I also have both SR325is and HD650, I also prefer the latter mostly because I love classical music, especially romantic. I really love to listen to some rock when SR325is is very well drived. It is a completely different sensation from HD650.

  I bought a Yulong D200 for my HD650, and a SCD200se for my speakers. Hopefully I will get a independent headphone amp next year.

  I agree with you. I finally got a pair of HD650...Violins do not overshadow bass and cellos, which is perfect for Brahams, Beethoven.

  I prefer both Beyer and Sennheiser over any other brands. Why is HD800 worse than HD600 for orchestral work? I thought the sound stage and seperation is much better...is it possibly due to amp?

  I will probably go to yeller

  I am not capable of that sort of thing yet

  How do you think of T1 and T90?

  OMG this is too complicated for me.

  It is too high-end. but I will consider it if I don't want to upgrade in the future...but according to you, the mechanical parts are vulnerable so I prefer to buy a less expensive one and upgrade later... In a few days, I am going to the home of Shanling - Shenzhen, China. Hopefully I will...

I mostly listen to classical music,both solo, chamber, and orchestral, but not including vocal, so the vocal performance is not relevant in my selection of SACD players. I have some collections of SACDs, but haven't been able to experience the SACD layer, I really want to taste what SACDs sound...

If the source is good enogh, Which one would give the best outcome for listening to classical music? Besides Sennheiser, I am also considering beyerdynamic T1 or T90. So a similar question would be "T1+$700 amp? Or T90+$1300 amp?"

  Thanks a lot, it helps. But I am going to buy a decent amp (around $700 range), so I might need a higher-end player.

  The computer-DAC function is very tempting, but I wouldn't really use computer as a source since I really rely on the disks. I am also considering other brand such as Yamaha, Denon (I prefer Yamaha since I have been using its old model for many years). There are many recommend...

  I have some SACDs I heard a lot saying that CD6000 series are very competitive at $500 price range. But I don't see any similar comments on SA8000 series...Is SACD the only difference between these two players? Or SA8005 also plays CD better than CD6005?

  How do you like CD6005? I am kind of interested, but I want to try a SACD player, but it cost much more. Is it necessary?

There are some saying that the new HD800 ( after 2013 ) is different from the old ones, especially the sound stage and mid to high range. Are they really different? Or the new HD800 are not really burned in?

  Roger...I will check the input.

sounds great, but kinda expensive for me...

  Some of the CD players such as marantz SA8005 have USB so it can be used as either a CD player and a DAC for pchifi, but some don't (yamaha CS-S1000). I have been using a second hand yamaha CDX-530 for my stereo systems for 6 years (a really old CD player...). I don't play it intensive so...

  Yes, there is strong diminishing return, but I really like HD 800. It is much more than three times comfortable and the sound stage is also much better. I have tried Alo pan am to drive both HD650 and HD800, and i definitely prefer HD800 when listening to symphonies, but not for Bach...

  Great in-depth explanation! If I only use headphones, a BluRay player would not perform differently from CD players as a transport? Is a $100 BluRay player capable of transporting SACD to DAC? For the CD players, I am actually not considering the entry level such as CD5004, but some...

I am bulding a system for classical music, especially German/Austrian symphonic music. Assuming someone would buy me the headphone, so the price of the headphone is irrelevant in this issue. I just want to know, if my budget for amp and CD/SACD player is 2500 dollars (default split - 1500...

I prefer HD650 over SR325is for classical music, especially those symphonic with large sound stage. But HD650 is obviously more expensive, and requires amp...while SR325is doesn't. However, many grado headphones are very picky about the amp, and sometimes it sounds worse with the amp...