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For me, both with and without EQ, it's the HD800/HD800S. It is an imperfect headphone to be sure - its leakage tolerance is inferior to ex. most higher-end Hifimans, its headband can cause a hot spot at the very top of the head for pointy-headed folks, etc - but it is a headphone that is:@oratory1990 , @Mad_Economist, @amirm what is your favorite headphone with and without EQ and why? Solerdude already chimed in..
- Highly ergonomic to most users
- Acoustically very open
- Tuned in a way I personally find pretty lovely at stock
- Not 400+g like a lot of "flagships" are these days
- Surprisingly durable, you may have seen a gif of me throwing mine over my shoulder without any harm
For what it's worth, re: soundstage, I personally don't perceive much "spaciousness" to any headphone, including the HD800. The sound is within my noggin, and the size of that acoustic space seems to me to be Small. Anecdotally, about half the "unprimed" people I've put HD800s on commented on them sounding "large" or similar descriptors, which might exceed chance, but I'd want to do a real study before attributing that to acoustics rather than the generally downward-tilting midrange (which is similar to a further-field steady state response) and large earcups which don't touch the pinnae.