Hello, I'm new to this forum and was hoping for some help.
I've had a pair of HD530ii since the 90s and love them - on my second pair. But, these have now bitten the dust and feel I need to move on. I'm currently using them straight out of a Tascam US-1800 or via and Onkyo A-9010 amp. I use them for composing/arranging production music and producing - which is everything from classical, jazz, electronic or maybe hip-hop... (eg: modern film music!). Oh, and just listening to music.
I love the clarity, space & tone with stings and female vocals of the HD530's but miss the bottom end when mixing drums etc. I mix on decent monitors, so looking for headphones to replace the HD530's.
So, am I right at looking at HD600/650/660s?
I've tried Shure and Sony IEM's but still go back to Sennheiser with those, maybe just because I'm so used the Sennheiser 'sound'. I am almost sold on the HD660s after reading this review
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sennheiser-hd-660-s.22727/reviews
...but keep going back to the hd650 for some reason.
I also realise I might need a dac/amp.
I presume using coaxial out of audio interface (Tascam US-1800) into a dac/amp would be better than the headphone output of my Onkyo A-9010?
Budget:
Headphones £300-400
DAC/Amp £300
Any ideas or help would be great - Thanks.
I've had a pair of HD530ii since the 90s and love them - on my second pair. But, these have now bitten the dust and feel I need to move on. I'm currently using them straight out of a Tascam US-1800 or via and Onkyo A-9010 amp. I use them for composing/arranging production music and producing - which is everything from classical, jazz, electronic or maybe hip-hop... (eg: modern film music!). Oh, and just listening to music.
I love the clarity, space & tone with stings and female vocals of the HD530's but miss the bottom end when mixing drums etc. I mix on decent monitors, so looking for headphones to replace the HD530's.
So, am I right at looking at HD600/650/660s?
I've tried Shure and Sony IEM's but still go back to Sennheiser with those, maybe just because I'm so used the Sennheiser 'sound'. I am almost sold on the HD660s after reading this review
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sennheiser-hd-660-s.22727/reviews
...but keep going back to the hd650 for some reason.
I also realise I might need a dac/amp.
I presume using coaxial out of audio interface (Tascam US-1800) into a dac/amp would be better than the headphone output of my Onkyo A-9010?
Budget:
Headphones £300-400
DAC/Amp £300
Any ideas or help would be great - Thanks.