Already having purchased a pair of AKG-701s since sign up, I find myself in the market for another pair of phones with a slightly different purpose. I still use my old "pre head-fi" sony headphones for walking outside, and I'd like to finally be able to retire them completely. It gets damned...

Hi, The earphone output on my receiver (NAD T763) has a very high noise floor, but it doesn't change with the volume level. My current headphones are Sony MDR V500DJ. The hiss from the amplifier is very prominent through them. Also, they're not great phones. I'm wondering if a less...