Headphone Recommendation?

Suggestion: go to www.head-fi.org, or www.headwize.com, and peruse their chat forums.

LOTS of great info, but warning: lots of opinions.

A lot of what you might want is based on several questions, including music preference, need or not for TOTAL quiet (IE, can result in closed ear vs. open ear 'phones), personal sound preferences, etc etc.

See what you can find for reviews and comments, and see how they might jibe or not with your musical views and priorities.

Lots of luck ! It's a GREAT trip IMO.

Todd - chams_uk

I'm with Todd. www.head-fi.org is the place to go for this question, not that I would discourage headphone-talk over here. I've kind of gone off the deep ends with the headphone / headphone amp / replacements cables end of this fine hobby, but it has been a great journey.

All of the above is true. To get your feet wet, you probably can't go wrong with either the Senn HD-600s if you like a little more laid back sound, or a high end Grado if you want a more forward sound. Either one will want a good amp like a Maxed out home or Grado. Or maybe Stax Electrostats if you can handle the freight. As Bill said, you can go overboard here as well. Hi, my name is Michael and I am a headphone-oholic!!! Have fun.