PinkRange
100+ Head-Fier
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Azure,
You seem to be following nearly the same path as I did when I first got started with headphones a short time ago. You read on these boards and you get obsessed over the highest quality 'phones that everyone else is talking about. Here's the thing though, many of these people have high end audio equiptment with which to drive these great headphones (Senn 650's, Grado RS-1, etc.). My biggest advice to you is to start small, cause chances are you don't have the dough right now to buy a headphone amp, headphones and a new source (mp3 player, cd player, etc). Without the right equiptment to accompany your phones, you won't hear the difference between an HD280 and a top of the line HD650 and the 280 might even sound better. (All of this is hypothetical, not necessarily applying exclusively to you). So my best advice is to start small, go with something that sounds good but doesn't require a lot to be driven. And for now I wouldn't worry about getting a new CD player, probably isn't gonna be much difference between a $50 player and a $120 player, if you're looking for improvement, start first with encoding your MP3's at higher bit rates to get that better quality sound without spending money.
Hope this helps (once again
)
Ben
You seem to be following nearly the same path as I did when I first got started with headphones a short time ago. You read on these boards and you get obsessed over the highest quality 'phones that everyone else is talking about. Here's the thing though, many of these people have high end audio equiptment with which to drive these great headphones (Senn 650's, Grado RS-1, etc.). My biggest advice to you is to start small, cause chances are you don't have the dough right now to buy a headphone amp, headphones and a new source (mp3 player, cd player, etc). Without the right equiptment to accompany your phones, you won't hear the difference between an HD280 and a top of the line HD650 and the 280 might even sound better. (All of this is hypothetical, not necessarily applying exclusively to you). So my best advice is to start small, go with something that sounds good but doesn't require a lot to be driven. And for now I wouldn't worry about getting a new CD player, probably isn't gonna be much difference between a $50 player and a $120 player, if you're looking for improvement, start first with encoding your MP3's at higher bit rates to get that better quality sound without spending money.
Hope this helps (once again
Ben