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At least the Beats were not on the list.

I guess I should finally break down and go listen to some Grados.

Oh my...

pass, pass and pass.

I believe Steve Guttenberg is a headfier, FWIW.

Hey, it's a start...I do remember seeing the grado rs-1's in maxim's top recommended gifts one year. I also remember seeing the ATH l3000's on cnet at some point in time.

When you look at the current stock of top of the line cans that are still in production, I think Steve for the most part got it right. However, I think that speaks of a broader issue of the state of can-dom that the top 3 to represent the best of headphone current production are those 3.

No Stax. Stone him!!

What I especially like is that all of them were plugged straight into a Nano, probably the best mp3 player ever made...

Meh, who cares. Its CNet ffs and one guy's opinion.

I heard and enjoyed a pair of GS-1000's back in a meet around Fall 2006. I don't know if they were the pre-production ones that everyone says are superior to the production version.

Off-topic, a pair sold on A-gon for $480.

If you liked them, then yes, they were.

I think the D5000 -- other than build quality issues -- is a completely under-rated phone. I remember liking it, and have heard nothing since then to convince me otherwise.

Ugh wouldn't own any of those 3.

I don't think it was such a bad rundown for production 'phones, though I really would have liked to see a Stax 02 and an SRM-007ta or something. The article's already rather esoteric for most cnet readers, so why not blow the thing all the way out of the water?

I dunno I feel like the price tier below has some much more interesting candidates like not just from a price/value standpoint but sonics as well.

I would have loved to see some Stax too, but we've got to admit they're not really "plug & play" headphones. I think the listed headphones make sense considering the CNET crowd and they're all generally well-respected cans by the average head-fier. I have listened to the D5000 at a meet and they were really not my type, but I have no idea about the other two.

I thought it would be worse, honestly.

I owned and enjoyed the GS1000. I almost bought that pair on agon for $480 but it sold in just a few minutes. Probably for the best.

I though it would be Bose+Beats+Skullcandy, so they could have done much worse.

$480? i think the GS-1000s are definitely worth $480. they sound pretty good with flat pads

For $480 I would've probably picked them up and I agree that they are worth it at that price for sure.

I thought the CNET article was okay for production cans and like Postjack mentioned I thought it was going to be worse.

I though it would be Bose+Beats+Skullcandy, so they could have done much worse.

Very true... :Shutters: at Skullcandy

I would have loved to see some Stax too, but we've got to admit they're not really "plug & play" headphones.

I disagree, they're plug'n'play if you buy a system (earspeaker/amp combo).

I disagree, they're plug'n'play if you buy a system (earspeaker/amp combo).

I know, but try to explain that to a normal CNET customer. What I meant by "plug & play" is that the phones can't be plugged directly into an iPod which is probably the main criteria for the MP3 crowd. Anyway, you knew what meant.

No doubt that your English is far superior to mine but the article title was something like '' Three of the world's best headphones''

So I think that there is some merit to that trio.

Amicalement

PS

I'm still having fun with my balanced Black Dragon GS-1000....