Headphone Tier List

Headphones I’ve tried

Rank	Type	Headphone	Status
1	Open-Back	Sennheiser HD800s	Owned
2	Open-Back	Focal Elex	Owned
3	Closed-Back	Focal Bathys	Owned
4	Open-Back	HIFIMAN Edition XS	Used to Own
5	Closed-Back	Focal Elegia	Owned
6	Open-Back	Sennheiser HD6XX/650	Owned
7	Open-Back	HIFIMAN Deva Pro	Used to Own
8	Closed-Back	Focal Celeste	Used to Own
9	Open-Back	Sennheiser HD600	Tried
10	Closed-Back	Sennheiser HD620s	Used to Own
11	Closed-Back	Fiio FT1	Used to Own
12	Open-Back	HIFIMAN Sundara	Tried
13	Open-Back	HIFIMAN HE400se	Used to Own
14	Open-Back	Sennheiser HD 560s	Used to Own
15	On-Ears	Koss KPH40x	Owned
16	On-Ears	Koss Porta Pros	Owned
17	On-Ears	Koss KPH30i	Owned
18	Open-Back	AKG K702	Used to Own
19	Open-Back	Audio-Technica ATH-AD700x	Used to Own
20	Open-Back	Audio-Technica ATH-AD500x	Used to Own
21	Closed-Back	Monolith M1070C	Used to Own
22	Open-Back	Sennheiser HD 599SE	Used to Own
23	Open-Back	Sennheiser PC38X	Owned
24	Open-Back	Philips XHR2	Used to Own
25	Closed-Back	HIFIMAN Sundara Closed	Used to Own
26	Closed-Back	Meze 99 Classics	Tried
27	Closed-Back	HIFIMAN HER9	Used to Own
28	Closed-Back	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro	Tried
29	Closed-Back	Epos H3 Open	Used to Own
30	Bluetooth	Bose QC Ultra	Used to Own
31	Bluetooth	Sennheiser Momentum 4	Used to Own
32	Bluetooth	Sennheiser Accentum Wireless	Used to Own
33	Bluetooth	Bose QC35	Tried
34	Bluetooth	Sony WH-1000XM5	Tried
35	Bluetooth	Anker Soundcore Q45	Tried

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Headphones I want to try

Type	Headphone
Open-Back	HIFIMAN HE1000 V2
Open-Back	HIFIMAN HE5XX
Open-Back	HIFIMAN Susvara
Open-Back	HIFIMAN Arya Organic
Open-Back	HIFIMAN Ananda
Open-Back	Sennheiser HD660s
Open-Back	Audio-Technica AD1000
Open-Back	Audio-Technica AD2000
Open-Back	Audio-Technica AD5000
Open-Back	Audio-Technica R70X
Electrostatic	Any Stax Electrostatic Headphones
Open-Back	Focal Utopia
Closed-Back	Focal Stellia
Open-Back	Focal Clear MG
Closed-Back	Focal Celestee
Closed-Back	Sony MDR-Z1R
Open-Back	Audeze LCD-X
Open-Back	Audeze LCD-2 Classic
Closed-Back	E-MU Teak
Open-Back	AKG K712 Pro
Open-Back	ZMF Verite
Open-Back	ZMF Auteur