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

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?

nobody likes STAX phones???

pricey but nice

lamba pros

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

Check out www.headphone.com, they are the designers and builders of a very good line of headphone amps. I have their Cosmic, which I use with Senn 600's when traveling. When home, I have their Base Station 1, which is a seperate power source for the Cosmic (not a wall wart). That combination, is the best I have heard (can't comment on the electrostats, I have not heard them).

They also sell and rate many lines of headphones including Senn's, Grado, Stax, etc. The staff are also easy to talk to, very helpfull.

Dave

Try Sennheiser m@h80 headphones if you are buying them to listen to MP3s from a laptop computer, or even from a desktop PC. Sennheiser designed these specifically for listening with computers. They are lightweight, comfortable to wear for extended periods of time, efficient enough to provide a decent sound level without having to use a headphone amp, provide much better sound than Walkman-type headphones, but are still reasonably priced. They are not intended to compete with the sound quality of audiophile headphones such as the Sennheiser 600s, but they are better suited to use with computers, provide excellent sound for the price, and you don't have to worry about them too much if you're carrying them around with a laptop. I bought my son, who is a college student, a pair to go with his laptop, and he likes them a great deal. I think that J&R Music World carries them.