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Originally Posted by KG Jag 

Any feedback from the use of vintage receiver (1970's & early/mid 80's) headphone jacks with the HE-6

The actual headphone jack on those units is is the same thing as the speaker taps, just with a few resistors involved, so theoretically, it should sound identical to running it on the speaker taps. Pretty nifty. Those vintage amps are really a deal for the amount of power. 

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Originally Posted by KG Jag 

Any feedback from the use of vintage receiver (1970's & early/mid 80's) headphone jacks with the HE-6?

The vintage receivers will drive the HE-6 headphones without issue.  When the receivers were built in that era, the headphone jacks were connected to the speaker outs, but had just a few resistors in the wire chain.  The headphone jack, was much more of a powerhouse from that era.  Receivers of today, can't perform quite as well with headphones - but, there are some exceptions.  I've used Sansui receivers to drive my orthos - HE-5LE.  The only mistake I ran into was deciding to connect the headphones up to the speaker outputs in the back via speaker taps.  What I experienced was a horrendous amount of noise that I was getting on the HifiMAN headphones.  It sort of acted like a warning for me, as I suspected some issues were approaching with the caps and components on the board.  Had I just stayed with the headphone jack, I would have probably still had that receiver today.  One last thing regarding the vintage receivers - you'll realize that most of them will mute the sound going to the speakers when you plug in the headphones.  This is because they have a separate headphone stage on them.  The vintage receivers required you to manually turn off the outputs to the speakers by de-selecting the speaker buttons.

Thanks guys--I have a couple of those receivers still on line, as I am now rather vintage myself.  My oldest is a 1971 Pioneer SX-990 and my most powerful a Sanui G-7500.

Those of you who bought the SRH 750DJ's, check your email because they will arrive at a different date.

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Originally Posted by saxophone 

Those of you who bought the SRH 750DJ's, check your email because they will arrive at a different date.

Have not received this email yet. What do you mean by a different date?

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Originally Posted by viralcow 

 

Have not received this email yet. What do you mean by a different date?

Mine was scheduled to arrive on the 8th, now it's the 4th.

The Sony MDR-MA900---

from ValleySeek for $187 shipped:

http://www.valleyseek.com/sony-accessories-sure-mdrma900-sony-stereo-headphone/store/show_item/228642/?source=googleps

and

from QualityMatters for $195 shipped:

http://www.qualitymatters.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=QMP-YMDRMA900&Click=49427&zmam=95372953&zmas=1&zmac=1&zmap=QMP-YMDRMA900

and

from C.E.S. also for $195 shipped:

http://www.ceshowroom.com/Sony-Mdrma900-Stereo-Headphones_p_43195.html

and

from from SonicElectronix for $200 shipped:

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_48484_Sony-MDR-MA900-MDRMA900-Open-Air-Headphones.html?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=froogle&rkg_attid=520809383&zmam=75672847&zmas=1&zmac=1&zmap=48484

The Ultrasone HFI-2400 S-Logic Surround Sound Professional Open-Back Headphones for $210 shipped from:

djdeals:

http://www.djdeals.com/ultrasoneHFI2400.htm

or

BuyDig:

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=USHFI2400&ref=froogle&omid=103&CAWELAID=1647334561

DT880 600ohm $235 almost hit historical lowest price based on camelcamelcamel

http://www.amazon.com/beyerdynamic-880-Premium-600-Headphones/dp/B0024NK35S?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0024NK35S

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Originally Posted by stfreeze 

DT880 600ohm $235 almost hit historical lowest price based on camelcamelcamel

 

http://www.amazon.com/beyerdynamic-880-Premium-600-Headphones/dp/B0024NK35S?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0024NK35S

Well that didn't last very long... Already back up to $349

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Originally Posted by bob439 

Thanks to the price alert I was able to get a price match ...Amazon customer care was excellent.
Talking about beyer DT 880 600 ohm.

What do you mean? Is amazon still willing to sell them for $230?

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Originally Posted by Kinru 

What do you mean? Is amazon still willing to sell them for $230?

I think he means he recently bought them on Amazon for more but got Amazon to match the price. 

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Originally Posted by imackler 

 

I think he means he recently bought them on Amazon for more but got Amazon to match the price. 

Ah ok that makes more sense. Wish I had seen the deal earlier, would have jumped on it.