Bjorn Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Well as this ain't head-fi (and all that means), I would assume one would be able to run a thread like this without having the hate brought down from the sky. Plus, roasting stuff is always fun so... 1. Ultrasone Edition 10. ~$3500(?). The most repulsive >$100 headphone I've ever heard, period. Couldn't stand more than 20 seconds of it. 2. Pioneer SE-Master1. ~$2500. Artificially boosted, distorted bass that interferes with the midrange and a tizzy, metallic top end sums it up quite nicely. And this piece of shit actually got quite a solid reception from magazines and some (apparently, deaf) headphone users. Was just recently measured by Tyll though and his measurements cohere with my impressions. 3. Grado PS-1000. ~$1600. U-shape exemplified, with a razor-blade of a treble. As a bonus, unnecessarily heavy with poor weight distribution. GS1000 is the same, maybe worse. 4. Beyerdynamic T1. ~$1100. Quite good sounding until you get to the high notes, where everything falls apart. Typical Beyer. 5. Sennheiser HD 700. ~$700. Like above, to a lesser extent. 6. Ultrasone Edition 8. ~$1000. May be the best Ultrasone, but that sure as hell don't make it good. 7. JVC DX1000. $???. Sounds like having a pair of coke-cans attached to your head. 8. AKG K701. ~$250. Very popular in its price range along with its different-colored siblings (Q701, K702) but I've never understood why. The older k501 is far better. 9. The Denon D7100. ~$800. A failure for sure, same goes with the rest of that range. 10. Ok, here it comes. The STAX SR-009. ~$4000. No, it doesn't suck. Yes, it's miles better than anything else on this list and better than all but a few headphones in this world. And hell, with some music it's even quite a nice listen. But, it's certainly the most overrated headphone ever sold IMHO. My god, the raves about this one. Certainly ain't nothing wrong with the clarity or the engineering/construction, but to me it just sounds off tonally. Upper mids/lower treble brought forward and lower midrange & bass thinned out compared to the 007. Damn shame as it's such a beautifully built and packaged piece of headphone. I would mention the HD 800, but then I figured - flawed or not - it might actually be the best moving-coil dynamic driver headphone in the world. And it's not obnoxiously expensive... not by todays standards. All subjective of course. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 JH13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 29 minutes ago, Voltron said: Thanks for sharing. *Nods, exhales slowly and wipes the tears*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Edited January 28, 2016 by shellylh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I like it. The 009 does belong there and there are other crazy expensive sets which also can't quite live up to the hype. The Orpheus was so far from being neutral that it wasn't even funny, large parts of the bass spectrum simply missing and the top end only sounds ok if you feed it through a broken amplifier with enough polyester caps in the signal path. Let's not get started on that soundstage or what ever it was supposed to be... Sony R-10. Nothing wrong with them except they have a very unique sound but my gripe is people paying way too much money for something nobody can service and where the crucial foam parts are degrading so they will never sound right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 10 hours ago, Bjorn said: *Nods, exhales slowly and wipes the tears*. You said yesterday that you thought this place was a whole lot nicer than Head-Fi. Well, yes and no. Props for rolling with it, but that was a pretty Head-Fi-like thread to start on your second day here, even if it would have been deleted over there. Keep rolling with the punches, figure out what and when is right to post, figure out the right time for attitude in your posts/responses based on some reading around the forum, and you'll do just fine here. Welcome. Sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 ^Are you ok? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Are there any headphones you do like? Don't know where you get your kicks, but I don't waste a lot of time on shit I don't like, headphones or otherwise. Find something you like, listen to them for a while, and fucking smile a little. Edited January 28, 2016 by Wmcmanus 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 ... and, you missed the Audio Technica ATH-W5000 Raffinato which has more HONK than a flock of flatulent geese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Ah, the W5000 yes. Just awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 The K701 is fine, it does not belong on this list. The only reason I don't have one is because it doesn't do anything any of my other phones do. The Beyer T1 needs very good amplification to sound its best. The OP is shameful in its arrogance. 20 seconds to make a judgment? Disqualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShine Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Yikes. No shovel? I miss the shovel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggil Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hey! Live my 009 alone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 And my axe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 I still like jvc marshmallows. They sound great with deathmetal. chug chug chug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purk Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 How about the HE-1000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted January 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Seriously? I actually like the HE1000, I'd even rate it as my favorite non-electrostatic thus far. I did hear some slight oddities though, it's not completely neutral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 All Stax and AKG K1000s suck, no one buy any 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 9 minutes ago, mypasswordis said: All Stax and AKG K1000s suck, no one buy any ...and orthodynamics! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin ear Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 bjorn again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiojunkie Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Why is he still here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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