Thanks to Jeff Dorgay of TONE AUDIO & Todd The Vinyl Junkie I'm in Headphone Heaven!

I've been listening over an hour a night before bed for over a year now. I don't think I've had the bedroom TV on once since then. I've got the squeezebox set up next to the bed and all my cd's are instantly available.

Btw, I've got the Sennheiser 650'sw/Cardas cable and use several amps. By my bed is an XCAN3, but I'd consider upgrading it now that I enjoy phone listening so much.

 

Hey dude:

Dont forget the coolio rewired 701's you have on the way from Ken Ball at ALO audio.com.....

Those are out of this world. Knew we'd make a headphone junkie out of you and that will come in handy with the new munchkin!!

 

Those were Ken's personal pair. I don't have a pair yet....

They are dreamy indeed!!!

 

I'd be curious to see if this new perspective affects how you master stuff.

 

Glad to see your starting to get into headphones Steve. The Emmeline is top of the shelf stuff and the 600's are still some of the finest sounding cans around. Headphone rigs have really developed a lot over the years, I use old school Joe Grado HP-1000 studio monitors with a Moth SET S2A3 tubed amp for my personal rig, and it really brings the musical goods.

 

You can't beat a good pair of headphones/amp when your newborn is screaming his head off and all you hear is Monk riffing on the piano...

I bought my Sugden Headmaster Amp and Senn 600's before my first kid was born. Used it all the time for the first six months while rocking him and walking around the room. Really got to love headphones - getting me more in the music venue and the interaction among players. Have gotten away from it the past three years, but will be back to headphones very soon when my new one arrives...

 

Hmph, and nary a Singlepower amplifier to be seen!



This is what you need.

 

Would you care to elaborate? Does mastering or mixing on cans not give you accurate results? Just curious...

 

If you at all want a portable source, I strongly, strongly recommend my iModded iPod. It is amazing. You can read about them on the head-fi forum. I am in love with mine. I prefer listening to speakers, but the best sound I have right now is my Shure E5c <-- Go-Vibe 5 <-- iMod.

http://www.redwineaudio.com/iMod.html

 

That single power amp is KILLER! I heard it at the head fi national meet last year and was blown away. Best headphone sound Ive ever heard. (arent they about 12k?) Expensive but worth it!

If you cant afford one of those, the new Woo Audio 300B amp we reviewed for 3k was very nice too.

Single power is the ultimate though.....

 

Cool, that makes it more clear for me. Not saying I have much experience mixing, but I do appreciate your response

 

Headphones are good for fixing small details like pops.