will48
New Head-Fier
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Hi all, here's a '1st' post for advice.
With a recent house move I've lost my dedicated listening room in the cellar and I've been 'allocated' one of the bedrooms in the new house for the hi-fi. Now being a bit of an insomniac (four in the morning now and still up) I listen to music to the early hours of the morning, so for the first time in many years I've got to consider headphones for late night use. As my current hi-fi has no headphone socket, although I do have a pair of Sennheiser HD540 Reference headphones, I've been researching dedicated amps. Anyway, I've allocated a budget of £200, now I'm considering the Corda Headfive as this seems to represent a very good deal, but this will only leave about £50 out of my budget. So the question is, do I stick with my 540's which must be approaching 18-20 years old (still work fine) or for £50 can I get something much better now? Musical taste is mainly for jazz and vocal stuff, but I do listen to rock, pop, classical so any headphones would need to be good all-rounders. Any advice would be much appreciated.
With a recent house move I've lost my dedicated listening room in the cellar and I've been 'allocated' one of the bedrooms in the new house for the hi-fi. Now being a bit of an insomniac (four in the morning now and still up) I listen to music to the early hours of the morning, so for the first time in many years I've got to consider headphones for late night use. As my current hi-fi has no headphone socket, although I do have a pair of Sennheiser HD540 Reference headphones, I've been researching dedicated amps. Anyway, I've allocated a budget of £200, now I'm considering the Corda Headfive as this seems to represent a very good deal, but this will only leave about £50 out of my budget. So the question is, do I stick with my 540's which must be approaching 18-20 years old (still work fine) or for £50 can I get something much better now? Musical taste is mainly for jazz and vocal stuff, but I do listen to rock, pop, classical so any headphones would need to be good all-rounders. Any advice would be much appreciated.