There must some guys here who had a chance to hear some of the headphones i’m thinking about, and i was wandering how do these headphones stack up against today flagships. Headphones i have in mind are AKG K1000, Sony Qualia 10, Sony mdr-10, Grado HP1000, Stax SR-Ω, Sennheiser he-60 I’m wondering how are these headphones in comparison to today’s totl headphones.
I’ve had a few vintage headphones (Fostex T50v0, Fostex T30, Sony MDR CD900 (OG 80s model), Beyerdynamic ET1000, Yamaha YH-1000, & Victor HP-D90).
I think they’d like fall in line with today’s mid-fi offerings like the HD600 or just below there in retrospect to my “vintage headphone phase.” Although not technically nor objectively better than today’s TOTL (or even some mid-fi) offerings, they’re still fun and have a certain charm and quirk to them. Except the Yamaha YH-1000/HP-1000. Those just sound like ass.