Arrived about 15 minutes ago. What a good choice. Joker - City Hopper spinning on the turntable has never sounded so good. Now I can crank it up without worrying about the flat below me!

Couldn't wait any longer, so just placed an order for a brand new pair. Fingers crossed they'll be here by Wednesday!

Wow, overnight the Denon has come storming through! Alright, the guys plugging the D2000 have persuaded me. Time to search for a good deal!

The DT880s are getting a lot of praise on the forums, but it seems to be directed at the 600ohm version only, which would mean I'd probably have to get a dedicated tube amp to power them. Not gonna happen! Bit of a shame, always wanted to try some Beyers.

I am now leaning back towards the Denons! Anyone want to try and convince me otherwise, in support of Sennheisers, Beyers or *gasp* AKGs?

Thanks King. Out of the two, which do you find the most comfortable? I want to be able to forget I have them mounted on my head.

Thanks buz. Having read some more topics and threads, I think I have narrowed it down to the Denon AH-D2000 and the Sennheiser HD650. Obviously both very different headphones. Can anyone who has experience with both of them give their opinions on how the two differ, and what they handle...

Thanks for the help Ham, a very informative post. After weighing things up, I've decided I'll just use these headphones for home/desk use. This opens up more possibilities (namely open headphones). How would you compare the D2000s to your HD600s? I tried the 650s in an airport about a year...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ypoknons Meh. Amp tweaking is a minor thing compared to getting the right 'phone. The DT990 were quality cans when I tried one at the shop, I think the receiver will be fine. I'm totally lost with the variants of the Beyer headphones. The DT990 has two...

Thanks David, but I'm not really looking to buy other upgrades for my current setup.

Well the trouble is I'll only be travelling 2 days out of the month (2 x 5hour train journeys), the rest of the time I'll be using at my desk, in my room, hooked up to my amp & turntable. I suppose I could forego the need for closed headphones, and just use my IEMs when travelling... Is that...

Well I was half-joking with the Merzbow comment. It's just that what I listen to comes round in cycles. At the moment I'm listening almost exclusively to Dubstep (along the lines of Burial, Clubroot etc., none of that wobble nonsense), but this will most definitely change in time.

I know they are only 2 posts, but that's the whole pretence behind hype, mirite?

I've been scouring the forums, dredging up topics from quite a while back, and thought the Denon D2000 were the right headphones for me. However I just saw these few posts, which are making me have my doubts: Quote: Originally Posted by Graphicism The D2000 is a massively overrated...

Quote: Originally Posted by singular @kayodot - the Revolution bikes are very good value for the money. For your purposes I'm sure it'll be fine. Building your own (unless you go 2nd hand) is almost definitely going to work out more expensive - and not advisable unless you have some...