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In Reply to: RE: I am breaking in a new amp posted by Frihed89 on July 15, 2013 at 09:59:38
I am new to the headphone side of audio, longtime music lover and audiophile. The favorite music gives me suggestions to make a decision of whether or not to continue on this path. There is another site that enjoys lots of traffic, and I assume that the demographic is young. I don't know that for sure but the conversations lead me to believe that. My system is all analog and I just purchased a headphone amp and headphones to be able to listen now that my wife and I are retired. So far it doesn't impress me, with that said the image is small and compressed compared to my 3-way speaker system that gives imaging from wall to wall. The detail is great on the headphones so I will continue my quest for something that pleases me.
Listening to music supplied by cd is not as engaging as my tt thru the headphones.
Do you folks listen to records thru headphones or is it all digital?
Thanks
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I assume you are referring to Head-Fi and I believe you are mostly right about the ages of the posters.
Headphones will never give you the soundstage of speakers. Open headphones will come closest while closed will give a narrower picture with better isolation.
You don't say what headphones you own or what music you listen to. Maybe if folks knew that, they could better help you.
Below is a site you might find interesting, Head-Fi but vinyl oriented.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
Travis, My first set of cans are grado sr80's and the second set is the Fostex t50rp's with the Mayflower mods. The Grados are ok but remind me of two cups of sandpaper over my ears and sound similar to the transistor radio I grew up with. Really not that bad but very uncomfortable. The Fostex are very detailed and image very well but they are closed in giving that kind of a feeling. I have a Matrix M stage with the burr brown class a biasing mod, seems very nice and a good match with the fostex. I am going to RMAF show in October and look forward to hearing the High end Grado's amd the Sennheiser 650's. I am most interested in the 650's because I can use a tube amp, all of my main system is tubes. I am using a Music Reference rm4+ phono stage with the Matrix. All and all an ok starting point.
Thanks for the web site referral.
I think the headphones you have are entry level. The Matrix is a great budget amp. The sennheiser 650 would be a step up over those other cans big time. If you let us know your budget we can make some recommendation but on headfi you can find all the answers more so than here on this forum.
I found my Grado 325is uncomfortable as well until I changed the pads to the G-Cushions. They make a wider soundstage and are more comfy. I use an all tube Woo headphone amp with them and my BeyerDynamic DT660 (closed) and DT880 (semi open). I also have an iFI iCAN which can bump up the low bass and create an even wider soundstage.
I confess that since I got a new turntable, I've gone back to listening to speakers more than I used to. Vinyl can somwhow create a nice wide soundstage.
Like all things audio, it's a journey. I predict you will come to really like the headphone experience.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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