Headphone recommendations please.

[RMutt]

I'm going to take the plunge and buy some decent headphones because later night listening has become a little compromised lately. They will only be used at home and so portability, sound isolation and sound leakage are not issues. I'm looking in the £200-£300 second hand region. The only ones I have heard ( and I was very impressed with them) are Sennheiser HD 650 or 600, I can't remember which but the salesman put them on me whilst misunderstanding how much I could afford to pay! I bought Sennheiser HD 515's at the time and have never been that impressed to be honest. I can drive them from either amp ( although only up to cable length 3 meters apparently) or DAC/ headphone amp. Does anything get even near to sounding like good speakers? Thanks in advance.

[struth]

http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/oppo-pm-3-planar-magnetic-heaphones-black?gclid=Cj0KCQiAnOzSBRDGARIsAL-mUB1VGm1n0J6JlQyUvveHmofZhfOzMPgrWlaR85GUiSZRUxzYC 2qyNggaAjHhEALw_wcB

hard to beat tbh at twice the price. you should get a second hand set for 200/2500 range

[RMutt]

Thanks Grant. They have come onto the radar in my initial trawl. Good to get a first hand opinion from someone who is not on the company payroll! I perhaps should have added that since I'm going second hand in order to try to get more for my money I won't be able to listen to any, so may have to with a general consensus sort of scenario.

[wee tee cee]

650s are hard to beat for all round performance/comfort/cable isolation.

They sell all the parts for them so if second hand you can change the ear pads etc.

I removed the inner foams-a bit like removing speaker grills.

I now use 700s-just a development of the 650s....love them to bits.

I horse traded my 650s with one of the members and he loves them.

[Lawrence001]

The closest headphones I've got to actually sounding like speakers are my hifiman planars. I'm keeping my HE6s as they are the closest (and set me back a lot) but the HE500s come pretty close and I'm selling them, on Gumtree now for more, but could do them for £300 plus postage for you.

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[wee tee cee]

I find my 700s very close to 57s sound wise.

They have to be driven properly...a SEG with the gain set accordingly or Cappella really bring them alive.

[RMutt]

Thanks Tony and thanks for the offer Lawrence. I'll have to have a bit of a think as £300 is at the top of my range and I don't want to rush in.