I’ve never been satisfied with a pair of headphones

So, basically what it says in the title. For a while when I was at uni I had a cheap pair of Philips headphones that were meh but I was not very demanding. Over time I became more demanding and kept buying headphones and I was never satisfied specifically with higher-end headphones. Currently I have the Sony WH-1000XM3 and Sony Pulse 3D (for gaming but occasionally I try listening to music with them) and the AirPods 2 as I don’t like in-ear earphones.

While the Sony XM3’s have decent noise cancelling I usually put them in transparency mode as for some reason I feel I enjoy music better with them. Also I always find headphones muffled and bass-heavy when I prefer more crystalline sound. When powered I usually tweak the EQ but I also listen to CDs with a player that does not have Bluetooth nor EQ.

I listen to pretty much all kinds of music except heavy metal (jazz, electronic and indie/lo-fi, city pop, etc.).

Any suggestions?