Gear Days - New Year Over Ear Invitational Part 2: The Rankings

First off, this ranking took a really long time to do.  I've found that listening to multiple headphones for differences can be really difficult.  After 5 or 6 you start forgetting what the other ones sounded like and it all kind of blurs.  Also, I haven't done the amped ratings yet so there will be an edit to this post when I do end up finishing those.  Regardless, let's get to the standard rankings.

From top to bottom in ranking:
1. Superlux HD668B
2. AKG K612Pro
3. Sony MDRV6/MDR7506
4. Audio Technica ATH-M50
5. Beyerdynamic DT880
6. Incipio NX-100 f38
7. JVC HA-RX900
8. AKG K7XX
9. AKG Q701
10. Beyerdynamic T90
11. Audio Technica ANC70
12. Scarlett HP60
13. Bose QC15
14. Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro
15. California Headphones Co Silverado
16. Beats Studio Wireless
17. NuForce HP-800
18. VModa Crossfade LP
19. Audio Technica ANC7b

Some notes to consider when looking at these rankings:
The Sony MDRV6 and MDR7506 are for all intents and purposes the same headphones which is why they share a spot and have the exact same ratings.
Comfort, price to performance ratio, and certain extra features like noise cancelling or interesting sound profile factor heavily into these rankings.  For example, the Beyerdynamic T90s are ranked 10th place purely for price to performance ratio reasons while the AKG Q701 is docked for comfort reasons mainly.

Next up is the loser's list which is largely the bottom of this list but not completely.  Expect it up in a couple days.  Until next time.

*Edit*
After checking out some select headphones through the Aune T1 MK2, there are some surprising results.  None of them really change the standings but I'll go through a couple points here.  All three AKG headphones and the Beyerdynamic DT880s took a lot more volume to get equivalently loud as compared to the other headphones.  The Aune T1 MK2 tended to increase bass response and lighten treble response except in a couple of cases.  Those cases being on the Beats Studio Wireless and the AKG K612 Pros where the bass got weaker and the treble got stronger.  Also, even though some of the headphones appear to do worse, that doesn't necessarily make them as low ranking as in the base standings without amping/driving through the Aune T1 MK2, this is evidenced by the fact that I didn't give values below a 5.  I'll talk about each of the headphones and how they changed due to being run through the Aune T1 MK2 more in depth in the following posts.

--CsMiREK