Which are the most efficient headphones?

[JK98]

The most efficient one I own is the JVC HAS360, which is 116 db/mw 32 ohms, which is around 131 db/V. Any theories about how efficiency correlates with sound quality? I guess a very efficient horrible sounding headphone can be made, and a very inefficient great sounding one can be made. I guess if a great sounding inefficient headphone is starved for power, it can't perform at its best.

[CrowdAds]

[Syndrome]

You pretty much answered your own question. It can go either way and isn't the largest deciding factor.

[JK98]

I thought I changed the word efficient to sensitive in the post, but it seems like it reverted to efficient. I guess I want very sensitive headphone db/V rather than efficient(db/mw). Are there many headphone over 130 db/V? Do you know some of those offhand?

[skip252]

Originally Posted by JK98

I thought I changed the word efficient to sensitive in the post, but it seems like it reverted to efficient.

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