Beto
New Head-Fier
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First off... Hello evernyone! I've been lurking here for a while and I'm glad to finally join the hordes of headphone nerds. God bless the Internet, there's something for everyone.
I have decided that the time has come to get some real, built-to-last headphones. I've taken lots of research and budget estimates and my choice is definitely between the Sennheiser HD580 and the HD600 (They are on sale price at Music Direct this week, and I definitely want to approach it). Yeah, I know the 650 is the new king of phones, etc, but how can you say no to a great price drop?
I was initially planning to buy the 580 direct from the local Sennheiser distributor but they would just sell me MSRP ($235 for the 580? I can get the 600 for that much online, so screw it!).
Anyways, price is definitely a key factor here but I'm interested on sonics too. I currently have a cheapie Aiwa stereo receiver, but I already have a Creek OBH-11 headphone amp too, which I hope should suffice to power these cans. Only caveat I have is that the stupid Aiwa won't let me use the OBH-11 while in phono mode, and I'm a big vinyl junkie (that's what I listen to most these days). The Aiwa's manual says anything from 30 ohms and up is okay, but we're talking 300 ohms here. Oh well, I plan to replace it with a better amplifier (NAD) soon, but I'm interested to hear how does the HD600 fare with standard, non-amped stereos. I plan to use them at home only, it's not like I'm going to plug'em into a Discman anytime soon
I'm also aware that, in my current system, I'd probably hear no difference between the 580 and the 600, but as I am planning to upgrade components, the 600 seems to be a more worthwhile purchase. What's what I'd be missing if I'd chose the 580s over the 600s (and save some money)?
Oh, I'm also looking forward to purchase a 10' Cardas cable to use with the Senns. Yeah, I'm going after big game...
Comments on these also welcome.
Well that's all I can think of putting here for the moment. Hope to hear from you soon!
I have decided that the time has come to get some real, built-to-last headphones. I've taken lots of research and budget estimates and my choice is definitely between the Sennheiser HD580 and the HD600 (They are on sale price at Music Direct this week, and I definitely want to approach it). Yeah, I know the 650 is the new king of phones, etc, but how can you say no to a great price drop?
I was initially planning to buy the 580 direct from the local Sennheiser distributor but they would just sell me MSRP ($235 for the 580? I can get the 600 for that much online, so screw it!).
Anyways, price is definitely a key factor here but I'm interested on sonics too. I currently have a cheapie Aiwa stereo receiver, but I already have a Creek OBH-11 headphone amp too, which I hope should suffice to power these cans. Only caveat I have is that the stupid Aiwa won't let me use the OBH-11 while in phono mode, and I'm a big vinyl junkie (that's what I listen to most these days). The Aiwa's manual says anything from 30 ohms and up is okay, but we're talking 300 ohms here. Oh well, I plan to replace it with a better amplifier (NAD) soon, but I'm interested to hear how does the HD600 fare with standard, non-amped stereos. I plan to use them at home only, it's not like I'm going to plug'em into a Discman anytime soon
I'm also aware that, in my current system, I'd probably hear no difference between the 580 and the 600, but as I am planning to upgrade components, the 600 seems to be a more worthwhile purchase. What's what I'd be missing if I'd chose the 580s over the 600s (and save some money)?
Oh, I'm also looking forward to purchase a 10' Cardas cable to use with the Senns. Yeah, I'm going after big game...
Well that's all I can think of putting here for the moment. Hope to hear from you soon!