I’d opine it’s more what you do with what you have than it is coveting the best headphones, best amp, etc. Tweaks are all the rage for battery headphone set-ups since you don’t have to worry about room anomalies, power cords, speaker cables, interconnects, fuses, in other words - all the things we’ve come to know produce noise and distortion.
How Do You Set Up a Headphone System?
I’ve finally got a headphone setup that I really enjoy listening to. What’s curious is that it’s about as simple as it can get: a portable CD player and headphones with cable and battery upgrades. I’ve tried using many of the same components from my 2-channel rig but I’ve always gotten mixed results. Why is that? Why do the more expensive components not help in this situation? I must be screwing up the implementation, right? So how do you setup a great headphone system for amazing sound?