so do you guys with the really nice hi-fi (scott, craig etc.) spend much time listening on headphones?
I only listen with headphones nowdays and sometimes via my pc speakers (Cambridge Soundworks FPS2000, it's a 4.1 pc speaker setup).
I listen to the following headphones mostly:
Senn HD580
Sony MDR-7506
BeyerDynamic DT770-250 (king of low bass extension)
and on occasion: AKG K501
I hope y'all aware of the fact that their are aftermarket cables for the upper Sennheiser models? Headroom sells them, they sure are expensive though! I use a MG Head OTL tube amp to drive the Senn's and Beyer's. Just about any source can drive the Sony's. I also have Grado SR60/80/100's...but rarely listen to them. For monitoring, i would highly recommend the Sony's. FWIW, the V6 (no, not that nasty V600)=7506, same exact headphone, different plated minijack (the V6 miniplug is nickel plated, the 7506 is gold plated).
There's also quite a market for DIY amps over at head-fi, you guys might want to look into that as well, i hear those DIY amps are quite stellar.
In the pic, i'm the guy in the middle with my $289 minidisc recorder plugged into a $4000 Sony headphone (R-10).
Sounds pretty good....