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RE: Sennheiser's HD-600 alternatives?

Posted by Chuck Y (A) on July 26, 2011 at 10:48:56

In Reply to: Sennheiser's HD-600 alternatives? posted by jedrider on July 25, 2011 at 11:15:56:

FWIW, a lot of the bias toward speaker listening sessions is the fact that most recordings are meant to be heard in a speaker system, not headphones. But with the right recordings and a single purpose headphone system headphones can be great if not addictive.

I use a tubed headphone OTL amp, a tubed CDP, and Senn 650's. After playing with tube changes for a while I got a pretty good sound. Lots of detail(!). Clarity without edge or up-tilted highs.

Sources were a big factor IMHO. Poor sources and poor recordings really stand out with headphones. Of course you loose the spaciousness of a good speaker system which is why I don't favor headphones for prime listening.

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