jglover
New Head-Fier
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Hi,
I just recently got back into the headphone market after being away for many years. Mainly because I needed something to keep down the volume in the evenings. The last decent pair of cans I owned was a pair of Koss', I think they were the PRO 4X...anyway I bought these in the early 80's and haven't bought another pair since.
Ok.....now a few weeks ago, I ended up getting a pair of Denon cans (AHD750s) for a good price from a local audio shop. I must say I was blown away by the sound of these Denons when used on my home system as well as my portables. I was so surprised at how the qulity of the sound has improved in headphones over what I remembered my Koss' sounding like. I actually prefer the sound of the cans over my speaker system (dammit, that means I gotta upgrade those too!) But, the Denons are just too big and clunky to use on the train commuting.
Shopping around on eBay, I've managed to get a pair of Grado SR80s ($45+shipping) and a pair of Senn HD495s(17.50+shipping!!). However, as I use these on the trains, I'm worried about leakage as well, from both pairs of cans. So it looks like I need another upgrade as well, to get a decent set of closed cans for the train rides....gotta look around for an ebay deal on HD280s!
I like the sound of both cans on the portable, but it seems like the Grados can be driven much easier than the Senns. It takes almost a double volume setting on my portable with the Senns to equal the sound level of the Grados. Since both purport to be 32 ohm cans, my question is about the power necessary to drive these. Are the Grados just easier to drive than the Senns, or is Senn playing games with the specs on the 495s?
I just recently got back into the headphone market after being away for many years. Mainly because I needed something to keep down the volume in the evenings. The last decent pair of cans I owned was a pair of Koss', I think they were the PRO 4X...anyway I bought these in the early 80's and haven't bought another pair since.
Ok.....now a few weeks ago, I ended up getting a pair of Denon cans (AHD750s) for a good price from a local audio shop. I must say I was blown away by the sound of these Denons when used on my home system as well as my portables. I was so surprised at how the qulity of the sound has improved in headphones over what I remembered my Koss' sounding like. I actually prefer the sound of the cans over my speaker system (dammit, that means I gotta upgrade those too!) But, the Denons are just too big and clunky to use on the train commuting.
Shopping around on eBay, I've managed to get a pair of Grado SR80s ($45+shipping) and a pair of Senn HD495s(17.50+shipping!!). However, as I use these on the trains, I'm worried about leakage as well, from both pairs of cans. So it looks like I need another upgrade as well, to get a decent set of closed cans for the train rides....gotta look around for an ebay deal on HD280s!
I like the sound of both cans on the portable, but it seems like the Grados can be driven much easier than the Senns. It takes almost a double volume setting on my portable with the Senns to equal the sound level of the Grados. Since both purport to be 32 ohm cans, my question is about the power necessary to drive these. Are the Grados just easier to drive than the Senns, or is Senn playing games with the specs on the 495s?