thinkpol
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Money burning a hole in my pocket. No, not really.. just looking for the "perfect 3."
I want to own 3 pairs of cans without them being redundant. The first will be my beloved T1s, which 2 headphones would compliment them the best?
I am looking at:
ATH W5000
HiFiMAN HE-5LE
Grado HF-2
Grado RS-1i
HD800
Amp: Decware CSP2+ (on order)
DAC: PS Audio DL3
Music: Dubstep (Skream, Milanese, Aerial), Modern/Indie Rock (Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon), Black Metal (Gorgoroth, Burzum, Bathory, Emperor), Misc. Electronic (Air, Tortoise, Plaid, Aphex Twin), Atmospheric Rock (Mogwai, Sigur Ros)
I do dig female vocals quite a bit (Ani Difranco, Feist, Tori Amos, etc) and have heard that the W5000s are especially good for this.
At the moment my 2 choices would be the W5000 and HE-5LE. I figured I could pick these both up for less than the price of HD800s and then take them into my local headphone shop and compare all of them (T1/HD800/W5000/HE-5LE) and pick the 3 that I like the best.
I have concerns about the HE-5LE and the W5000 being picky with amps. I'm hoping with the new CSP2+'s voltage adjustment it will be a much more versatile amp (the CSP2 favored high impedance cans).
Thoughts?
I want to own 3 pairs of cans without them being redundant. The first will be my beloved T1s, which 2 headphones would compliment them the best?
I am looking at:
ATH W5000
HiFiMAN HE-5LE
Grado HF-2
Grado RS-1i
HD800
Amp: Decware CSP2+ (on order)
DAC: PS Audio DL3
Music: Dubstep (Skream, Milanese, Aerial), Modern/Indie Rock (Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon), Black Metal (Gorgoroth, Burzum, Bathory, Emperor), Misc. Electronic (Air, Tortoise, Plaid, Aphex Twin), Atmospheric Rock (Mogwai, Sigur Ros)
I do dig female vocals quite a bit (Ani Difranco, Feist, Tori Amos, etc) and have heard that the W5000s are especially good for this.
At the moment my 2 choices would be the W5000 and HE-5LE. I figured I could pick these both up for less than the price of HD800s and then take them into my local headphone shop and compare all of them (T1/HD800/W5000/HE-5LE) and pick the 3 that I like the best.
I have concerns about the HE-5LE and the W5000 being picky with amps. I'm hoping with the new CSP2+'s voltage adjustment it will be a much more versatile amp (the CSP2 favored high impedance cans).
Thoughts?