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All the headphones that I have ranked below are great-sounding headphones. I added some brief comments on the glaring problems that I have with them. Hope this helps you in deciding your next purchase.
Top Tier Headphones:
Top Tier Headphones:
- Audio Technica ATH-AWKG
- Audio Technica ATH-W2022 <= top rec for beauty
- Erzetich Charybdis - mini Susvara, just a bit too heavy and bulky
- Final Audio D7000
- Fostex TH900mk2 SB, PW, BP <= best closed headphone
- Fostex TH909 SB <= best open headphone (if only you can find one)
- Hifiman Arya Organic <= best planar headphone
- Raal 1995 Immanis
- Spirit Torino Pulsar
- Warwick Acoustics Aperio
- ZMF Caldera Closed
- Audio Technica ATH-WB2022 (beautiful)
- Dali iO-12 (best in class, expensive)
- Pioneer DJ HDJ-CX
- Sennheiser HD25
- Aroma Audio Witch Girl S (W5) (best in class)
- Final Audio A5000 (energetic, big soundstage)
- Sennheiser IE600 (speaker-like presentation, fit issue)
- Madoo Type 812 (wide soundstage, exciting sound)
- PMG Audio Apx (energetic sound)
- Soranik Mems-S3
- Vision Ears VE10 (excellent tonality)
- Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (best ANC, spatial sound)
- Noble FoKus Mystique (all-rounder)
- Sony WF-1000XM5 (superb ANC)
- Tozo Golden X1
- Unique Melody U-Free (cheaper all-rounder)
- Shokz OpenFit
- Aune AR5000
- Edifier NB2 Pro
- FiiO FT3
- Moondrop Para
- Sviga Luan
- Abyss Diana MR
- Adidas RPT-01 Sport On-ear
- Aedle VK1/VK2/VKX
- Apple AirPods Max
- Audeze LCD-3 Zebrawood/LCD-XC (African Bubinga)/LCD-4 Macassar Ebony/LCD-R/MM-500/MM-100
- Audioquest Nighthawk/Nightowl
- Audio Technica ATH-L3000/ATH-L5000/ATH-W3000ANV/ATH-WP900/ATH-W2022/ATH-WB2022, Kurogaki ATH-AWKG
- B&O H95 Berluti/HX/Portal
- B&W Px8
- Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro/T1 (3rd Gen)/T5p (3rd Gen)/Amiron Copper Wireless
- Blue Satellite (White)
- Bose NC700 (Soapstone)/Special Edition
- Bowers & Wilkins PX5/PX7/P8/P9/Px7 S2/Px8 McLaren
- Cleer Audio NEXT
- Dali iO-12
- Dan Clark Audio Ether 2/Stealth/Expanse/Corina
- Denon AH-D7000, AH-D1200, AH-D9200, AH-GC25NC
- Ferrari Cavallino T350
- Final Audio Sonorous X/Muramasa VIII/D8000 Pro Collector's Edition
- Focal Celestee/Clear Mg/Radiance/Stellia/Utopia Tournaire/Utopia 2022
- Fostex TH900MK2 Red/Emerald Green/Sapphire Blue/Pearl White/Brilliant Purple
- Gold APERIO
- Grado GS3000x
- Heddphone Two
- Hifiman Jade II/Shangri-La/Shangri-La Jr
- House of Marley Exodus/House of Marley Positive Vibration XL
- JVC HA-SW01/JVC HA-SR85 ESNY
- Kennerton Thekk Karelian Birch (stabilized)/Thror Bubinga/Thror Novel Karelian Birch (stabilized)/Wodan Bubinga/Thror Tulipwood/Rognir Karelian Birch (stabilized)
- KEF Porsche Design Space One/Mu7
- Klipsch Heritage HP-3
- KLH Ultimate One
- Master & Dynamics MW75/MW65 Automobili Lamborghini
- Meze 99 Classics (Maple Silver)/Empyrean Dark Mystery/Empyrean Phoenix/Elite Chameleon/Epoque
- Modhouse Tungsten DS
- Monster Aria
- Neumann NDH30
- Philips Fidelio X3/L2
- Pioneer SE-Monitor 5
- Rosson Rad-0
- Sennheiser HE-1/HE60/HD820/HD800 Dior Homme
- Shinola Canfield
- Skullcandy Gold
- Sonus Faber Pryma
- Sony MDR-Z1R
- Spirit Torino Valkyria/Twin Pulse (Silver Python Print Headband)
- Stax SR-X9000
- T+A Solitaire T Wireless
- Ultrasone Edition 10/12/15/15 Veritas, Jubilee 25
- V-MODA S-80
- Yamaha Audio YH-5000SE
- ZMF LTD Atrium/Caldera/Auteur Bocote/Vérité Closed Stabilized (Maple Burl)
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