On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:53:44 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Andy Katz" wrote in message



We have a set of Sony MDR CD 870s.

I have no knowlege of or experience with these. Is this the correct model
number?

Isn't that interesting? I bought them about seven or eight years ago
at J & R Music world. They were, if memory serves, just under $200.00.
They're oversize, *extremely* comfortable, and obscure. I've never
seen any reference to them on e-bay or on-line.


I thought I'd add Sennheiser 580s (or 600)

I have a pair of Senn 580s and would recommend them highly

and an amp such as the HeadRoom Little (which
is, I understand, expandable).

Since I don't suffer from the "blobs-in-your-head" problem that Headroom
amps claim to *fix*, my appreciation of them is limited.

Do you feel that a headphone amplifier is warranted for use with a
mass market receiver?

Question is, my receiver is an Onkyo TX
900. Nothing special, in short, and I have a Zenith DVD player ...
would I enjoy an improvement in audio quality even though both the
radio signal and cd are coming in via mass market equipment,

580s tend to make very many things sound very pleasant, but still are quite
accurate reproducers.

or am I amplyfing an inferior signal ... ie, making noise?

Let's put it this way, I've been known to use 580s for private TV
watching/listening.

Thanks for the comments. I'll check them out;-)

Andy Katz