Long time lurker around here, first time poster.
Finally getting into the portable music scene and I could use some advice. I've been holding off from this for a while until I turned my collection digital, and after months I've finally finished ripping close to 32,000 songs in ALAC from my cds. I'm ready to play now.
I'm planning on using a 160gb ipod classic. For the time I'm likely going to be using a CMOY for amping and eventually work up to a Fostex HP-P1 for all around improvement as economy permits.
As for headphones, after all of the reading I've been doing I'm deciding between the Senn hd25-1 ii, Audio Technica A50, and the Beyerdynamic 1350 unless someone has a better suggestion. I'm hoping to audition anything I can get my hands on, but Jacksonville FL and the surrounding couple of hundred miles seems thoroughly lacking in hi fi.
My genres of choice are all over the place but primarily concentrate on female vocals. This is a wide spectrum though as it spans things like symphonic metal (Within Temptation, Nightwish, Leaves Eyes), dubstep (Nero), and plenty of indie/other (Cowboy Junkies, Feist, Tori Amos).
My collection covers all genres, but I'm weakest on hip-hop, country, and pop. I was guessing from the reviews that the three headphones I was considering would be the best bet to handle a wide variety. If anyone has any suggestions though that would express my musical taste better, or have better synergy with the sources, I'd appreciate it.
Oh yeah, and it is usually really freaking hot down here. If any of these sit cooler on the ears than the others it would make it that much more enjoyable.
Thanks