DemonicLemming
500+ Head-Fier
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Finally got my little noob setup going. Ordered my HFI-780s about a month and a half ago, they've been burned in quite well and serving duty at work. Lovely headphones. Ordered my PROline 2500s about 2 weeks ago and have been listening to them off and on (can't use them at work due to being open). Ordered my Travagan White amp 2 weeks ago and David shipped it out last week, so (hopefully) it'll show up before I have to take a business trip; if not, it'll be here when I get back.
So, now, the logical next step? Buy more stuff.
Sort of considering a set of DT-880s, or a set of Grado 325i phones. Seems like plenty of people around here love to talk about them. Thing is, much as I'd like to have a whole bunch of different headphones, I'd also like them to serve specific purposes - 780s are for metal and basically anything and everything in my collection (no country, rap, or hip hop, but just about everything else). The 2500s are for acoustic stuff, and most of the live/instrumental music I have. While the 880s and 325is are probably great, they seem to fall in the same basic class as the 780s.
So, I'm thinking electrostatic. Questions - without an uber amp (granted, I have very high hopes for the White, and reviews have been spectacular, it's not one of the $1500 static home amps that I think of when I think uber), and with a music collection of extremely varied bitrates and quality, would they be worth the money? I've seen a few places where it's been mentioned that the lower-end Stax stuff can be had for not too much, but I know absolutely nothing about Stax, and the few threads I've hopped in have so much tube talk and acronyms and the like, I have no idea what is what.
Halp!
So, now, the logical next step? Buy more stuff.
Sort of considering a set of DT-880s, or a set of Grado 325i phones. Seems like plenty of people around here love to talk about them. Thing is, much as I'd like to have a whole bunch of different headphones, I'd also like them to serve specific purposes - 780s are for metal and basically anything and everything in my collection (no country, rap, or hip hop, but just about everything else). The 2500s are for acoustic stuff, and most of the live/instrumental music I have. While the 880s and 325is are probably great, they seem to fall in the same basic class as the 780s.
So, I'm thinking electrostatic. Questions - without an uber amp (granted, I have very high hopes for the White, and reviews have been spectacular, it's not one of the $1500 static home amps that I think of when I think uber), and with a music collection of extremely varied bitrates and quality, would they be worth the money? I've seen a few places where it's been mentioned that the lower-end Stax stuff can be had for not too much, but I know absolutely nothing about Stax, and the few threads I've hopped in have so much tube talk and acronyms and the like, I have no idea what is what.
Halp!