What headphones do you use? - Page 5

Originally Posted by MikeDT 

I like the Bose Quietcomfort noise cancelling phones, awesome on planes and buses. Although as others have said, so much Bose stuff is quite overpriced for what you get. Can't use IEMs, the things never stay in for more than a few minutes, especially with my left ear, plus I found the sealing effect to be quite uncomfortable and nauseating.

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan 

Current rig is Sony SCD-777ES to Benchmark DAC1 to Grado RS1i:

Originally Posted by youngScholar 


Tight. What made you go for the RS 1's over Grado's 1000 series headphones?

Originally Posted by eternaldrake 

Atm I have Ultrasone PROLine 2500s with a nforce uDac, pretty good setup for the money.

Best setup I've owned though was a Stax setup, Stax Lambda Pro + Stax SRM-1/Mk II. Sounded amazing and I got them at a steal of a price [400$] but about 6 months later the left driver in the lambdas died and finding replacement parts was impossible so I had to let it go

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan 


Upper level Stax are in my opinion the best headphones you can buy. However for much less money the Audeze LCD2 are outstanding!

Originally Posted by Plestor 

I'd add the disclaimer that high end stax need sufficient amplification. Eg nothingly currently in production by stax drives them well. Used, headamps horrible waiting times, high voltage diy or woo audio (not my cup of tea) are the only *good* options.