"Songlines" by Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble:   

 

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring      

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring  

Sony MDR V6 connected via its ⅛"  plug to an Orei DA21 Optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital to RCA L/R Analog Audio Converter. The Orei DA21 in turn is connected to an iMac audio port using a Blue Jeans Optical SPDIF Digital Audio Cable, using a female TOSlink/male ⅛" plug adapter.

Sony MDR V6   Sony STR-DE185 stereo receiver  

Track six: "Stolen Moments"  

I have an Orei DA21 Optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital to RCA L/R Analog Audio Converter with 3.5mm Jack Support Headphone/Speaker Outputs connected to the audio out port of an iMac. The optical SPDIF cable connected to the iMac is terminated with a female TOSlink/male 1/8" plug adapter. The Orei...

Dance Suite by Bartók

It's not properly a headphone amp; it's a Sony STR-DE185 stereo receiver connected to the audio output of an iMac. My Sony MDR V6 used to be connected directly to the iMac, but its sound quality has been transformed quite remarkably with this receiver. Within the limitations of a closed...

  Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21; profoundly Russian melancholy from 1940.

Sony MDR V6 with Beyerdynamic velour ear pads, connected to a Sony STR-DE185 receiver. The receiver is connected to an iMac output. The V6 has never sounded so gloriously good before now. 

Léon Goossens, oboe, accompanied by Gerald Moore, piano. Outstanding album that is no longer available in any format:  

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor: Passacaglia  

Quincy Jones: The Pawnbroker (movie soundtrack) "The Naked Truth"  

Little Willie John: Fever (the original) All Around the World Talk to Me, Talk to Me Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me)  

Delius: Eventyr, "Once Upon a Time"  

I've been using the 63 Ohm Sony MDR-V6 headphones with a Sony stereo STR-DE185 receiver. Previously the phones were directly connected to the phone output of an iMac. Through the STR-DE185 receiver the V6 sound has dramatically improved. I look forward to connecting to the STR-DE185 either a 24...

"Stolen Moments"