Quote: Originally Posted by Sladeophile Here is a great price for these, they are b stock, but your bro won't care... http://www.headphone.com/products/b-stock/ Well I took Redleader's and your advice and got the 831s at that discount you found and they've just arrived. I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sladeophile Here is a great price for these, they are b stock, but your bro won't care... http://www.headphone.com/products/b-stock/ I'm giving it a shot. Thanks all for the feedback. I'll let you know how he likes them in a week or so.

Has anyone heard anything or had first hand experience using an Onkyo reciever as a headphone amp? I'm using an Onkyo TX-SV343 with my RT35s and was hoping that would be good enough for a quality set of headphones. I do tend to suspect, though, that the litte headphone jack was an afterthought...

Quote: Originally Posted by PrototypeX2 HD25-SP. Ditto. Well most sites' review of these headphones lead me to suggest that it has substantial bass which *I think* is bad for a drummer just from reading through these posts....

Well, I think I'm thoroughly confused now. I've read through all your posts (thanks everyone for responding!!) but I'm now left very unsure as to what to get him. I *do* want to get him practicing headphones though as he has a sound system in his room that he mainly uses for all his music...

Quote: Originally Posted by gremlin Smart stuff. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to try and remember the name. We don't live near that many stores in the first place and I'd be willing to bet 'drum store' is not one of them.... You brought up a very interesting point...

Quote: Originally Posted by cotdt Closest would be HD650 because it has better bass than other headphones. But no headphone can accurately reproduce drums. It won't have the slam and you won't be able to feel it in your thoractic cavities. I think buying a big speaker would be a better...

Quote: Originally Posted by PinkFloyd Corks. What do you call a drummer with more than one brain cell? Pregnant. Well glad to see some constructive criticism....looks like you and my brother would get along just fine.

Wow, great suggestion about the HD 25! Can't believe I missed those...with all my *loads* of headphone experience. Heh. And yea, those 770s are a tick out of my price range. Thanks though!

Hello all. This looked like a great place to ask my question. My brother's birthday is real soon and he's a huge drummer fanatic. He has these crap-tastic headphones that he uses (AKG K 55) that he loves because he's had them forever - but really he complains about them to me all the time...