Took the plunge on Sennheiser HD 650 - Blu-ray Forum

McCrutchy · 02-07-2013, 08:08 PM

So I just got a modest surprise in the form of a check, and with the help of some Amazon.com trade-in credit. I have decided (after much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth) to replace my three-months broken Sennheiser HD 280 Pros (I have been listening out of one earcup all that time) with a brand new set of Sennheiser HD 650s. The biggest hurdles here were that the 650s are open, which is a pain if I'm ever listening with people (but that doesn't occur much, if ever, anymore), and that I "need" a headphone amp, which I'm frankly not prepared to get right now.

I will be listening to these mainly out of a 2009 Dell Studio XPS 345T on an accompanying 2.1 speaker system I bundled with it (no idea on the brand of that, and it is now inaccessible to me) which is how I listen to 90% of my music (in various file formats on iTunes). The other 10% (and hopefully more in future) will be CD, DVD-Audio and SACD out of my Pioneer A/V receiver from my Oppo.

So I'm hoping I didn't make a huge mistake here, because I'm not fancying the prospect of spending more money than I have already.

I can gather that I may get a somewhat superior experience from using an amp, but can anyone in the know tell me if I have made a grievous error here?

02-07-2013, 08:08 PM	#1
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1263 Blu-ray collection:6773 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	Took the plunge on Sennheiser HD 650 So I just got a modest surprise in the form of a check, and with the help of some Amazon.com trade-in credit. I have decided (after much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth) to replace my three-months broken Sennheiser HD 280 Pros (I have been listening out of one earcup all that time) with a brand new set of Sennheiser HD 650s. The biggest hurdles here were that the 650s are open, which is a pain if I'm ever listening with people (but that doesn't occur much, if ever, anymore), and that I "need" a headphone amp, which I'm frankly not prepared to get right now. I will be listening to these mainly out of a 2009 Dell Studio XPS 345T on an accompanying 2.1 speaker system I bundled with it (no idea on the brand of that, and it is now inaccessible to me) which is how I listen to 90% of my music (in various file formats on iTunes). The other 10% (and hopefully more in future) will be CD, DVD-Audio and SACD out of my Pioneer A/V receiver from my Oppo. So I'm hoping I didn't make a huge mistake here, because I'm not fancying the prospect of spending more money than I have already. I can gather that I may get a somewhat superior experience from using an amp, but can anyone in the know tell me if I have made a grievous error here?

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