3. Beyerdynamics DT-880 2006 Edition
4. Etymotic ER-4S/4P
5. AKG K701
6. Sennheiser HD580
7. Altec Lansing IM716
8. Etymotic ER-6i
9. Koss KSC35
10. Creative EP-630
11. Sony MDR-v6

 

[2ndbest]

1. Sennheiser HD25-1
2. Grado SR-60
3. Shure E3C
4. AKG K24P
5. Philips SBC HP250
6. Sennheiser MX450

 

[ferraro25]

Rankings with best and worst attributes of each headphone.

1. AKG K701. Best: somehow "real" sound, despite flaws. Worst: obviously inaccurate representation of sibilance and poor SQ in that general frequency range.
AKG K501. Best: nicely balanced sound. Worst: low-quality bass.
Etymotic ER-4P. Best: an insane amount of detail. Worst: sounds very fake above a low listening volume.

4. Grado SR-225. Best: dynamic sound; great at drums. Worst: too colored, too bright.

5.Sennheiser HD-595. Best: an involving, musical listen. Worst: too muffled.
Koss KSC-35. Best: almost as good as any of my higher-ranked headphones at a much lower price. Worst: bloated bass.

7. AKG K81DJ. Best: it blocks some outside noise, at least. Worst: nothing above average about this headphone; horribly exaggerated, bloated, crappy bass.

8. Sennheiser MX-400. Best: nothing. Worst: everything.

 

[facelvega]

Update time:

1. Stax SR-5 / SRD-6sb
2. Yamaha YH100 orthodynamic, Wualta-modded

3. PMB100 Jecklin orthodynamics
3. Koss A250
3. AKG K340 (partial mod)
6. MB Quart QP85 Jecklins
6. RFT HOK80-2 orthodynamics

8. Sennheiser HD560 II
9. RFT HOK80
10. MB Quart QP55x
11. AKG K240M
12. Koss KSC-75
13. JBL Reference 220

The ties at 3 and 6 are irresoluble because in both cases it's apples and oranges, i.e. headphones that excel at very different things. I've also got some AKG K240 Sextett and Realistic Pro 30 orthos on the way, but I expect I'll just give them to friends or sell them. I'm thinking of narrowing to five and one better in-ear, though I may also make one more move up the electrostat foodchain.

Stuff I've sold or given away, in rough order:

AKG K340 (stock)
RFT HOK80-2
MB Quart QP95
Beyerdynamic DT990 first series
AKG K400
AKG K271S
Beyerdynamic DT531
Koss A130
RFT HOK80
Sennheiser HD540
Philips SBC-3178 (rebadge K260)
Grado SR-60
PMB Silvertone SL
Yamaha HP-50a
V-Moda Vibe (OVC T25)
Sennheiser HD201
Creative ep-630

Audio Technica ATH-3
DK86 (East German junk)

 

[philodox]

You rate the QP85's over the K340? Now I know you are under amping them!

 

[dmcom]

My personal ranking of cans I own or owned:
1) Stax Omega II
2) Grado PS-1
3) AKG K701
4) Shure E500
5) AT W5000
6) Westone UM2
7) AT ATH-900LTD
8) BD DT770
9) Koss Porta Pro

 

[nfsu]

1) Shure E500
2) Shure E3 (yes, I know, PX100 are better overall but I just love E3s mids

)
3) Sennheiser PX100
4) Sennheiser MX500
5) Sony MDR-EX71

 

[krmathis]

My ranking:
1. Stax SR-007
2. Stax SR-Lambda Pro
3. Stax SR-X/MK3
4. Westone UM2

 

[Faust2D]

1) Audio-Technica ATH-A900
2) MB Quart Phone 85
3) AKG K280 / MB Quart Phone 70
4) Audio-Technica ATH-SJ5

 

[facelvega]

Quote:

Originally Posted by philodox /img/forum/go_quote.gif You rate the QP85's over the K340? Now I know you are under amping them!

Well, I put them tied at no. 5, and oddly enough I actually thought of you as I did that. Remember I'm using an almost stock K340 (well, I was, my new one has some tweaks) and yes, I do underamp them about half the time, namely when they're at the office and not at home. But truth be told, maybe I bumped up the MB out of sympathy for floats in general. As I think about it now, maybe I'll go back and edit that to be a little more honest. It's not like the K340 really trails the A250 when it comes right down to it.

A tip to people with old electrets like the K340: I sold my last pair of K340 a while ago and just grabbed a new one today. I nearly spat out my coffee when I plugged them in because they sounded so awful; dark and muddy. Then I remembered the guy said he hadn't used them in years and I decided to let them run in a bit before making any decisions. Sure enough, after I set them aside for an hour at high volume, they sounded fine.

 

[Pianist]

Best to worst in SQ:

UE Super.fi 5 Pro
Senn HD555
Senn PX100
UE Super.fi 3 Studio
Senn MX75 Sport
Senn CX300
Senn HD202
Senn MX550
Sony MDR-E828
Senn MX300
iBuds

 

[lordkelmain]

1. Beyerdynamic DT770/80
2. Koss KSC75
3. Sennheiser HD280 Pro

Whatever else I have isn't worth mentioning.

- lk