Soundstar1
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I have a pair of old kiss over the ear headphones plugged into a fisher ba 6000 with a Scott lc 21 pre amp including an add 10 band eq. Does anyone have thoughts about a nice pair of audiophile headphones
I have a pair of old kiss over the ear headphones plugged into a fisher ba 6000 with a Scott lc 21 pre amp including an add 10 band eq. Does anyone have thoughts about a nice pair of audiophile headphones
In my opinion, no receiver is complete without a vintage K240 on top.
The old K240 Monitors can be found real cheap and sound very nice out of a quality receiver.
At slightly over $200, perhaps $250, and with a earcup brightness mod, the Shure 940 is top tier - you won't find better until you get over $1000.
Under $100 the Grado SR80 has almost become a standard... for a few bucks more you can upgrade to the Grado SR125...
I almost agree with this. That is, I would qualify the statement to say that the 940's (even without a mod as I prefer) are one of the best cans under $1k. I like them more than the 1440 and 1840 in fact (so happily I don't have to spend any money on those) and any other can I've heard under $1k (dozens by now, but of course not all).
But a lot of this has to due with personal preference: in the under 1k tier I have a friend who likes the Senn 600's the best and another who likes the Grado RS1i the best, neither of which I personally like more than a "B".
So for me I'd say the Shure 940 is the best in the under $1k tier I've yet heard, but that might not be what others would conclude.
They should certainly be on the "to audition under $1k" list.
While I realize that "budget" is a relative term, even some very rich folks I have known would consider the term 'budget headphone' would not include any model approaching a kilobuck, but I wish I had your apparent budgetary means.