Koss K6 with a sliding volume control on each ear cup. Heavy, hot, sounded like crapola. Soured me on headphones for years,
This
^^^^ x2...
Story behind 'em.
Well I was a kid and my parents were sick & tired of me blasting RAWKNROWL outta my all-in-one stereo all day/night and they wanted to save their sanity.
Was many MANY years before my next pair of 'phones.
I mean there may have been an odd pair or two of those generic foam padded on-ear headphones,but nothing I'd listened to for any length of time.
Anyhow around the late 90's early 00's I picked up what I'd call my first pair of
REAL headphones.
Those were the venrable Sony MDR-7506.
I researched a bunch before getting them,learned they were basically a industry standard in recording/broadcasting,so I figured they should work for my needs.
And I gotta say they did so instantly,I really learned to enjoy using headphones with those,and I could have easily lived with those till my ultimate demise.
Honestly up to that point they were probably the best money I'd ever spent on any audio related gear,,,I've gotten my $$$$ worth outta them 10 fold or better...
That said a quirk of fate took my on a trip down the rabbit hole.
I went looking for a pair of vintage "silver" headphones to match my Kenwood KA-7300/KT-7300 combo.
Well what I ended up with were some AKG K140 (solid cups),and I was quite impressed.
Especially so as I'm not a big fan of on-ear 'phones,but those sounded nice.
And that was despite those having tha common "deflated pads" syndrome.
So that lead me down the whole line of high impedance AKG's.
K140 (slot cups)
K141
K141 Monitor
K240 Monitor
K240 Sextett (multiple pairs)
K240DF (multiple pairs)
Realistic Pro50 -aka- AKG K250 (two pairs)
AKG K260
So to this day the K240DF are my "endgame" headphones,and the Pro50 and K240 Sextett are close behind those.
I see no need to try and better those,they have
far exceded any expectations I had beforehand,so I see no need to challenge the current status quo.
And I STILL enjoy my MDR-7506 as well,those are mostly used for my gaming and what-not.
FWIW
Bret P.