Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth
Uh, seriously, buy a decent receiver. Like, today. ;\)

You've got $500 pair of speakers and a $350 set of headphones there. They deserve more than a $10 garage sale receiver.

Something like this (refurb Denon AVR687 for $139) would be far, far, far superior to your garage-sale special and should be affordable for just about anyone.

And to be really honest, those AKG701's ought to have their own headphone amp if you really want to hear their potential.



oh yes, my order for buying these things has not been logical exactly, but has been mostly organized by circumstance. i was afraid that i had already done too much damage to the speakers before i had a chance to get a new receiver...let's hope that's not the case and that i will soon be rocking out.

but seriously, i'm such a newb with this stuff!

thanks everyone for your quick and helpful replies. sorry this is kind of a lame thread.