[BC] Robust headphones

[W2XJ]

I had a pair of Koss Electrostatic phones and they really DO need a high 
powered amp. They work on a completely different principle. They are 
also pretty heavy. I prefer the Beyer DT 48. They are a reasonable 
weight, very flat response, easy to drive (48 ohms) and a good seal. I 
have purchased them for a number of DJs who would rave over the fact 
they it was virtually impossible to get feedback when they were turned 
up. Those guys are all probably deaf now :-)



Chris Oradat wrote:
>>>I have the Koss Electrostatic phones.   
> 
> They are just as uncomfortable as the Pro 4AA, but they really do  
> sound very good.  They are a pain in the rear end to use, and to  
> drive.  The "special" cord has to plug into a box that has to be  
> driven by a fairly high power amplifier.  I use a Crown D-75 as a  
> headphone amp for those -- the speaker out, not the headphone out.   
> Even so, they are not DJ loud.
> <<
> 
> You might try a StudioHub headphone amp.  They're about $90 / position and
> will drive the snot out of most headphones.  And as for the D-75, the
> headphone out and the speaker out are in PARALLEL.  They're relying on the
> impedance of the headphones to drop the power output to a 'reasonable'
> level.  
> 
> As for me, I'll take Sennheiser HD-280 please.  They do wonders at cutting
> out surrounding noise, but are a little fragile in the swivel joints -- the
> wire from ear to ear runs through them and if the set is not folded right,
> it will break the cable.  A little bassey, but I'm young and still like
> that.