I recently entered the HeadFi world myself. My goal was to replicate as much as possible the sound characteristics I love about my big rig, which include; clean and detailed yet natural treble, excellent imaging and soundstage, disappear as a sound source, and overall neutrality with good tone and balanced bass. After reading many reviews I ended up with Hifiman HE400S headphones driven by an Audioquest Dragonfly Red, and I was surprised how much I got of what I was looking for. I’m finding the headphone experience to be very fun and rewarding in its own way.
If this at all sounds like what you’re looking for I’d strongly consider the Aryas. They do require some power, but I think something like the Singxer SDA-2 DAC/Amp would pair really well with them and costs under $700. Just saw the guy at audiophile-heaven review site just reviewed the SDA-2 and the Aryas were one of the ‘phones he used during the review so might be worth reading. Haven’t heard the others you listed so can’t really help there, but hope this at least gives you something to go on and best of luck in your search.
If this at all sounds like what you’re looking for I’d strongly consider the Aryas. They do require some power, but I think something like the Singxer SDA-2 DAC/Amp would pair really well with them and costs under $700. Just saw the guy at audiophile-heaven review site just reviewed the SDA-2 and the Aryas were one of the ‘phones he used during the review so might be worth reading. Haven’t heard the others you listed so can’t really help there, but hope this at least gives you something to go on and best of luck in your search.