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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:
  • 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
Fav Wireless Headphones:
  • Audio Technica ATH-WB2022 (beautiful)
  • Dali iO-12 (best in class, expensive)
Fav DJ/Studio Headphones
  • Pioneer DJ HDJ-CX
  • Sennheiser HD25
Fav IEMs:
  • 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)
Fav TWS:
  • 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)
Fav Open Wireless:
  • Shokz OpenFit
Fav Chifi:
  • Aune AR5000
  • Edifier NB2 Pro
  • FiiO FT3
  • Moondrop Para
  • Sviga Luan
Best-Looking Headphones:
  • 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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