On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 06:22 -0700, Fifer wrote: > > . I know I haven't used headphones for serious listening in > > at least thirty years. > > > Pat, I think that disqualifies you from comment. ;) Headphone > technology and quality today is unrecognisable from that of 30 years > ago. It's a commonly held viewpoint that decent headphones can deliver > sound quality that you would have to pay 5 to 10 times more on to match > with speakers.
What part is unrecognizable? Good headphones have sounded very good and were lots cheaper than amps and speakers. I see that Koss is still selling the Pro4-AA that I used thirty years ago. The cool part of headphone technology is that you only need a handful of watts to drive any of them. And making a flea powered amp is tons easier (and lots cheaper) than one that puts out hundreds of watts. And if I need only a couple of watts, tubes is the way to go. > There are also some stunning headphone amp designs > around. No argument from me. I have fifteen or twenty pairs of headphones that I use all the time in my recording studio. I currently prefer the Sennheiser HD-280. There are lots of good ones. But when I listen to music seriously, I don't use headphones. YMMV -- Pat Farrell PRC recording studio http://www.pfarrell.com/PRC _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
