An index to “Right Between Your Ears” World’s Best Headphone Reviews .
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Tyll in Headphone Reviews, World's Best Headphones
Read about the best headphones on the planet here.
There’s really no such thing as “The World’s Best Headphones.” For starters, the best headphones for travel are not the best for your listening room. Headphone utility is highly application specific, so no one headphone will be best for all uses. And second, everyone has different ears and tastes, so even within one application there may be more than one headphone at the top of the heap. Nonetheless, there are clearly some world-class headphones out there, and we thought it would be fun to give them a rundown.
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 The HD 800 is as stunning sounding as it is striking to look at. Introduced in 2009, the HD 800 is a fascinating exercise in headphone technological advancement with it’s high performance toroidal angled driver delivering incredible imaging. |
 The Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 Look, feel, and sound world class! Introduced in early 2010, the Tesla T1 is Beyerdynamic’s powerful answer to the HD 800. Breakthrough magnetic flux density makes these headphones play like light and silk. |
 The surprisingly good sounding line-up of high-end Denon sealed cans: D7000, D5000, and D2000. A great sealed headphone for audio professional and headphone enthusiast alike, the top-of-the-line Denon sealed headphones sound and look spectacular. |
 The Sennheiser HD 650, HD 600, and HD 580 topped the headphone world for almost 20 years. Sennheiser HD 650, HD 600, and HD 580 The HD650/HD600/HD580 ruled the roost for well over a decade as the finest sounding dynamic headphone available. Though surpassed now (at much higher prices) the HD 650 remains a great buy in headphones. |
 Beautiful and round in the fashionable iWhite of the day. Clothed in the oh-so-fashionable iWhite of its generation, the AKG K701 unseated the Sennheiser HD 650 as King of Headphones, though it wasn’t quite able to take the throne for itself. |
 A terrific looking and compact full-size headphone. Designed as the world’s best portable headphone, the Edition 8 can easily be driven by a portable player, and is both punchy and smooth at the same time. |
 Grados top-of-the-line GS1000 and PS1000. Though the headphone world is somewhat divided about Grado headphones, the GS1000 and PS1000 will make almost anything sound great. They’re also one of the very best headphones for low volume listening. |
Coming soon, the Shure SE530 and JH13!
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Marc
12. Feb, 2010
I am curious why it is generally accepted that an open set of cans will sound better than a closed set? I think the Denons are absolutely fantstic. The D7000 is a moving experience.
Tyll
12. Feb, 2010
Hi Marc (I assume),
With closed cans the designers have to deal with a sealed enclosure behind the driver, which is likely to create resonances etc. With open cans, the rear of the driver sees that nice big open space that isn’t reflecting any energy. For a long time there was a big difference between sealed and open cans for that reason.
However, as you rightly point out, sealed cans these days are getting very, very good, and the Denon cans in particular are absolutely terrific.
Thanks for asking.
sberamji
23. Mar, 2010
Hi TTYL,
Im a bit confused. Which headphone would you pick from the HD800, T1 and the GS1000i? My setup is as follows – Woo Audio 6 valve amp, Source Sony ES CD changer + Bel Canto DAC 2. I have heard the HD800 but thought them to be too boring. Then again I have not heard the GS1000i or the Beyerdynamic T1 and hence am turning to you for a suggesstion. I own the Grade SR60 and 80 and find them just ok – i.e. I cant listen to them for very long before getting tired of them. I have the HD650 but find them too rolled off and muffled compared to what I heard on the HD800. Please help. Shahzad