No funnies I'm afraid.
Music is one of my greatest pleasures in life and I have collected vinyl for years, dj'ed on a few different radio stations and always had pretty good stereo kit.

However, one day I felt the need for 'better sound' I bought a pair of very expensive Sennheiser headphones (HD650s if you are interested) and a kit for a valve preamp to drive them (again, if you are interested they are 300ohm impedance so most amps don't drive them properly).

Cost me the best part of £400 and about 15 hours putting the amp together but christ, what a difference they make! I'm hearing new stuff in albums I have known for years, new instruments, the odd but of chat between the engineer and band in the background, sound takes on a totally 3d effect. You are in the room with the band.

In impulse buy, but probably the best buy I have made in years.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Mon 25 May 2009, 13:03, 4 replies)

Sennheiser make some of the best headphones
When I got my first pair (HD570's) the stuff you can hear... well, you put it best. The difference decent reproduction kit makes is insane.

They're also the cause of the mixing desk everything has to run through now as it's all I have that can drive the bastards.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Mon 25 May 2009, 13:20, closed)

Yep it is a bitch that very few stock amps will drive them.
The other problem I have now is that listening to my ipod, with things compressed at 128k though (bose) earbuds is almost impossible. It just sounds wrong.

What sort of mixing desk are you running them through?
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Mon 25 May 2009, 16:27, closed)

I went with the Alessandro MS-Pro for this very reason - they dont require a dedicated headphone amp. I have a custom headphone amp I had built a few years back, and they drive Senns and Beyerdynamics etc really nicely, but the MS Pros just dont need it.

The only problem with the MS Pro (which is a Grado but less harsh) is that when people have a listen they wont take the damn things off again.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Mon 25 May 2009, 20:11, closed)

Have to admit I hadn't heard of these before.
I have googled them and they look quite smart. The MS pros are only 32ohm impedance, I guess that is why just about any amp will run them!

How do they compare to Sennis and Beyers in terms of reproduction?
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Tue 26 May 2009, 11:45, closed)