Headphone Heights

Senn 414... Koss

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Bill Way

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In Reply to: RE: Anyone remember their first set of cans? posted by ghost of olddude55 on March 28, 2020 at 08:07:15

Sennheiser HD-414, which were the cat's meow around 1970. Then Koss Pro 4-AA, then ESP-9. The ESP-9s sounded wonderful and felt awful; pretty much like having a couple heavy bricks clamped on your head. Various low-end Grados in the 90's, and Senn HD-800s now driven by the wonderful Bottlehead Crack amp with Speedball upgrade.

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RE: Senn 414 - hifitommy 21:59:00 03/29/20 (3)
i had them mid 70s, pressing the drivers into the ears more gave better bass response. i had wished for some way to make that happen but the plastic headband wouldn't do that.
NOTE THE CHANGE TO 424. large concave yellow earpad foam, hence more comfort but didn't sound superior to 414s, just better bass it think.
i also had the 424s after that and they were ok but VERY comfortable. sold all that off and didn't do headphones until the Grado SR60s.
only recently have taken up phones and have hifiman 4XXs, and a pair of Grado PS1000s that i won at a LAOCAS Gala one year. i' about to get a monolith AAA789 THX dac/amp to do it up right.
...regards...tr

Edits: 04/12/20
- I got the 420s in 1980 - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 23:49:01 03/29/20 (2)
  They were my only headphones for a long time. I still have them but they sound poor compared to HD600s. Now I kind of wished I'd gone for the 414s as they have that iconic status.
  
  13DoW
  - the 420s - hifitommy 14:37:59 04/18/20 (0)
    are actually 424s.
    ...regards...tr
  - RE: I got the 420s in 1980 - ghost of olddude55 07:43:58 03/30/20 (0)
    I had 420s also. Used them until the early 'aughts.
    
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