My Order at the moment: 7, 5, 9, 4, 6, 3, 8, 2, 1
I love the seventh, the second movement especially. The harmonies are breathtaking.
The fifth symphony, however, I find more satisfying than the seventh from the point of view that it seems so perfect and compact, as though nothing is wasted (This even despite the famous often repeated four-note motif, and I think you all know of what I speak).
It seems a shame to relegate the ninth to third. The electrifying first movement is my favourite, and I love the joyfulness of the finale. And then there is that frightful chord that makes me jump out of my skin every time. An awful sound it is but so right!
And all the other ones are great too, even the first and second, which most people wouldn't rate as highly. And the fact that one and the same composer could write the lovely pastoral symphony as well as the defiantly victorious fifth symphony and the intense ninth says a lot for that composer's genius.
By the way, I like Beethoven's stuff.