Headphone advice
The set up I want to create is fairly stationery, and in a quiet room, and it's for listening to film soundtracks / piano music - that kind of thing, not techno or anything ( I've got different headphones for that ).
I'm a musician, so I'm looking for a more neutral sound, and I don't want any gizmos, just a straight through wih a decent quality so I know what's going on. Clarity is more important than bass boost or added "sparkle" or anything.
Although I've owned some cans over the years, these might be my first Hi fi phones, so talking the lower end of the market. Gathering I probably want open ones, right?
Budget = £150 for phones.
I noticed Beyer 990 250 ohm resistance on Amazon actually cheaper than the 32 ohm version. 600 ohm seems a bit much. I'm thinking the 250 ohm paired with a basic headphone amp?
There's a few other models I was looking at as well, Grado, AKG, Sennheiser etc. - for some reason it strikes me the Beyers are particularly good value at that price, but I'm a bit limited in my knowledge.
Also, what are we talking for a basic heaphone amp with just a volume control that would decently run a pair of phones such as those? Are those small ones for around 30 or 40 quid any good?
What would happen if I plug those 250 ohm phones directly into a device like an mp3 player? I understand it would result in a very low volume, is this correct? So assuming I need the preamp.
I have only ever owned low impedance heaphones I think so this is a new one on me. Could I do both items for 200 quid if I keep them simple?
Cheers.
The set up I want to create is fairly stationery, and in a quiet room, and it's for listening to film soundtracks / piano music - that kind of thing, not techno or anything ( I've got different headphones for that ).
I'm a musician, so I'm looking for a more neutral sound, and I don't want any gizmos, just a straight through wih a decent quality so I know what's going on. Clarity is more important than bass boost or added "sparkle" or anything.
Although I've owned some cans over the years, these might be my first Hi fi phones, so talking the lower end of the market. Gathering I probably want open ones, right?
Budget = £150 for phones.
I noticed Beyer 990 250 ohm resistance on Amazon actually cheaper than the 32 ohm version. 600 ohm seems a bit much. I'm thinking the 250 ohm paired with a basic headphone amp?
There's a few other models I was looking at as well, Grado, AKG, Sennheiser etc. - for some reason it strikes me the Beyers are particularly good value at that price, but I'm a bit limited in my knowledge.
Also, what are we talking for a basic heaphone amp with just a volume control that would decently run a pair of phones such as those? Are those small ones for around 30 or 40 quid any good?
What would happen if I plug those 250 ohm phones directly into a device like an mp3 player? I understand it would result in a very low volume, is this correct? So assuming I need the preamp.
I have only ever owned low impedance heaphones I think so this is a new one on me. Could I do both items for 200 quid if I keep them simple?
Cheers.