[theguatemalian]

This is in part for fun and in part to save my wallet some suffering, what 3 sub-$500 cans would you choose if it were the last 3 pairs you could ever buy and you wanted to cover all possible genres of music? 

 

 

[LithoJazoSphere]

I already have two of them, the Ultrasone Pro 900s for electronic and/or bassy music, and the Sennheiser HD-600 for mellow music.  For aggressive music I'd pick the Grado SR-325i/is (already have the SR-80i and plan to upgrade to the 325).  I listen to just about every conceivable genre out there, and maybe I have a blind spot, but I can't think of anything those three couldn't cover satisfactorily. 

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,
 
Sennheiser HD600 - Covers everything.
 
Hifiman HE-300 - Covers everything.
 
Denon D5000 - Covers everything.
 
Fischer Audio FA-002W - Covers everything.
 
You could probably get by on any one of those for every genre and do fine and be happy with it so long as you stay off Head-Fi afterwards.
 
Very best,

 

[NinjaSquirt]

DT880, AKG K702, HD650. Covers everything there is to be covered.

 

[LithoJazoSphere]

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DT880, AKG K702, HD650. Covers everything there is to be covered.

I'm not sure I'd personally want to have only those available for drum and bass, dubstep, or hip-hop.

 

[DVDRey]

Pro2900 fantastic fun all rounder
HD600 the most flat headphone
W1000x (550$ amazon actually). the most romantic,lol.

 

[SkinnyPuppy]

T50rp (rastapants)
used D7000
Pro 900
 
you know what, the T50rp and the Pro 900 may be my last 2 cans evar.

 

[eucariote]

HD600
SRH940 when closed headphones are needed
SE530 for outside the house

 

[Ra97oR]

AD1000PRM < Home
DT150 < Cold
EX800ST < Outside

 

[fabio-fi]

HD650, D5000, SR325i's. 
 
They have all my music genres covered. 

 

[imackler]

HD600
Grado RS1i --used (cheating?!...probably) 
K501
 

 

[KimChee]

Grado RS2
Sennheiser HD600
Id like to try to AKG K550 when it comes out

 

[idletime1213]

HD650 DT150 HF2
 
 
 
 

 

[bcasey25raptor]

I haven't tried much so i would say the following.
 
Sennheiser hd 25 1 ii $200 does nothing wrong
 
Alessandro ms1 $99 Again does very little wrong
 
Shure srh840 $140 to much midbass but good nonetheless.
 
That's of what i tried. I ordered a pair of srh940 and if i'm not satisfied i might just stay satisfied with my hd 25 1 ii. I still am amazed at how good they are for my genres.

 

[Graphicism]

1. Sony SA5000
2. Beyerdynamic DT880/600
3. Sennheiser HD600