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#182946 11/11/07 03:57 PM
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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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EFalardeau #182950 11/11/07 04:25 PM
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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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Wid #182956 11/11/07 04:31 PM
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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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St_PatGuy #182961 11/11/07 04:39 PM
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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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EFalardeau #182963 11/11/07 04:41 PM
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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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EFalardeau #182964 11/11/07 04:43 PM
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I'm talkin with him right now. He'll be on shortly.

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Wid #182965 11/11/07 04:44 PM
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Man, talk about service!


Err, you got a typo.


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Wid #182967 11/11/07 04:46 PM
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 Originally Posted By: wid

He'll be on shorty.


As opposed to....????


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Whoops, it's fixed


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