What headphones do you recommend?

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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    …pdudeman said:
    mrussel1 said:
    dudeman said:
    The Sennheiser HD599s arrived a couple days ago. They are terrifically comfortable and the soundstage is really impressive. Still breaking them in as they sounded a little veiled at first. Getting better with more hours on them.


    I have the Senn HD 650.  They were $500 when I bought them several years ago, but today discounted to $350.  I think they are a steal at that price.  

    Which of those are your favorite?
    Are you using a separate headphone amp for your 650s? 
    Not any longer.  My McIntosh pre has a very nice amp so no need.  However I do have a Music Hall headphone amp that I used with the vintage Marantz.  I found the internal one on the Marantz to be harsh so the Music Hall was a clear improvement.  If you’re on vintage still, you may want to try one out.  
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,210
    I've thought about it a lot. Most of the time, I use the headphone out on my Marantz 2215b. It has been fully recapped and restored and it is cleaner sounding than the 2245. The 2215b drives all of my cans well but I don't have any with impedance over 50 ohms. It has a pretty easy life.

    Since I have gotten into listening with headphones more regularly, I have been looking at Sennheiser HD650s and Hi-Fi Man Sundaras. I know they are much harder to drive so I've been checking out some HP amps.
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    dudeman said:
    I've thought about it a lot. Most of the time, I use the headphone out on my Marantz 2215b. It has been fully recapped and restored and it is cleaner sounding than the 2245. The 2215b drives all of my cans well but I don't have any with impedance over 50 ohms. It has a pretty easy life.

    Since I have gotten into listening with headphones more regularly, I have been looking at Sennheiser HD650s and Hi-Fi Man Sundaras. I know they are much harder to drive so I've been checking out some HP amps.
    My little guy is a Music Fidelity,  not Music Hall.  On my setup,  I had it after the external phono stage, but before the Marantz. It was much cleaner but my Marantz was not recapped,  so yours may sound much better. This has 47Kohms input impedance.  There are also 3 gain settings. It was more than enough for the 650s. 


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