LiteKirby
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So currently, I've got a pair of Sen 555's, which I've had for the past 5 or so years. Amazing headphones, I've loved them since day 1, my first real investment into quality.
I've mostly worked up upping my portable rig lately, trying out a lot of lower end to mid level IEMs, went up to the Image X10s to the Custom 3's to the Westone UM3X, and finally the JH5's which I adore and listen to every chance I get.
However, I've felt that my full size cans have been needing some love, or I guess upping them has been needing some love (does that make sense?). I haven't looked too much into it, there's a few that I've got in mind but they all seem out of my budget, or all require a good AMP/DAC as well as the cans, meaning they're a big investment.
Currently I've just got my 555's playing out of my Omega Striker soundcard, though I feel that I can improve it all around. So I guess my question is...
What Headphones and/or DAC/Sound card should I invest? Assuming a budget of say... $400 max, but that's very stretched, the lower the better, bang for your buck sort of deal? Open or closed is fine, as I mostly use them in my room and no one else is really able to be annoyed by them.
I mostly listen to progressive rock (Dream Theater, Symphony X, Rush) and a bit of standard rock (Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against) but I've got a lot of soundtracks as well (video game mostly, ie RPG soundtracks). I'm not too much of a basshead, I can enjoy it if it's there, like my X10s were my favorite 'fun' headphones for how low they went and how hard the bass hit, but I loved the detail and separation of the UM3X, and I love how the JH5s are like, great all around.
tl;dr suggestions for improving on the Senn 555's for a Rock lover?
I've mostly worked up upping my portable rig lately, trying out a lot of lower end to mid level IEMs, went up to the Image X10s to the Custom 3's to the Westone UM3X, and finally the JH5's which I adore and listen to every chance I get.
However, I've felt that my full size cans have been needing some love, or I guess upping them has been needing some love (does that make sense?). I haven't looked too much into it, there's a few that I've got in mind but they all seem out of my budget, or all require a good AMP/DAC as well as the cans, meaning they're a big investment.
Currently I've just got my 555's playing out of my Omega Striker soundcard, though I feel that I can improve it all around. So I guess my question is...
What Headphones and/or DAC/Sound card should I invest? Assuming a budget of say... $400 max, but that's very stretched, the lower the better, bang for your buck sort of deal? Open or closed is fine, as I mostly use them in my room and no one else is really able to be annoyed by them.
I mostly listen to progressive rock (Dream Theater, Symphony X, Rush) and a bit of standard rock (Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against) but I've got a lot of soundtracks as well (video game mostly, ie RPG soundtracks). I'm not too much of a basshead, I can enjoy it if it's there, like my X10s were my favorite 'fun' headphones for how low they went and how hard the bass hit, but I loved the detail and separation of the UM3X, and I love how the JH5s are like, great all around.
tl;dr suggestions for improving on the Senn 555's for a Rock lover?