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List your state of art headphones for smart phone use!

I am looking for over the ear headphones that can play at a satisfactory volume and do not drain the battery.
I currently have Sony Pro MDR 7520 headphones that list at $500 and are on Amazon for $275.
They are comfortable and fairly good for the price.
I use an Audioquest dragonfly cobalt D/A with my iPhone, iPad, and laptop.
If I moved up to $1000 or more what would be much better?
Are earbuds an alternative at all?
At home I use Stax L700 and get very close to SOTA sound quality with a Stax tube/fet driver amp.
I do not expect the same Stax sound quality.
Can I get close to my home headphone quality?
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uberwaltz
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and everything else is going into a box I’d like to be buried with so no one else knows of my mistakes.

Thx Erik!

Made my day, glad to see somebody else honest enough to admit they are capable of making a mistake.... or three!
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uberwaltz
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Not sure if state of the art but have given me literally 100,s of thousands of miles of service.
In fact when I watch my fellow travelers all unpacking their  bulky over ear phones and looking for charging ports I can’t help but chuckle.
I drag out my pocket this tiny black pouch with my own phones inside and plug and play.

Klipsch R6, still using my original from 6 years ago and I am a Delta Million Miler and I hammer the heck out of them.
I did buy a pair of the R6 mk2 but not even opened them yet.
All phones I have used them with have more than enough grunt to satisfy me, makes watching an in-flight movie more tolerable too.
Ultimate bass maybe a bit shy but mids and treble are superb.
Oh and 6 hour flight comfortable guaranteed!
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