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Full-Size Headphones
Introduction
Four Superb Portable Headphone Amps (and Amp/DACs)
Four Headphone Amps That Offer True Affordable Excellence
Three Top-Tier Headphone Amps for Hardcore High-Enders
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Editors’ Choice, Headphones Under $250
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Editors’ Choice, Headphones From $250-$699
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Editors’ Choice, Headphones From $700 On Up
headPhones from $250-$699
AKG K702
Audio-Technica ATH- W1000X Grandioso
Beats By Dr. Dre Studio (noise canceller)
Beats By Dr. Dre Beats PRO
Beyerdynamic DT-880
Beyerdynamic DT-990 Premium
Bowers & Wilkins P5
Fischer Audio FA-002W High Edition
Grado SR325is
Grado RS2
HiFiMAN HE-5LE
Sennheisrer HD650
Sony MDR-NC500D (noise canceller)
headPhones under $250
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b (noise canceller)
Klipsch Image One
Koss KDE-250
KRK KNS-8400
NuForce UF-30
Phiaton MS 400
Shure SRH840
Urbanears Tanto
Urbanears Plattan
headPhones from $700 on uP
Audeze LCD-2
Audeze Follow-Up: Audeze’s Revision 2 Drivers for the LCD-2
Audio-Technica ATH-W5000
Beyerdynamic T5P
Beyerdynamic T1 Tesla
Denon AH-D7000
Grado PS1000
HiFiMAN HE-500
HiFiMAN HE-6
Sennheiser HD800
Stax SR-007 Omega Reference Series II Headphone/SRM-007 tII Energiser
Ultrasone Limited Edition 8
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Full-Size HeadpHoneS
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InTRODUcTIOn
W
elcome to 2011 edition of the
Playback Guide to Full-Size Headphones.
Whether your
needs or tastes run toward simple and affordable headphones you can use with an
iPod, or toward exotic ultra high-performance models that require dedicated headphone
amplifiers, the purpose of this Guide is to help you find solutions that will fit your budget, meet
your expectations, and provide lasting music enjoyment.
Reviews (and lots of them):
For your reading pleasure,
we provide a collection of 34 in-depth
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reviews of
headphones that fall in the same price brackets mentioned
above:
• Models Priced Under $250 (9 models reviewed)
• Models Priced From $250 to $699 (13 models reviewed)
• Models Priced From $700 and Up (12 models reviewed)
As always, we strive to provide discerning and nuanced
assessments of each of the headphones we review, focusing on
both the sonic and practical strengths and weaknesses of each
model. Most of all, we hope our reviews inspire you to seek
out more hands-on listening experiences, so that you can form
your own opinions and make good, knowledgeable purchasing
decisions.
We believe headphones potentially offer more musical
sophistication and satisfaction per dollar than any other class of
audio component—a truth you can verify by giving some of our
recommended models a careful listen. Enjoy.
Chris Martens,
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Starting out:
We begin with six important background articles
that will help you come “up to speed” in the world of high
performance headphones. First, we offer three articles that
discuss some of
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favorite headphone amplifiers,
since we realize that headphones can only sound as good as
the devices that power them.
• Portable Headphone Amplifiers
(for enjoying high-quality
sound on the go).
• Desktop Amplifiers that Offer Truly Affordable
Excellence
(recognizing that almost all
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readers
are looking for “something better” in terms of sound quality,
but typically don’t have unlimited funds to spend).
• Top-Tier Headphone Amplifiers for Hardcore High-
Enders
(offered in the spirit of finding amps that really do
justice to today’s most exceptional high-end headphones).
Next we provide three articles that offer specific
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Editors’ Choice recommendations for high-performance
headphones spanning three price brackets:
Searching for great Headphones lets you
experience the “thrill of the hunt...”
• Editors’ Choice, Headphones Under $250.
• Editors’ Choice, Headphones $250 to $699.
• Editors’ Choice, Headphones, $700 and Up
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