REB
Headphoneus Supremus
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Just curious to know what your best bang for buck purchase was. Not necessarily new headphones (we all know about the KSC35, PortaPros, K501 and HD580), but also secondhand or chance purchases: a stax lamba pro at a flee market for $10 or a sennheiser hd600 for $50. Because sometimes research doesn't come into it, but luck does.
I'll start with my €20 purchase of a late '80s beyerdynamic dt990 (600 ohm) from a friend. He liked it, but wasn't in love with it and neither was I until I bought a graham slee solo and hooked it up as an afterthought. Instant audio bliss and my cheapest headphone purchase in a long time. My friend was so amazed that he purchased another pair of vintage dt990s, now knowing what they were capable of. Nothing I purchased since comes close in terms of bang for buck (although the ad2000 and the esw10jpn definitely deliver in terms of what they cost, their bfb ratio is much lower). At a distance the purchase of a pair of akg k500s for €80 follows. So what are your stories?
I'll start with my €20 purchase of a late '80s beyerdynamic dt990 (600 ohm) from a friend. He liked it, but wasn't in love with it and neither was I until I bought a graham slee solo and hooked it up as an afterthought. Instant audio bliss and my cheapest headphone purchase in a long time. My friend was so amazed that he purchased another pair of vintage dt990s, now knowing what they were capable of. Nothing I purchased since comes close in terms of bang for buck (although the ad2000 and the esw10jpn definitely deliver in terms of what they cost, their bfb ratio is much lower). At a distance the purchase of a pair of akg k500s for €80 follows. So what are your stories?