I really wouldn't want someone's old headphones, unless they come straight out of the box or something, which is unlikely. What a shame that Philips has chosen not to make this product anymore.

They sound good to me w/o an amp. An amp would cost something like $200. With Beyer + amp cost I could already get the cheapest Stax, and supposedly that's even better?

See it more as a review. The output's fine with Beyers, only thing wrong with them is they're slightly uncomfortable.

Even though I've owned headphones for several years, seems I didn't know enough about them, so forgive my noobness. After my old and trusty Philips HP1000 broke into 3 pieces, I kinda had to get new headphones. I went to the local store and ended up purchasing Sennheiser HD595, since they...