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I am currently looking at purchasing a new set of headphones. I was leaning towards "Sennheiser HD650" (I always had good experiences with that company with 3 headsets so far in the past 20 years).
Are any of you familiar with anything new in recent years that would make me change my default decision?
Thanks in advance.
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Where is Rich when you need him I currently use a set of Grado 325is. These have been my favorite so far. I have tried some Senns in the past but not the higher end models. The ones I have tried, up to the HD570s, seem dark and not as alive as the Grado models, SR 60s iGrado and the 325s, that I have. The AKGs are also a very good brand to look into. I have a set of AKG K501s that sound very good. Not as good as the Grados imo though. Are you going to be running a headphone amp?
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If you go with the Senns, I'd recommend a headphone amp, or a receiver or preamp with a beefy headphone section. Those Senns are somewhat hard to drive. The Grados will give you a bit more versatility in terms of power supply.
Like Wid said, hopefully Rich will be along.
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I was planning to use them solely as headphones for my Onkyo-805 and mostly to get the best out of SACDs on headphones. Waiting for Rich...
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Eric, check out head-fi.org. Lots of good info there. Actually, Rich (F107plus5) spends a lot of time there. I'd make it a clickable link, but it looks like the site's down for right now.
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I'm talkin with him right now. He'll be on shortly.
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Man, talk about service! Err, you got a typo.
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Whoops, it's fixed
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