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Refocusing on h/p listening: planar OR dynamic?

Posted by Feanor on July 30, 2019 at 11:57:06:
For various reason having to do with not having a dedicated listening room, I'm wanting to do more headphone listening.
Presently I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 555 which are quite agreeable but I'd hope for more resolution and air. Open-back phones are fine and, I think, my preference.
I've looked at these dynamic and planar models but am certainly open to suggestion ...
Monolith M1060
Sennheiser HD 650
HIFIMAN SUNDARA
Beyerdynamic DT 880 PRO
I'm also considering a new headphone amp. Presently I'm using an older Pro-Ject Head Box but it's really NOT up to the job. I could use my Topping DX7s, my main system DAC's headphone output which is MUCH better but for placement reasons I can't used it for both my main DAC and a headphone DAC/amp.