Headphones ranked by Harman headphone listener preference scores.
Tables include the preference score (Score), standard deviation of the error (STD), slope of the logarithimc regression fit of the error (Slope) for both headphone types and average of the absolute error (Average) for in-ear headphones. STD tells how much the headphone deviates from neutral and slope tells if the headphone is warm (< 0) or bright (> 0).
Keep in mind that these numbers are calculated with deviations from Harman targets. The linked results use different levels of bass boost so the slope numbers here won't match the error curves you see in the linked results.
Over-ear table includes headphones measured by oratory1990 and Crinacle using GRAS systems. Measurements from other databases and systems are not included because they are not compatible with measurements, targets and preference scoring developed by Sean Olive et al.
Name | Score | STD (dB) | Slope | Average (dB) |
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AKG N400 | 89 | 0.93 | -0.11 | 0.68 |
AKG N5005 | 87 | 1.11 | -0.09 | 0.89 |
Final Audio A8000 | 84 | 1.36 | 0.08 | 1.2 |
Samsung Galaxy Buds | 81 | 1.64 | 0.08 | 1.24 |
Moondrop Sparks | 80 | 1.32 | 0.41 | 1.62 |
Hidition Viento (bass) | 79 | 1.63 | 0.15 | 1.72 |
IKKO OH1 | 78 | 1.79 | -0.33 | 1.46 |
Moondrop Blessing | 78 | 1.72 | 0.39 | 1.25 |
Oppo Enco X | 78 | 1.94 | -0.03 | 1.68 |
Massdrop Plus Universal IEM | 77 | 2 | -0.02 | 1.58 |
Aure Audio Storm | 76 | 1.98 | -0.25 | 1.48 |
Moondrop Starfield | 76 | 1.85 | -0.4 | 1.48 |
Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus | 76 | 1.82 | -0.65 | 1.19 |
Shure SE846 | 76 | 1.9 | -0.32 | 1.59 |
SoftEars RS10 | 76 | 2 | 0.42 | 1.35 |
Sony IER-Z1R | 76 | 2.05 | -0.28 | 1.49 |
AUNE Jasper | 75 | 2.29 | 0.01 | 1.54 |
Unique Melody 2HT Terminator | 75 | 1.81 | 0.35 | 2.02 |
Beats Powerbeats Pro | 75 | 2.09 | -0.37 | 1.37 |
KZ ZS10 | 74 | 2.01 | -0.33 | 1.88 |
Sony MH750 | 74 | 1.78 | -0.77 | 1.57 |
DUNU SA6 (default mode) | 73 | 2.33 | -0.26 | 1.53 |
Bose SoundSport Free | 73 | 2.5 | 0.03 | 1.73 |
Etymotic ER2XR | 73 | 2.27 | -0.2 | 1.88 |
IKKO OH10 | 73 | 1.94 | -0.63 | 1.88 |
Moondrop SSP | 72 | 2.38 | 0.36 | 1.6 |
Amazon Echo Buds | 72 | 2.22 | -0.52 | 1.73 |
Philips SHE3855 | 72 | 1.92 | -0.74 | 1.96 |
QKZ VK4 | 72 | 1.95 | -0.81 | 1.63 |
Sony WF-1000X | 72 | 2 | -0.5 | 2.22 |
Sony WF-1000XM3 | 72 | 2.41 | 0.05 | 2.13 |
Aure Audio Elixir | 71 | 2.57 | -0.08 | 1.82 |
InEar ProPhile-8 | 71 | 2.23 | -0.53 | 1.84 |
Moondrop Crescent | 71 | 2.12 | -0.71 | 1.74 |
Sony XBA-H3 | 71 | 2.65 | 0.01 | 1.95 |
Tin HiFi T2 Plus | 71 | 2.45 | 0.17 | 1.91 |
DUNU SA6 (atmospheric Immersion mode) | 70 | 2.47 | -0.6 | 1.56 |
Kinera BD005 Pro | 70 | 2.51 | 0.35 | 1.85 |
64 Audio A12t (m15 Apex module) | 70 | 2.34 | -0.66 | 1.68 |
Campfire Audio Polaris | 70 | 2.13 | -0.5 | 2.34 |
KZ ZST | 70 | 2.31 | -0.47 | 1.97 |
Queen of Audio Adonis | 69 | 2.63 | 0.03 | 2.33 |
Soranik Bastille-R | 69 | 2.19 | -0.86 | 1.78 |
Soranik Bastille-V | 69 | 2.19 | -0.86 | 1.78 |
1MORE Triple Driver LTNG | 69 | 2.66 | -0.3 | 1.98 |
64 Audio A12t (m20 Apex module) | 69 | 2.37 | -0.8 | 1.68 |
Bose QuietComfort 20 | 69 | 2.63 | 0.12 | 2.19 |
Samsung EO-IG955 (AKG) | 69 | 2.48 | -0.38 | 2.27 |
Sony MH755 | 69 | 2.19 | -1.02 | 1.5 |
TFZ T2 Galaxy | 69 | 2.12 | -0.77 | 2.23 |
Vision Ears Elysium | 69 | 2.47 | -0.17 | 2.49 |
AKG N20 | 68 | 2.67 | -0.21 | 2.42 |
Grado GT220 | 68 | 2.23 | -0.63 | 2.41 |
Sony XBA-N3 | 68 | 2.3 | -0.82 | 2.02 |
Shuoer Tape | 67 | 2.46 | -0.67 | 2.22 |
EarFun Free Pro (Oluv Edition) | 67 | 2.64 | -0.46 | 2.28 |
oBravo Cupid | 67 | 2.43 | -0.55 | 2.45 |
Sennheiser OCX 685 | 67 | 2.93 | 0.02 | 2.39 |
Alclair Studio3 | 66 | 2.69 | -0.59 | 2.08 |
Soranik ION-4 (Vietnamese domestic market edition) | 66 | 2.7 | -0.61 | 1.97 |
Final Audio Heaven V | 66 | 2.75 | -0.18 | 2.81 |
MEE Audio Pinnacle PX | 66 | 2.94 | -0.05 | 2.65 |
Meze Rai Penta | 66 | 3.07 | 0.01 | 2.34 |
Sony IER-M9 | 66 | 2.55 | -0.59 | 2.31 |
Aure Audio Flame | 65 | 2.9 | -0.36 | 2.17 |
Light Harmonic Mera | 65 | 2.47 | -0.74 | 2.59 |
Vivo XE800 | 65 | 2.73 | 0.65 | 2.05 |
SoundMAGIC E50C | 64 | 2.96 | -0.38 | 2.34 |
Alclair Electro | 63 | 2.86 | -0.79 | 2.26 |
BGVP DMG (foam eartips) | 63 | 3 | -0.25 | 2.72 |
KZ ATE | 63 | 2.88 | -0.45 | 2.8 |
Philips SHS8000 | 63 | 2.98 | 0.82 | 1.81 |
Shure SE215 | 63 | 2.79 | -0.73 | 2.36 |
JBL Free X | 62 | 2.66 | -1.25 | 2.11 |
NuForce Stride | 62 | 3.03 | -0.45 | 2.67 |
Sony WI-1000X | 62 | 2.9 | -0.65 | 2.64 |
64 Audio N8 | 61 | 3.06 | -0.55 | 2.66 |
Etymotic ER4XR | 61 | 3.16 | 0.66 | 2.2 |
FiiO FH5 | 61 | 2.96 | -1.08 | 2.02 |
JVC HA-FW1800 | 61 | 2.77 | -1.05 | 2.54 |
SoftEars Cerberus | 61 | 3.13 | -0.3 | 2.94 |
Sony MDR-XB80BS | 61 | 2.92 | -0.89 | 2.28 |
Apple ME186 In-Ear Headphones | 60 | 3.02 | -0.42 | 3.38 |
Campfire Audio Comet | 60 | 3.21 | 0.24 | 3.3 |
Sennheiser CX 2.00 | 60 | 3.2 | -0.59 | 2.66 |
Sony IER-M7 | 60 | 2.96 | -0.83 | 2.75 |
Anker SoundCore Liberty Air 2 | 59 | 2.88 | -1.14 | 2.45 |
BGVP DMG | 59 | 3.24 | -0.52 | 2.99 |
FiiO FA9 | 59 | 3.22 | -0.61 | 2.87 |
Final Audio E1000 | 59 | 3.31 | 0.54 | 2.67 |
Shure KSE1500 | 59 | 3.55 | -0.27 | 2.61 |
Jabra Evolve 75e | 58 | 3.21 | -0.81 | 2.79 |
Sennheiser CX 3.00 | 58 | 3.19 | -0.74 | 2.73 |
Anthem Five E4 (CIEM) | 57 | 3.28 | -1.03 | 2.38 |
Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro | 57 | 2.89 | -0.97 | 3.33 |
BLON BL-03 | 57 | 3 | -1.3 | 2.58 |
Final Audio E5000 | 57 | 2.97 | -1.28 | 2.74 |
JVC HA-FW10000 | 57 | 2.97 | 1.09 | 2.88 |
Alclair Studio4 | 56 | 3.26 | -0.74 | 3.35 |
Final Audio Heaven IV | 56 | 3.31 | -0.54 | 3.67 |
Noble Audio K10 CIEM | 56 | 3.53 | -0.71 | 2.6 |
Periodic Audio Be | 56 | 3 | -1.3 | 2.67 |
Rock Zircon | 56 | 3.25 | 0.73 | 3.35 |
Vision Ears Erlkönig | 56 | 3.17 | -0.89 | 3.23 |
Beyerdynamic Xelento | 55 | 3.12 | -1.35 | 2.63 |
Campfire Audio Andromeda | 55 | 3.48 | -0.45 | 3.63 |
Final Audio E500 | 55 | 3.59 | 0.62 | 2.93 |
KZ ZS7 | 55 | 3.26 | -1.07 | 2.94 |
Tin HiFi T3 | 55 | 3.7 | 0.27 | 3.3 |
Shure SE535 | 54 | 3.86 | -0.02 | 3.8 |
Sony XBA-N1 | 54 | 3.16 | -1.3 | 2.91 |
Sennheiser IE 4 | 53 | 3.59 | -0.43 | 3.8 |
Tin HiFi T2 | 53 | 3.68 | 0.57 | 3.5 |
AuGlamour F300 | 52 | 3.64 | -1.23 | 2.62 |
Etymotic hf5 | 52 | 3.88 | 0.63 | 3.13 |
FiiO F3 | 52 | 3.59 | -1.05 | 3 |
Final Audio E4000 | 52 | 3.5 | -1.05 | 3.25 |
Jabra Elite 75t | 52 | 3.78 | -1 | 2.68 |
Shure KSE1200 | 52 | 4.14 | -0.29 | 3.03 |
Sony MDR-7550 | 52 | 3.8 | 0.78 | 2.95 |
Stax SR-003MK2 (CES-A1 closedback adapter) | 52 | 3.7 | 0.54 | 3.68 |
Alclair Versa | 51 | 3.56 | -0.92 | 3.47 |
Tin HiFi T2 (foam eartips) | 51 | 3.79 | 0.75 | 3.4 |
Bose SoundSport Wireless | 50 | 3.3 | -1.63 | 3.13 |
Sony MDR-EX10 | 50 | 3.37 | -1.49 | 3.2 |
Sony WF-XB700 | 50 | 3.55 | -1.73 | 2.27 |
Sennheiser IE 800 S | 49 | 3.79 | -1.18 | 2.98 |
Craft Ears Craft TWO | 48 | 3.82 | -1.04 | 3.57 |
AKG K3003 | 48 | 3.94 | -0.97 | 3.44 |
JVC HA-FW01 | 48 | 3.65 | -1.26 | 3.48 |
Samsung EO-IC500 ANC Type-C | 48 | 4.57 | 0.78 | 2.23 |
Tin HiFi P1 | 48 | 4.45 | -0.22 | 3.75 |
NuForce EDC3 | 47 | 4.22 | -0.27 | 4.35 |
Tin HiFi T2 (front vent mod) | 47 | 3.57 | -1.72 | 3.2 |
FiiO FH1 | 46 | 3.81 | -1.5 | 3.28 |
Sennheiser CX 400BT | 46 | 4.02 | -1.35 | 2.98 |
1MORE Quad Driver | 45 | 4.49 | -0.4 | 4.1 |
Periodic Audio Carbon | 45 | 3.73 | -1.82 | 3.15 |
VSonic VS7 | 45 | 4.43 | -0.18 | 4.69 |
Akoustyx R-220 | 44 | 4.14 | 1.79 | 2.44 |
Sennheiser IE 800 | 44 | 4.08 | -1.44 | 3.21 |
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 | 44 | 4.39 | -0.89 | 3.57 |
HIFIMAN RE600S | 43 | 4.42 | 0.02 | 5.45 |
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless | 43 | 4.45 | -1.14 | 3.35 |
Etymotic ER2SE | 42 | 4.41 | 1.58 | 2.83 |
Etymotic ER2SR | 42 | 4.41 | 1.58 | 2.83 |
Etymotic ER4SR | 42 | 4.42 | 1.53 | 2.77 |
NS Audio NS3 | 42 | 4.48 | 1.62 | 2.55 |
Sony MDR-XB50 | 42 | 4.05 | -1.19 | 4.57 |
Beyerdynamic Blue Byrd | 41 | 4.51 | 1.31 | 3.48 |
Shure SE112 | 41 | 4.37 | -1.4 | 3.58 |
Panasonic RP-HJE120 | 40 | 4.26 | -1.39 | 4.14 |
MEE Audio Planamic | 39 | 4.63 | -1.46 | 3.47 |
ZMF Verite | 38 | 5.18 | 0.38 | 4.54 |
Campfire Audio Vega (Foam Eartips) | 38 | 4.58 | -1.45 | 3.88 |
FiiO FA7 | 38 | 4.46 | -1.2 | 4.69 |
Meze Rai Solo | 38 | 4.89 | -1.31 | 3.39 |
Westone UM3X | 38 | 4.95 | -0.65 | 4.58 |
KZ ES4 | 37 | 4.54 | -1.8 | 3.63 |
Campfire Audio Io | 34 | 5.61 | -0.42 | 4.44 |
Stax SR-003MK2 | 34 | 4.97 | 0.59 | 5.57 |
Xiaomi Mi ANC | 34 | 5.01 | 0.38 | 5.94 |
Klipsch HP3 | 33 | 5.11 | 1.3 | 4.17 |
Sennheiser IE 80 S | 33 | 4.55 | -1.94 | 4.34 |
Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear | 33 | 4.79 | -1.59 | 4.46 |
Audeze iSINE 10 | 32 | 5.33 | 0.57 | 5.36 |
Bowers & Wilkins C5 Series 2 | 30 | 4.72 | -2.32 | 4.17 |
Audeze iSINE 20 | 29 | 5.74 | 0.32 | 5.82 |
Spiral Ear SE 5-Way Ultimate | 17 | 6.57 | -1.56 | 4.8 |
Sony MDR-CD2000 | 12 | 6.85 | 2.73 | 3.4 |
Brainwavz M5 | 8 | 6.46 | 3.3 | 4.37 |
Apple AirPods | -26 | 9.57 | 4.47 | 4.1 |
Sony MDR-3 | -44 | 11.01 | 4.45 | 5.77 |
Apple EarPods | -51 | 11.17 | 5.44 | 5.41 |
Sony XEA20 Xperia Ear Duo | -85 | 13.75 | 5.99 | 7.84 |