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Mount Rushmore of headphones? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by JabsOrOmicron@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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I was just curious as a newcomer to this hobby what your “Mt Rushmore” of headphones would be and why? Maybe one ubiquitous, one iconic, one studio headphone, and one high end / audiophile pick? If that’s too broad you could just focus on whichever category is most relevant to you. Let me know if this discussion already exists on this sub or elsewhere!

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[–] Regular-Cheetah-8095@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We’ll try to get one iconic rep from different genres:

Denon AH-9200

Sennheiser HD600

Hifiman HE1000 V2

Koss Porta Pros

Don’t even try me on the Porta Pros. If you’re still relevant after 40 years, you belong on the mountain.

[–] JabsOrOmicron@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I was thinking of the Porta Pros in making this post. I was thinking of other defining designs like the Fender Stratocaster, Shure SM58 microphone, Volkswagen Beetle etc and wanted to know what the headphone equivalents would be. I’m too young to have been around during the Porta Pro’s heyday but I imagine they were similarly popular to AirPods today. I want a pair!