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In Reply to: In the same boat posted by Quint on April 9, 2007 at 05:58:24:
The only down side to this is you can't really crank with headhones if the recording has lots of dynamic range. (too hard on the ears). BTY, what headphone amp do you like ?
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Well, my thinking is, too loud is too loud--be it through speakers or through headphones. With speakers, you obviously have more space to dissipate the sound, but I find that I get plenty of dynamics through my 'phones. It's a different PRESENTATION of dynamics, to be sure, but still plenty satisfying to me. There are some great headamp manufacturers out there: Ray Samuels, Singlepower, Heed, HeadAmp, Rudistor. Personally, I use a Ray Samuels, but you can't go wrong with any of the above.
I would add the PS Audio GCHA headphone am to this list. I am using one with the AKG701 and am getting amazing results.
Don't the 701's have to be connected to the speaker binding posts on the back of a power amp rather than run from a headphone socket?
That is certainly true of the AKG1000 headphones which require 5 or so watts to work. The 701's require MUCH less power to operate properly. Any headphone amp that produces a reasonable output should work fine. The GCHA produces 2-3 watts class A and is more than enough to drive the 701's.
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