Sennheiser HD600 owner seeks advice/upgrade?

[Charlie Jefferson]

I've had the above Sennheisers for nearly a decade now and I've never really had much need or love for them. To cut to the quick: now I'm looking for something better. Something that won't leave me completely disappointed when I compare them to listening to my speakers. I realise these are two very different ways of listening to music, but I find the switch to headphones (usual reasons: late at night, young family in bed etc), after I've had a few hours with the B&W's always feels unfulfilling. The obvious pairs that I've considered are the GS1000's and the similarly priced Sennheiser model. But do I really need to spend up to £1000 to get near to my B&W's? My headphone pre is a Musical Fidelity X-Can V8P. Rest of kit in sig below.

 

[lonely boy]

I'm afraid of the headphones I've heard, no matter how good, they all sound like headphones.

The only type that sound "speaker like" to me are my Stax SR-404 Limited electrostatics, that's in terms of imaging and having a reasonable depth to the soundstage.

Of course there are the discontinued AKG K1000 (literally a small pair of speakers) but I've had no experience of them and they need oodles of power.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree with lonely boy. Two very different ways of listening.

However, I've really enjoyed getting rid of my kit and just listening for a change, rather than be distracted by laptops, pcs, tv etc. so a headphone system is a very welcome change.