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Looking for headphones, any suggestions?

As i will soon be going to college i think a good headphone system might be in order. My budget is in the $700 range for a headphones/amp combo. I listen to any type of music,from classical to jazz to rock and heavy metal. I've looked at antique sound lab's HB1 or MG DT OTL MKII for the amp (i like the idea of getting some tubes, and a headphone amp is the cheap way to do it), and senheiser 650/600's or AKG K701's for the headphones themselves. I'm open to any and all suggestions however, I could even go for a solid state amp if there's just an amazing one out there, but tubes jsut seem cooler (talk about a subjective term...) Thanks in advance for the help,
-Dan-
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robm321
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If you can stretch the AKG K1000 is in another league by itself, very amazing, but it will need rewire and a pricey amp. You will get world class sound with all this though.

I prefer the Senn 600/cardas cable to the Senn 650 which has more bass coloration and is darker sounding.

Or Grado RS-1 which I prefer over any Senn.
robm321
932 posts
 
Mdhoover. You bring up a very good point. I use a radio shack decibal meter and a peice of board agains the phones to make sure they are under 80db's. Just to be safe. It may seem anal, but when I'm 60 I will be able to hear quality music still.
mdhoover
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Robm321,
That's a good idea with the decibel meter that I hadn't thought of. Smart, imo.
pawlowski6132
592 posts
 
Get yourself a pair Sennheiser HD650s w/ the stock cable replaced (Stefan Audio Arts makes good ones.) $450 total and one of these:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preaphon&1149987356

There's few on A'gon right now.
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