To the OP: I'm all for adding headphones to a collection (just ask anyone who knows me), but I see that you already have the HD650s. You might want to simply spend your money on a recable and then on a better amp and source. With each change, it's like getting a new and improved headphone...seriously.
Question to others: I don't remember because it's been a while since I owned the SR60s and MS1s, but they do they have leather?
People chose a vegetarian lifestyle for as many different reasons as there are vegetarians. Rather than talking trash (not that anyone here has gone too far) because you choose differently, I hope people would respect the OP's choice, and at least understand that it takes a certain amount of courage to live a vegan lifestyle in today's world, even if you don't understand it.
Just the idea of combining hobbies with veganism is difficult. There are companies that make vegan baseball gloves, volleyballs, etc. and even companies that make non-leather ballet slippers. The problem is that they are rarely as good as the leather products. Musical instruments can sometimes be difficult. Paint brushes for artists, etc. That the OP can even find really good headphones (HD650) that have no leather, makes this hobby pretty easy.
Before I turn this into a weird vegetarian thread, which I don't think was the OP's intention, I want to dispell any idea that vegans are always loud-mouth preachers for the cause or pain-in-the-arse folks to be around. Most live normal, quiet lives, and you would never know...though my doctor had to question my stunning low cholesterol level
...I don't drink either, and look at the FL crew I hang out with! It's a personal choice, but one we don't put on other people unless someone wants to know.
