[RedBull]

It's a bit hard, really depending on the music type or movies. But anyway, I'll take my shot.

1. hd800, best for classical, well recorded jazz and movies.
2. ad2000, best for vocal and high speed bass.
3. lcd 2.1, good overall
3. hd650, very nice vocal warmth, mushy soumd but micro detail is very good, if you notice.
4. sony sa3000, very detail mid, vocal a little bit far.
5. ad700, wide, open soundstage, with a little vocal warmth, really love it, punchy bass too.
5.2 t50rp, very detail vocal for movie, but the bass is not really hard hitting.
6. koss porta pro, not bad for movie, really.
7. grado sr60

iem:
1. um3x
1.3. se530
2. ie8

 

[philo50]

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Ha.  Great line up philo50.  Pretty much the way I see it as well.
 
I like the T1's better than the LCD-2.2s though.  I know I'm in the minority here.

the T1's are being re-cabled with Black Dragon's as we speak so their ranking might change soon.....but thank you.....

 

[ddcpitt]

1.) HiFiMAN HE-500
2.) Sennheiser HD600
3.) HiFiMAN HE-400
4.) Denon D5000
5.) Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro 250
6.) Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro 250
7.) MrSpeakers' Mad Dog with Alpha Pads
8.) Audio Technica AD900
9.) Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80
10.) SoundMAGIC HP100
11.) Ultrasone Pro 900
12.) Ultrasone HFI-780

 

[TekeRugburn]

1) Modded t50rp
2) JH13
3) hd580
4) FA-003
5) UM3X remolded
6) S400
7) ES7
8) GR06
9) WS55

 

[dleblanc343]

1-   HE-6
2-   HD-800
3-   LCD 2.2
4-   T1

5-   Momentum
6-   T50p

Our way of hearing must be pretty close

 

[takato14]

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1) Modded t50rp
2) JH13
3) hd580
4) FA-003
5) UM3X remolded
6) S400
7) ES7
8) GR06
9) WS55

There is no way that a JH13 is second to a T50RP, modded or otherwise. You can't fix poor transient response and bad decay. You also can't fix high THD.
 
It's possible to achieve a good tonal balance with damping but fixing slow attack and decay is not possible without heavily modifying the driver itself.

 

[vid]

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but fixing slow attack and decay is not possible without heavily modifying the driver itself.

 
'Fixing' the transient response is very easy with DSP.

 

[3X0]

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There is no way that a JH13 is second to a T50RP, modded or otherwise. You can't fix poor transient response and bad decay. You also can't fix high THD.
 
It's possible to achieve a good tonal balance with damping but fixing slow attack and decay is not possible without heavily modifying the driver itself.

This isn't an objective thread, though. I prefer the JH13s to the HD 800, T1, LCD-2 myself (haven't ranked in the latter trio as I don't own them), and that's purely a subjective preference.
 
There are some headphones that measure like poop (e.g. vintage sextetts, ATH woodies) and aren't technically superlative by any measure that I'm sure many would place near or at the top of their lists.
 
I'm sure people's opinions go all over the place.

 

[vid]

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There are some headphones that measure like poop (e.g. vintage sextetts, ATH woodies) and aren't technically superlative by any measure that I'm sure many would place near or at the top of their lists.

 
AKG of the Sextett vintage measure quite well apart from a couple treble spikes.

 

[takato14]

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but fixing slow attack and decay is not possible without heavily modifying the driver itself.

 
'Fixing' the transient response is very easy with DSP.

I don't count DSP effects as "fixing" the driver, because the hardware itself is still flawed.
 
Nonetheless it's quite impressive what can be achieved with convolution.

 

[vid]

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I don't count DSP effects as "fixing" the driver, because the hardware itself is still flawed.

 
Call it fixing the sound, then. Either way you get better transients.

 

[TekeRugburn]

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There is no way that a JH13 is second to a T50RP, modded or otherwise. You can't fix poor transient response and bad decay. You also can't fix high THD.
 
It's possible to achieve a good tonal balance with damping but fixing slow attack and decay is not possible without heavily modifying the driver itself.

 
Is this your list?  i see you dont even own the jh13's....
 
you can't fix trolls either by arguing with them either

 

[takato14]

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There is no way that a JH13 is second to a T50RP, modded or otherwise. You can't fix poor transient response and bad decay. You also can't fix high THD.
 
It's possible to achieve a good tonal balance with damping but fixing slow attack and decay is not possible without heavily modifying the driver itself.

 
Is this your list?  i see you dont even own the jh13's....
 
you can't fix trolls either by arguing with them either

I'm not trolling. I'm questioning your credibility, since you seem to think that a $70 orthodynamic can be better than a multi-way, balanced armature, $1100 CIEM.
 
I have heard the T50RP, modded and stock, and was significantly unimpressed.

 

[TekeRugburn]

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I'm not trolling. I'm questioning your credibility, since you seem to think that a $70 orthodynamic can be better than a multi-way, balanced armature, $1100 CIEM.
 
I have heard the T50RP, modded and stock, and was significantly unimpressed.

whats your credibility?  you dont even own the jh13's...so how can you even have an opinion on them?   I question your credibility if you base preference of gear based on price.  
 
So you were unimpressed.... what does that have to do with MY list?  I think MH1's were garbage but there are people who love them.  It doesn't make me right and them wrong or vice versa.  

 

[vid]

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a $70 orthodynamic

 
By a company with decades of experience in high-performance orthos.