Ohm owners: What headphones do you use?

I have Ohm 1000s and have been very pleased with my Hifiman Sundara phones. They are planar design and available in both open and closed-back versions, and the price is reasonable. Hifiman also has higher-end planar models if you want to get fancier.

@soix Thanks.  I will add the Hifiman Arya Organic to my audition list

@mapman Thanks.  The 8xx series Senn's are a stretch, price wise.  But I should audition the best of the 6xx series.  Talk about durability: My first headphones were a pair of Sennheiser 424x, they lasted 29 years before a driver failed.

@ghdprentice Interesting.  I have felt that the humble SR60s do have similar voicing to my Ohm Walsh 2000s.  I really need to hear the GS1000x

The idea of saving a few hundred bucks by looking at the Meze, the iBasso, and the Sennheiser 6xx series does have some appeal to me, though.

My partner had a Walsh system. Not my cup of tea… however, it gives me the experience to try and help.

I’m thinking Grado are the only ones that I have heard that strike me as laid back as the Walsh. Probably close to the level you already have, as they get more detailed and impactful as you go up the tiers. I have Focal, Sennheiser, Denon, AKG, UltraSonde, Grado… and several more.

Hey @bondmanp hope all is well.

I have Sennheiser, Grado, Sony, Audio Technica, and Truth Ear IEMs which are inexpensive and awesome.

I’d say Sennheiser is closest to Ohm Sound. I have original Momentums. They are also very comfortable.

Having said that , I use convolution filters in Roon DSP with them all. They tend to sound more similar than different that way and similar in all those good ways to the Ohms. With this approach, most any good quality headphones might fit the bill.

Although I can’t say if they sound like Ohm speakers, I think these Hifiman Organic ‘phones tick all the boxes you listed and are fairly easy to drive so should be ok initially with your preamp’s headphone output.  Here’s a review that does a nice job describing their sound characteristics, and as they’re available through Amazon you can likely easily return them if they don’t work out.  Just another potential option, and best of luck.

https://soundnews.net/reviews/headphones/hifiman-arya-organic-review-comparison/

https://www.amazon.com/HIFIMAN-Arya-Organic-Full-Size-Audiophiles/dp/B0C5RFXMM5

Headphone approach is slightly different from speakers because of close distance to your ear drum.

To me to reach same level of bass resolution on headphones to my Aerial 10T speakers, I'd suffer from fatigue and headache from low frequencies so matching headphones to speakers might not be very good idea.

Headphones must be matched to your EARS, not to your speakers after all

I'd suggest you also ask this question in the Headphones threads; many people with 2-channel systems don't use headphones at all, and they are not a very popular topic on these forums. I could give you suggestions for good headphones, but I've never heard Ohm speakers.