I have a Musical Fidelity X-Can and Sennheiser HD-600's.
04-19-2011, 02:00 AM
Poultrygeist
I have a pair of Grado's driven by the Audio GD NFB-12 ( combo headphone amp, DAC and preamp ) with Zu cabling.
04-19-2011, 02:51 AM
Hyfi
Grado 125s but no separate amp, just my Rotel 1050 and Hafler 945 to drive them.
04-19-2011, 03:22 AM
Jack in Wilmington
I guess Mr P and I have the same rigs. Musical Fidelity X-Can and the Sennheiser HD-600's. I have my Rotel running into the inputs on the X-Can and the X-Can outputs running into the inputs on the Jolida. That's probably a little unconventional. Haven't taken the Senns out since getting the new speakers.
04-19-2011, 04:20 AM
TheHills44060
Nope but sometimes wish I did. Right now I just have some el cheapo Sony MDR-150's (I think) that I've been using for quite a few years and got em plugged straight into a stereo preamp. Used to use headphones all the time in high school when I still lived at home.
04-19-2011, 12:52 PM
atomicAdam
I have K701's with the Trends PA1.0 Tube headphone amp and/or the KingRex HQ.
04-19-2011, 02:28 PM
rakeford
I have some Sennheiser HD650. I just use my RX-797 receiver headphone jack. Sometimes, I use the headphone jack on my Yamaha CDC-765 CD changer.
I also have some HiFiMan RE0 earbuds that I use with my laptop, not really expensive, but maybe to some for earbuds.
04-20-2011, 11:08 AM
BillB
Cans:
AKG K701
Sennheiser HD600
Grado SR-80
Etymotic MC-3
BillB, how would you compare the 600's to the 701's?
04-20-2011, 08:00 PM
02audionoob
AKG K702 here...and the search for a USB DAC/headphone amp occasionally goes on. For now, mostly from a Sound Blaster.
04-21-2011, 04:38 AM
BillB
@MrPeabody
I like both a lot. The Sennheisers are a bit more polite sounding, sweetened up a bit if you will, with bass tipped up a little. The AKGs have a more neutral presentation with the bass rolled off gradually.
If I want to "get inside" of a recording I'll use the AKGs with the Benchmark. If I want a warm relaxes sound I'll listen to the Sennheisers on the Schiit. Normally though they're mated with the complete opposite amp, giving both a little more of a balanced sound.
As for comfort, the Sennheisers edge out the AKGs only because they have the soft headband pads versus the rubber/leather padded on on the AKGs. I do prefer the earpad shape of the AKGs though.
Bill
04-23-2011, 05:46 AM
Poultrygeist
Headphones are nice and very useful when listening in the late hours but they will never take the place of good speakers. It's less of a natural way of listening to music.
04-29-2011, 09:19 AM
frahengeo
Audiogd NFB-12 & Senn HD800s. Just got the NFB-12 and so far so good.
04-29-2011, 04:19 PM
Mr Peabody
Frahengeo, ever heard the HD600 to say how much improvement the 800's are?
04-30-2011, 03:16 AM
frahengeo
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Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
Frahengeo, ever heard the HD600 to say how much improvement the 800's are?
Unfortunately, no. I would've like to have compared the HD800s with the 600/650, the Beyerdynamic line, and the Denon 7000. Not aware of any specialty stores like that around the Boston area.
04-30-2011, 06:19 AM
Mr Peabody
Have you been to Spearit Sound? I know they carry Beyer and Grado. They have a store in Boston but I'm sure that's a big area. If I was even remotely close though I'd be there, they carry some awesome gear.
04-30-2011, 11:24 AM
frahengeo
Yes. I've been in their store a few times and don't recall seeing a headphone section. Its a fairly small store.
04-30-2011, 11:42 AM
Mr Peabody
I wonder if the Hampton store is larger, they sure carry a lot of lines according to their website. Jack is a good guy, I bought my CJ and Siltech from them.
05-13-2011, 06:56 PM
Happy Camper
I am in the middle of a love affair with HiFiMan planars. The HE-500 were in the house last week so I was able to compare to the HE-6. Many have commented that the new planars from them and Audeze are better than any of the current flagship cans (HD-800, T-1, PS-1000, etc.
The difference between the two HE cans are sensitivity and coatings. The 6s need a speaker amp to drive them (I'm running 2 Rotel RMB-100 monoblocks 125w @ 8ohms). The 500s can be ran from standard headphone amps and even portables. They also play well on low wattage speaker amps.
05-14-2011, 02:03 PM
Mr Peabody
How much do those Hi-fi man run? Who carries them?
05-14-2011, 03:28 PM
winston
there you go Mr P, AA, has the HE-4 & HE-5LE, 5 to 700 each, also open box HE-5LE for $594.00 hurry :lol: