[gloom]

The rules are simple: name a headphone you own or have auditioned extensively, then present the single adjective you feel best describes the character of that 'phone. Please limit yourself to a single adjective. If the first that comes to mind has already been listed, please repeat it in your post. Keep extraneous chit chat (*ahem* football discussion, for instance) out, please.

I'll begin:
Grado SR-60: shrill
Grado SR-325: effortless
Sennheiser HD580: majestic
Sony V6: controlled
Sony V700: mushy
Sony E888: sweet
Sony EX70: dull

In the end, we should be left with a list of adjectives to describe most of the 'phones discussed around here. That wouldn't be much of a review, but I think this is an interesting (perhaps even fun) little challenge nonetheless

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[beni]

Ety ER-4S: wow

 

[MooGoesTheCow]

Ety 4S: perfect
Grado SR325: ouch
Grado SR80: dark

 

[tvhead]

KSC-50: bargain

 

[gloom]

I overreacted, Moo. Please accept my apologies

I guess I should've put an extra smiley in my original post.

Let me add:

Sony V600: Trash

 

[tvhead]

Sony V6: sweaty
Me, not the phones.

Grado SR60: forward

 

[MooGoesTheCow]

No Gloom, it is I who should be apologizing.

 

[sapphiremodena]

Sony EX70 : bassy
Sony e818lp : cheap
JVC ha-e7-bu : ****.

 

[SumB]

Sennheiser HD600: dark
Sennheiser HD545: airy
Sony V6: abrasive
Grado RS-1: luscious
Alessandro MS-1: lively
Koss TD80: torture

 

[huy_ha]

Koss TD-65: naive
Grado SR-60: foreplay
Grado SR-125: copacetic
Senn MX-500: adequate

 

[tktran]

A single adjective doesn't really capture the essence of my phones... but if i think of them as women it's much easier.



HD 25- alluring
KSC 35- playful
V700DJ - fantasy
HD600- seductive
K240DF- faithful

all those miscellaneous earbuds that came with walkmans, portable cd and md players - bitches!

 

[MacDEF]

It's difficult not to comment on other's one-word descriptions

Anyways...

Not all "adjectives" but rather the one word I would use to describe them.

Grado RS2: musical
Sennheiser HD580/HD600: music
(if there was one word that meant "not dark when properly amped," I would use that just because I see the term "dark" used to describe them -- inaccurately, IMO -- so often

)
Ety ER4S: dreamworld
Grado SR60: fun
Sony MDR-V6: examiner
Koss PortaPro: vise
Koss KSC-50: overachiever
Koss KSC-35: overachievest

Sennheiser RS60: returned
Sennheiser MX-500: convenient

 

[Vertigo-1]

Sony MDR-R10 = Natural
Sony MDR-V6 = Accurate
Allesandro MSP = Musical
Grado SR-325 = Neutral
Grado HP-1 = Airy
Sennheiser HD-600 = Cozy
Etymotic 4S = Revealing
Sony MDR-E888 = Warm
Sennheiser MX-500 = Balanced

 

[Braver]

mx500: nice
sr60: pain
hd565: su-moooth!

 

[disturbed]

Ety 4p/s: Orgasmic

HD600: Orgasm

325's:Orgas

e888: Orga

KSC-35's: Org

ex70's: or

MDRV###DJ

oooooyeeeeuuck!