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What Headphones? Looking to upgrade..........

Okay, here's the dilly. I have a pair of Sennheiser 545s. ;) and well, I used to have a pair of klipsch 2.1s. Problem is my headphones made the speakers sound so badly - I decided to sell them off.

Anyhow now I'm looking to get new headphones. Trying to compete with my dad's latest sound equipment he bought like over $20,000 worth. Making my headphones sound bad damnit. hehe

Anyhow I"ve done some research and a little bit - but I"m interested to hear opinions. What would be a good alternative to the Sennheiser 545s? I'm interested in clarity, no static, lots of detail and comfort. Bass would be nice, not overpowering, but solid.

I'm looking for 'detailed' sound. I've heard good things about Grado, Koss, Sennheisers 580/600......etc. etc. What are youthoughts? They will be used for listening to music on the computer among other areas and for gaming.
frankwu
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I owe both the Sennheiser 600 and the Sennheiser HEV 70/60 (amplifier and headphones). The 600 is fantastic and a good option if you have a headphones output on your amplifier. However, most high end amplifier do not have such an output and a additional amplifier is required for the headphones. In that case the much more expensive HEV 70/60 combi is probably the best solution available (not to mention the Sennheiser Orpheus). The resolution of these headphones is incredible. The system offers extremely natural, transparent, distortion-free and balanced music reproduction for audiophile listening. Unfortunately this model is not available any more since the beginning of this year. There is a new wireless model, the IS 850. The frequency response is unfortunately only one third of the HEV 70/60.
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swampwalker
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She of course, refers to my wife (see above).
frankwu OP
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Thanks for your help guys - I'm about to purchase a Sennheiser 600. Now if I can just find the right amp.....right now the porta one looks good as well as the creek. What's the difference in the creek regular version and the SE version? Is the SE worth the extra moola?
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audiotomb
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nobody likes STAX phones???

pricey but nice

lamba pros
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akimball
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I just purchased a set of Stax Omega's. The holy grail of headphones, no doubt. The price, here in the U.S. is insane ($6k) - but buying from Japan takes it down by more than 50%! I haven't listened to my, quite nice but not insane, stereo in weeks. I recently picked up a PS Audio Power Plant, to drive the Arcam 23 and the Stax amp.. god, help me.

The place to go for Stax in Japan is EIFL:

http://www.netspace.or.jp/~eifl/eifl/export/export2.htm

You'll literally save 50%, I kid you not. Koji, the owner is as upfront and honest as any I have dealt with. I recommend EIFL thoroughly, and have nothing whatsoever to gain by saying this..

So, if you've always wanted some great Stax headphones.. do it.. You can pick up the Signature system for probably $1000.. or the Omegas about triple that..

-Adam
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