[bias]

Pair of nos hd-480 IIs (600 ohm) which I like for their astounding midrange qualities...luscious and warm. Highs freq response is hashly attenuated tho... '-( Bass is nice, warm more than punchy. Then I found a pair of old Yamaha HP-2's in my studio's basement. These are outstanding. Incredible smoothness over the entire spectrum. May be due to it's planar transducers. Detail apprehension completely overwhelms the Senns (and various other studio cans I use) However (and this is the big however) i'm quickly realizing the difference between "analytical" and "fun" cans. For some reason, although i know i'm not hearing butloads of stuff going on in the upper freq's the 480's are really fun to listen to! Now I have a META42 on the way. Guess i'll be eating Ramen next month. ;-(

 

[commando]

1) Senn 280s - loved them but wanted more bass.
2) AKG 271s - loved the bass, but the treble was rolled off.
3) CD3000s - loved them, bass could be better, wanted more isolation
4) A900 - love them

 

[toaster]

MX-400's->Shure E3's->Shure E5's->Sensaphonic ProPhonic 2X-S

 

[Usagi]

1. HD580 - Loved them but everybody had 600s, sold them.
2. HD600 - Loved them a little more then HD580s and still have them.
3. Ety ER-4p- Still breaking them in

Purchased my HD 580s after one night on head-fi.

 

[Salt Peanuts]

1. Alessandro MSP
2. Audio-Technica A900

 

[Phil Ramsay]

1) Ety ER-4P
1.5) Ety ER-4P -> S adapter
2) Grado SR225

Before Head-Fi, had a bunch of crappy 'phones, although I did have some Senn 414's 'back in the day' that were ok to the best of my recollection.

 

[stromie]

1) Shure e2c for iPod
2) Beyerdynamic DT531 for computer usage (absolutely awesome!)

Both purchases have been highly researched and I have been happy after each pruchases regarding value and quality. I knew what was coming when I recieved both and was happy to see my research was correct. Both are getting used and were HUGE imporvements over what I had before (iPod earbuds and Maxell HP2000 respectively).

 

[hubcaps]

had grado sr-125 before head-fi loved them for rock, but too fatiguing for me, so i sold them

one year later got senn hd580 after browsing head-fi for a couple months... loving them but it would be nice to have the grados when i am in the rock mood

 

[NKT]

Alessandro MS Pros, to join the Ety 4p's I already own.

Been lurking on head-fi for about a year, and am now tempted to spring for a tube headamp like a Singlepower, perhaps. Currently using the headphone out of the Meridian 551 (it has a built-in headphone amplifier)--sound isn't shabby at all, but I'm curious to see how much better it can get.

 

[ProdeeK]

Just Got My Shure E2c's 2 hours ago !

 

[EdipisReks]

Koss PortaPro (i actually bought these when i was lurking and saw the 50% off coupon) and most recently ER6i.

 

[l_simon_l]

Sennheiser HD600 with oehlbach cable, got it two days ago. My wallets is going to be sorry I discovered headfi

 

[masahito24@chart]

Alessandro MS-2s
Homegrown DIY RCA - mini
Ray Samuels Emmeline XP-7

broke for a little while....

got everything last week, still trying to break everything in.

 

[Evilson]

A900, great purchase and getting better by the hour

 

[Porksoda]

Senn HD497