Help for newbe into headphones

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I have an unusual situation. I have a better than 50% chance of having to live on dialysis. That means sitting 3 times a weak for 4 hours at a time. What a great chance to listen to music. I am used to a reference speaker system. Maggie 3.6's powered by two David Berning ZH-270 power amps, a Shindo preamp and Audio Note transport and Dac. I listen to mainly classical and film scores. I do have a laptop with a lot of ripped cds and some high rez files on it. I am looking for a really good quality headphone system that would also be small and compact. Can spend up to $2000 total. What would you guys recommend. Would a dedicated player like HiFIman or Astell&Kern be better than using my laptop? Also the headphones need to be comfortable for wearing 3 to 4 hours at a time
Thanks in advance
Alan

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Topic - Help for newbe into headphones - ahendler 19:28:46 07/08/14 (10)

Definitely IEMs in your situation - texanater 10:49:03 07/11/14 (0)

Agree with the closed back can recommendation - travisty 22:08:28 07/10/14 (1)

RE: Agree with the closed back can recommendation - Kberube80 19:47:22 07/17/14 (0)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - Frihed89 17:45:59 07/10/14 (3)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - ahendler 18:17:30 07/10/14 (2)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - PAR 10:22:15 07/11/14 (0)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - Douger 04:55:46 07/11/14 (0)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - rrsands 06:12:10 07/09/14 (1)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - kh6idf 19:10:57 07/11/14 (0)

RE: Help for newbe into headphones - PAR 23:05:16 07/08/14 (0)

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