[stewtheking]

iBuds. Purely because the music sounds exactly the same whether it's 2kbps mp3 straight out of the iPod, or .wav through a nice amp.

Not the nicest of 'phones, but forgiving in that sense.

 

[Duncan]

Sony MDR-CD1700 gets my vote...

...As long as you like everything warm and lush, you'll be in heaven (although, these days seemingly these are as rare as rocking horse teeth)

 

[wnmnkh]

HD590 and KSC-75 are very forgiving cans. HD590 has good ability to make any source sounds much better... In contrast K701 is pain when it is connected with bad source....

 

[1911]

ps-1..makes anything up the fun factor by 10.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I think the HF-1 does great with mediocre recordings. It's forgiving, a little dark and warm.

And I'll disagree with jimmyjames8. The K-501 drags out a lot of detail, and I can hear problems and errors that don't show upon the HF-1.

 

[jimmyjames8]

Haven't heard a HF-1 so don't know but if it is more forgiving than the k501 on a tube amp, that's very forgiving. Might make old jazz sound better. Hmmm...

 

[plainsong]

My Sensas aren't one bit forgiving. If the recording sucked, it sounds like it sucked. Of my current headphones, I'd say the k240s, and the HF-1.

 

[porschemad911]

Today I was listening to CDs burnt from 128 kbps WMA files, and they sounded surprisingly good on the rig in my signature.

They were mostly metal though, which I don't find to be the most demanding genre sonically.

 

[ken36]

ATH-W1000

 

[EdipisReks]

PortaPros, probably.

 

[Gaughtfried]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lmilhan Oh DUH! Just realized I forgot to list my picks (in no particular order): I am having difficulties just picking one, KSC-75s Grado SR-60 AKG K81 DJs

Pretty much the same here, minus the SR-60s.

 

[Duncan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by porschemad911 Today I was listening to CDs burnt from 128 kbps WMA files, and they sounded surprisingly good on the rig in my signature. They were mostly metal though, which I don't find to be the most demanding genre sonically.

I'm surprised...

Metal is where I heard the difference between 256kbps and 320kbps, and made me make the switch... too each there own, you're not wrong and i'm not right, just surprised by the contrast between your and my opinon.

 

[Todd S]

I'll go with the Grado SR60.

 

[milkpowder]

iBuds. They make crap sound like crap. I guess that's 100% efficiency.

0% efficiency for good recordings because good turns to crap.

I'm confused...

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duncan Metal is where I heard the difference between 256kbps and 320kbps, and made me make the switch...

Indeed, contrary to popular opinion, I've found metal to be among the most sonically demanding genres (along with orchestra, and fast, busy electronica)