what makes better headphones?

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shure
ultimate ears
sensaphonic
etymotics
what makes the best ones out of those and would they be a better choise than sony, creative, or bose? I am looking for the best possible headphone sound quality possible. and suggestions or opinions would be appreciated. thx

I'm not sure of your question given the words you chose. What makes better headphones? Higher resolution, better imaging, and wider bandwidth.

Do you really mean who makes better headphones?

I am very pleased with my Shure E-4Cs that I use with both a Sony Diskman and my constant traveling companion, a Dell laptop where I store a bunch of music in full wav format.

Bose excels at it's marketing acumen.

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