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I need headphone help!

Posted by denton on April 23, 2012 at 10:34:50:
Hi all:

I've always owned a pair of headphones but only sporadically used them to listen to loud music late at night. My current pair is an AT ATH-AD700. But I'm having a problem that I hope I can solve with headphones.

Recently we've 'down-sized' from a house to an apartment with lots of neighbors, and even though I thought I did my due diligence about sound-proofing, looks like I was wrong.

I'm getting complaints from neighbors, especially below, while watching movies. I have Dynaudio left, right, and centers (no surrounds) and a Velodyne sub. L, R, and sub are set on rubber pads, and I am listening at what I thought were very moderate levels. I suppose I could turn off the sub but hey, when does it end?

I'm using at modest HT receiver, a Denon 2308CI to drive these.

So I was wondering if I should get a headphone amp and two sets of headphones, which we could use to watch movies. Another advantage I can see would be that my wife and I could control the volume independently since I tend to like things a bit louder than her.

Any recs on a middle of the road setup? By which I mean a few hundred bucks for an amp and a couple of pair of headphones (or should I just get a second AT AD700)