Sennheiser HD650 and ipod


After reading this was supposed to be a mismatch, I never tried them together. Was just very pleasantly surprised listening to the 650 on iPod Classic version 5.5 and current iPod touch. It played as loud as I wanted and sounded great.
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I have a pair of Sennheiser 580s, and I use them with my laptop and iPod frequently and with great success. And by that I mean the mdirange is transparent, the treble is smooth but extended, and the bass is extended and tight, especially for being pushed by whatever tiny module is inside the iPod.

I'm sure they'd sound even better with a good headphone amp in between, but taken on their own merits, the Sennheiser 580/600/650 defy conventional logic and mate well with an iPod.

The same is not true of the headphones of the AKG 240 family. Those *need* a headphone amp.