I can't help thinking that simply plugging and unplugging the cable would clean up the connection enough to hear if that was cause of any improvement.

This is the cable. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232290853202

I've had my Sennheisers HD 600 cans for more than fifteen years, they were my first and for a long time my only pair of audiophile headphones. Over the years I have run them direct from my main amplifier, a series of Musical Fidelity X-Cans of various versions, from stock to modified and back...

I've had my Sennheisers HD 600 cans for more than fifteen years, they were my first and for a long time my only pair of audiophile headphones. Over the years I have run them direct from my main amplifier, a series of Musical Fidelity X-Cans of various versions, from stock to modified and back...

I've had my Sennheisers HD 600 cans for more than fifteen years, they were my first and for a long time my only pair of audiophile headphones. Over the years I have run them direct from my main amplifier, a series of Musical Fidelity X-Cans of various versions, from stock to modified and back...

A pair Grado Bushmills has gone on eBay here in the U.K., where they were never officially sold, for £750, which is $933. It's funny, whilst I couldn't afford to pay that much for a pair, I wouldn't part with mine for twice that, they have become far and away my favourite cans...

A pair Grado Bushmills has gone on eBay here in the U.K., where they were never officially sold, for £750, which is $933. It's funny, whilst I couldn't afford to pay that much for a pair, I wouldn't part with mine for twice that, they have become far and away my favourite cans...

Interesting. I would love to hear the two of them back to back.

I covet things like this but I wonder whether they'd be a revelation or a disappointment? Would my money, which i really don't have, be better spent elsewhere in the range?

Should I sell the car? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361906397551

Not really, the cups are vented and the backs just seem to increase the bass from the drivers.

I had my Sennheisers for many years before I was given a pair of 325s for Christmas. At first the Grado's sounded all wrong, too bright and too forward in the mids. However, after a while they seemed just right and switching back to the Senns has me wondering why everything is now dark and bass...

I can compare them to my HD 600 and they are more lively, fun and 'real' than the Sennheisers when played through any of my amps.

Tube savers allow you more of that orangey goodness.

And then they're gone again!

They are way too good to simply re-sell. If they shipped to the U.K. I might be tempted to get a spare pair.

Can't help thinking the red ones might look better but haven't tracked a pair down as yet.

Settled back on the yellow Sennheiser pads which work best for me. I have a spare pair so I might try the 'quarter' mod, though it will be a £1 coin for me here.

Your ears are in for a special treat - wonderful tuneful bass and vocals so real you'll be checking behind you.

And they've all gone. Not sure what a few dozen pairs really means but whatever they did have has been sold.

Far and away my favourite cans. Maybe I can justify a backup pair?

No need to forgo bass with a pair of Grado x Bushmills. They provide all the juicy, tuneful bass anyone could ever ask for. Why Grado don't produce another run of these delicate little beauties is beyond me. My LCD2s are wonderful, they're great for listening in to fine detail and separating...

Mine might not be in the same ballpark but I find myself using my Grado X Bushmills over my LCD2s or my HD600s. Can't help it but they just sing.

Interesting.

It's a funny thing, I love the HD600s and thought they were an end game can, until that is my wife bought me a pair of Grado 325s for Christmas one year. At first I thought they were too bright and too forward but gradually I warmed to them and eventually found myself picking them up rather than...