Looking for a headphone upgrade

Headphones Headphone Discussion / Help
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Hi Al,

I am currently using the following setup (very nooby unfortunately):

Sennheiser 599s connected to a Filo E10k. I am looking for the next step up. Was thinking of purchasing the Senn 660s and a Filo k5.

As I live in Australia, pricing for things suck unfortunately. I have a budget of about $1k - $1.5k (for both headphones/DAC/AMP)

The music I listen to (lately at least) has been J-Pop and Metal.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

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Is it a k5 pro or regular k5? Also just wondering do you have a few stores that you can link that you can buy from reasonably?

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Apologies for not specifying. It would be a k5 Pro.

Some of the stores that I can think of off the top of my head would be the following:

https://www.minidisc.com.au/ (this is where I bought my current gear from)
https://www.storedj.com.au
Amazon

Any further questions, please let me know :slightly_smiling_face:

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What do you like about your 599, and what would you want to change?

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As the 599s are my first real headphones (was using apple earphones previously) I like pretty much everything about them. Iā€™ve decided to hand them down to a family member and thought I might as well ā€œupgradeā€ in the process :slight_smile:

As Iā€™m doing a lot of Working from Home now, Iā€™d like a headset that I can use for an extended period of time without my ears bleeding. Iā€™ve heard good things about the HD 660s as well as the DT 1990 pros.

Sorry for being vague, itā€™s difficult for me to express what I like and donā€™t like into words.

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Gotcha. Well the 660s would be a logical upgrade, would be pretty sweet imo, fits your music genre well

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