Well, I've got a pair of the HD 600's and a pair of HD 45's (yes, that's right, bought with allowance money in the early 80's) and it's the difference between a porche and a little red wagon with one broken wheel, or possibly a big-wheel with a missing pedal. That said, the 600's sound a whole lot better driven with a Headroom Home amp than they do from the jack on the Marantz receiver, or the Yamaha tape cassett, or, for that matter, the Rogue 99 Magnum preamp....
Replace headphones or add headphone amp
I have Sennheiser 535s which I got for $79 on closeout, and which sound pretty good to me (my reference are Spica Angelus speakers, which are inexpensive, but pretty transparent).
Obviously 580s ($169 on Amazon) or 600s ($225 here on Agon) are better headphones, but for the extra $150 I wonder if I would be better getting a creek headphone amp (or musical fidelity, or other). Currently I use the jack on a marantz CD63, and sometimes a portable CDP to drive the headphones.
So what do you think ? Better headphones or a headphone amp ? Thanks, in advance, for the advice.
Obviously 580s ($169 on Amazon) or 600s ($225 here on Agon) are better headphones, but for the extra $150 I wonder if I would be better getting a creek headphone amp (or musical fidelity, or other). Currently I use the jack on a marantz CD63, and sometimes a portable CDP to drive the headphones.
So what do you think ? Better headphones or a headphone amp ? Thanks, in advance, for the advice.