Best headphone set up?

Posted by ruxtonvet (A) on May 13, 2015 at 15:37:07

Suggestions for the best high end head phone set up for listening at home. Budget around $5,000 for phones and headphone amp. After attending the Axpona show in Chicago and listening to a around 30 set ups I am leaning toward the Audeze LCD3 with a Woo WA22 tube amp. I will run that through the tape out of my Spectral 20 Preamp so that I can listen to vinyl as well as feeding directly from my Sony ES5400 SACD player. My main objection is that the phones are heavy and do not have the deep bass I am used to (infinity RS1Bs) and also lacking some dynamics. Would have liked to have been able to audition some in the ear buds but not easy to do and have been told not as satisfactory as larger open type headphones. Listened to a Welle headphone amplifier that was $7,000 at the show but over my budget. Sounded great though. Is balanced worth the expense? My system is not balanced at this time so only the SACD would be fully balanced. The vinyl would come from the non balanced Spectral 20.

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Topic - Best headphone set up? - ruxtonvet 15:37:07 05/13/15 (22)

RE: Best headphone set up? - Wesley Miaw 15:40:12 07/24/15 (4)

RE: Best headphone set up? - genungo 15:51:34 07/24/15 (3)

RE: Best headphone set up? - Wesley Miaw 15:59:53 07/24/15 (2)

RE: Best headphone set up? - genungo 17:10:40 07/24/15 (1)

HiFiMan HE-1000 Matched with a Violectric Audio HPA V281 - audiophile919 12:38:39 08/19/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - krankkall 15:20:27 07/17/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - nl 06:08:19 07/16/15 (1)

RE: Best headphone set up? - genungo 10:31:29 07/17/15 (0)

My vote is Grado PS500, but it's your ears in the end that matter. - robertd 11:54:23 07/12/15 (3)

RE: My vote - genungo 12:05:58 07/12/15 (2)

RS1 - don't remember if I tried it. But I do love rock music - robertd 12:39:02 07/12/15 (1)

RE: RS1 - don't remember if I tried it. But I do love rock music - genungo 13:03:43 07/12/15 (0)

Well, there obviously is no "best" ... - Mike K 07:41:29 06/29/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - JimL 09:40:34 05/25/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - joessportster 19:01:17 05/15/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - robss 17:20:08 05/15/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - trioderob 14:34:58 05/15/15 (1)

RE: Best headphone set up? - trioderob 15:10:58 05/15/15 (0)

there is also this - texanater 10:30:51 05/15/15 (0)

'the phones are heavy' - mbnx01 20:17:50 05/14/15 (0)

I wouldn't fear IEMs - texanater 07:23:13 05/14/15 (0)

RE: Best headphone set up? - Bill Way 18:16:13 05/13/15 (0)

Best headphone set up?

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