You will get a variety of opinions about the Grado vs. Sennheiser HD600 headphones, but I will quickly crawl out on a limb here and state that the HD600's are the best headphones I've heard except for the Stax Lambda, which cost a LOT more money. I've owned a number of headphones over the years, including several Koss models, Stax SR-80 electrets, a Grado, and 3 models of Sennheiser. I think that Stereophile picked the HD600 as one of the components of the year in 1998 or so, and I think they were a deserving choice.
Headphones and amp questions
I am contemplating getting a set of headphones and headphone amp, again.
In the past when I considered this, the Senn 600's and the Grado RS-2's seem to be the leaders in my research, as well as some AKG's.
First question, the Senn's are open back and can be easily heard by others from what I have read, is this true? Are the Grado's quieter than the Senn's in this respect?
I don't know anything about headphome amps, I was thinking about the Musical Fidelity X-can, is this a good choice?
Will it hinder the music much if I get a long extension for the headphones? I would like to sit, comfortably, a good 14ish feet away.
Any and all opinions will be appreciated.
In the past when I considered this, the Senn 600's and the Grado RS-2's seem to be the leaders in my research, as well as some AKG's.
First question, the Senn's are open back and can be easily heard by others from what I have read, is this true? Are the Grado's quieter than the Senn's in this respect?
I don't know anything about headphome amps, I was thinking about the Musical Fidelity X-can, is this a good choice?
Will it hinder the music much if I get a long extension for the headphones? I would like to sit, comfortably, a good 14ish feet away.
Any and all opinions will be appreciated.