Headphones are a very personal decision as not only sound quality but comfort is involved.
You can spend hours reading posts here and at headphone websites debating about whether Sennheiser or Grado is "better" and will probably find no conclusive proof either way.
They are both good.
I have tried Senn. 580's at home and have listened to the 600's in various dealers.
However, my personal preference is for the Grado RS-2's.
I do not like headphone amps. I have tried 3 different models, tube, solid state and hybrid and none were much better than the headphone output of an NAD receiver. I should qualify this by adding that the NAD sounds better than the headphone outputs on any cd player or tape deck that I have tried. I have gotten more bang for the buck by upgrading headphones and my cd front end than from a headphone amp.
You can spend hours reading posts here and at headphone websites debating about whether Sennheiser or Grado is "better" and will probably find no conclusive proof either way.
They are both good.
I have tried Senn. 580's at home and have listened to the 600's in various dealers.
However, my personal preference is for the Grado RS-2's.
I do not like headphone amps. I have tried 3 different models, tube, solid state and hybrid and none were much better than the headphone output of an NAD receiver. I should qualify this by adding that the NAD sounds better than the headphone outputs on any cd player or tape deck that I have tried. I have gotten more bang for the buck by upgrading headphones and my cd front end than from a headphone amp.