Senn PX100 or Portapro or KSC-35 or KSC-75 or a used Grado SR-60

I've read some reviews pointing GS1000 good for low volume listening. I don't own GS1000/i. I've owned K701, DT880, HD600, HD650 but I can't say these are good for low-volume listening.

Congrats !! DT880 is a nice can indeed. I owned it (600 ohms) for a brief period in 2006. Now you buy some good music, sit and enjoy. Let you be free from upgraditis, at least for now.

Tyson, thanks for the rec. I have had bought some CDs based on your recommendations. If you think Charles mackerras's set is better than Gardiner's, you may want to update your rec thread.

I haven't heard HD 555 but I own HD 595. Amp is not must for HD 595. Having an amp would just be an improvement.

I had a chance to listen to R10 during Detroit super mini-meet in April. It was a big WOW moment for me. I listened to Patricia Barber's Companion with a setup Meridian 508 --> B-52 --> R10 (balanced). It was soooo beautiful. Unfortunately I couldn't make a one to one comparison between R10 and...

I was skeptical about Koss products (after purchased a cheap Koss earbud ) 4 years ago. After KSC75, my opinion was changed drastically. Now I've got Portapro, ksc35 and ksc75 with at least 2 pairs each. Haven't tried other Koss products, may be some more gems hiding in them ?!

My order of preference 1) Used HD 600 2) Used K501 3) New HD 595 If you have any money left over, buy some good CDs to listen.

I have only Windows XP computer My order of preference is (based on SQ) 1) JRiver media Center 13 2) iTunes 3) Media Monkey 4) Winamp 5) Foobar I have tried ASIO with Foobar and JRiver. I somehow didn't like it. It seems kinda disturbing the balance of L-R sound but improves...

KSC-35s are not discontinued yet. You can still order it thru Koss website.

25th anniversary edition Portapro reached me today. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/k...review-416234/ Portapro, KSC-75 and KSC-35 are the best purchases I've made so far.

How about PX100 or KSC35 ?

Headroom's MicroDAC & Style Audio Topaz have optical in.

And I bought a KSC35 too

I have ordered the below CDs I kinda started loving Arrau's style of playing :-)

Hey guys...I phoned Koss and ordered one for me. Price is $79.99 :-)

I thought KSC35 was already discontinued. But today I could find them in Koss website. You guys might already be knowing it.. but still wanted to share this with you. http://www.koss.com/koss/kossweb.nsf/p?openform&pc^sc^KSC35

IMHO K501, HD600, HD650, DT880 are the phones suitable for Classical music. Each headphone has its unique flavor. So try to audition at least two of these in some meets. To describe the sound in one word, HD600=laid back, smooth, neutral K501=wide soundstage HD650=Dark, bit bass oriented...

Very well written....nice job man

My recommendation for K701 is Heed CanAmp.

Quote: Originally Posted by tonsosnot I think that people many people are used to a colored/altered sound one way or another, so they aren't used to or just don't like the neutral, analytical sound of the K701. I'm not sure if they're marketed for studio use, but I can definitely see the...

Good to see a happy head-fi'er. Enjoy with SR60i. I've had this phone for a while but sold it only last month. I seem to recall some posts saying SR60 to SR225 could be a worthy upgrade because SR60 Vs SR80 SQ difference is rather very small. I'm not very sure on this, may be you can do...

Morph201: I was not trying to say K701 is bad. I have enjoyed K701 and had some pleasant listening experience with it for sometime. It still makes me to tap my toes (even KSC75 does it too)..but I get that toe tapping moment lot more with my HD 650. I would have picked only K701 unless I had...

I'm neither a fanboy of K701 nor HD6xx. Just want to share my experience with K701. When I first listened to K701, I was so thrilled because it poured out abundant details and treble, which I was missing in my HD 650. I listened to 4 or 5 tracks in a CD and I thought I was gonna sell my HD...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik That's a hard call. I switch between the HD-600 and the HD-650 every few weeks. The HD-600 is more neutral overall, but the HD-650 is smoother, groovier and slightly more refined. Tonight, the HD-650 is jacked into the Moth. I'm spinning some...