Are Shure SRH 1540 Headphones pointless for iMac music listening?

[ontheline]

im thinking of buying these as im passionate for sound and want to enjoy some great sounding music at home, are these just too good for cd rip music on iTunes, do I need hi end equipment to get full benefit?

 

[Friesiansam]

I still have a pair of SRH 1540s and, I rather like them. Some say they are not good at high volumes, although that it is not my experience. At the moment they are plugged in to a Fiio E10K and work quite well but, can do a lot better. Before I upgraded my main headphone amp and headphones, I used them with an Audiolab M-DAC and felt they were a good match.

 

[ontheline]

I bought an m-dac and used with my Grado sr325E but couldn't tell the difference when using with my iMac so returned the M-DAC