sch@dedalus.UUCP (Steve Holzworth) (04/25/85)
I recently purchased a Sony D5 (the CD Walkman) to use at work. At present, I listen to it with my Sony FM/AM Walkman headphones. As expected, those phones aren't quite up to the quality needed for CD use. So... does anyone have a recommendation for a set of headphones (with good bass response) to use with my D5? Just to throw my two cents in: my home system is composed of: Hafler DH110 preamp Hafler DH500 power amp (approx. 360 watts cont. per ch. into my 6 ohm load) Yamaha DX1 (?) CD Sherwood 7110B receiver (used as a tuner, from former system) Sony turntable (forgot what, direct drive) Sony cassette deck (also forgot what) Grace F9-E cartridge dbx 3Bx expansion unit (used for FM and poorly recorded albums) ESS AMT 1C speakers, driven through Powerline (nominal 6ohm load, rated at 400 watts cont. per) Just to confuse the speaker debate: ESS AMT speakers make use of Heil air-motion transformers. These are special drivers which work in principle like a bellows, as opposed to a piston. The theory (or hype) says that this allows the AMT to accelerate the air more rapidly. The analogy used is that of squeezing (or squirting) a marble from between your fingers as opposed to pushing the marble with said fingers. Hype aside, I am rather fond of them. In addition to the Heil (midrange to high 600-350000hz), the AMT's have a (8 or 10 inch) active woofer in front, and a passive radiator in back. Subjectively, the AMT's have good to execellent bass, excellent highs, but could maybe use reinforcement in the midrange (is adequate). A lot of people complained that Heil's are too hot, but I think you would find that dealers usually have the brilliance control cranked wide open (shades of Radio Shaft!). Because the Heil drivers are pleated, they have approximately a 20 sq cm effective surface area. And yes, it's the same Heil that gave us the FET (field-effect transistor). Steve Holzworth mcnc!ikonas!dedalus!sch
herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) (04/28/85)
In article <705@dedalus.UUCP> sch@dedalus.UUCP (Steve Holzworth) writes: > >I recently purchased a Sony D5 (the CD Walkman) to use at work. At present, >I listen to it with my Sony FM/AM Walkman headphones. As expected, those >phones aren't quite up to the quality needed for CD use. So... does >anyone have a recommendation for a set of headphones (with good bass response) >to use with my D5? in japan anyway, sony makes a special pair of headphones for the D5 that they recommend. personally, something like the MDR-70II or the MDR-80II by sony may be what you're looking for. they are about the same as the ones for the D5, according to my source in japan. i have MDR-50's (no longer made) that sound okay for that quality of source, but i use my Audio Technica ATH7's for CD listening in my home system. the main difference is that the deepest bass is lost and the highs are harsher in the MDR-50's. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu
dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) (04/29/85)
> > I recently purchased a Sony D5 (the CD Walkman) to use at work. At present, > I listen to it with my Sony FM/AM Walkman headphones. As expected, those > phones aren't quite up to the quality needed for CD use. So... does > anyone have a recommendation for a set of headphones (with good bass response) > to use with my D5? > IF the Sony puts out enough power I would recommend you investigate the some home use phones (I really like my Seinhauser HD420's) these are borderline for my Walkman PRO so I usually use my Seinhauser MR100s which are only ok. In the realm of efficient phones has anyone tried the relatively new Koss portable phones (PRO?). David Albrecht General Electric
zrm@prism.UUCP (05/06/85)
At work I use the Sony MDR 70 II headphones and at home I use Stax electrostatics. The Stax require a power amp which is no problem at home, but the Sonys are the only headphones I have found that are efficient enough to use with a D5 stand-alone.