I hope someone finds this interesting - a list of my 30 most recent headphones and their deficiencies or deviations from neutral sound that I had to accomodate to make them enjoyable for hi-fi listening. http://dalethorn.com/Headphones_Top_30.txt
My top 30 headphone list with some comments
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interesting 
your efforts will be a great help to some one starting there head phone journey I didnt realy get on with head phones and didn't put as much effort into it as you have good man
your efforts will be a great help to some one starting there head phone journey I didnt realy get on with head phones and didn't put as much effort into it as you have good manSurprisingly it is missing What Hi-Fi's favourit AKGs none of them are there, are they really not in the same league or something else.
chebby
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I bought three pairs of No. 25 on the list (Sennheiser PX 100-II) when they were at the silly price of £29 a pair in my local John Lewis a few weeks ago. They had gone back up to £32 when I walked past them today.
(Silly price for JL given that it's a department store. Currys were charging £44.95 and HMV had them in a 'sale' at £38.95!)
My wife uses them when watching her iPlayer/ITV player stuff on her PC and I (very occasionally) use a pair with my iPhone or laptop.
The other pair went to eldest daughter who - like me- hates 'in-ear' phones and has always used PX 100s.
The original PX 100s sounded a bit better than the Mk IIs, but fell apart very quickly. The MKIIs are much more robust despite no longer having the hard case.
(Silly price for JL given that it's a department store. Currys were charging £44.95 and HMV had them in a 'sale' at £38.95!)
My wife uses them when watching her iPlayer/ITV player stuff on her PC and I (very occasionally) use a pair with my iPhone or laptop.
The other pair went to eldest daughter who - like me- hates 'in-ear' phones and has always used PX 100s.
The original PX 100s sounded a bit better than the Mk IIs, but fell apart very quickly. The MKIIs are much more robust despite no longer having the hard case.
Zubkabera said:Surprisingly it is missing What Hi-Fi's favourit AKGs none of them are there, are they really not in the same league or something else.
Yes, true - missing a lot of things. Since I buy this stuff on a limited budget, I don't know if I'll get around to the brands I'm missing. I did have a K240 I think it was in the 90's - an excellent headphone.
Per a user suggestion, I updated the list to add a price column and a second list sorted by manufacturer and model.
Edit: List #1 was originally sorted by personal preference, but I reordered it slightly to reflect a sound quality rating rather than preference.
Edit: List #1 was originally sorted by personal preference, but I reordered it slightly to reflect a sound quality rating rather than preference.
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