-Focal Elegias (1000$?)
-Neumann NDH20 (500$?)
-Drop Ether CX (750$)
-Hifiman Sundaras (300$?)
-Koss ESP95X (400$?)
-Takstar HF580 (200$?)
Are all in my “endgame.txt”. They’re all “detail monsters”.
The first three all aim for neutrality/naturalness (and are “detail monsters”, yes).
The last three are more “audiophile-oriented”, but still detail monsters. For example, ESP95X are “compressed” – you hear an unnatural amount of details according to some.
Right now? My mooded T50RPs (150$) + Shure 840 Pads (20$) are the most detailed and neutral headphones I heard. I’ll start using these in my little cheap home studio soon. They’re excellent, they’re my “daily drivers” right now, and I listen to everything from acoustic to jazz to techno/trance to death metal and fail to understand how any other headphones could make anything sound better for me.
Why do I have an “endgame.txt” file? Curiosity.