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I wanna thank all of you who have previously given advice on headphones.

I never used them for practice (either on my Clavinova or my digital classic organ) until about 2 months ago, it was very late at night and I wanted to try some new work on my DP. I plugged in a cheap pair of Sony neckphones and I couldn't believe the difference. The next day I played the same music with headphones and then w/o and it was a startling difference.
Very seldom do I now practice w/o them.

The next advice that I wanna thank is about the recommendation for Sennheiser. Because I wear glasses, the neckphones were hurting my ears. I bought a pair of HD 205s, and it sounds like I bought new instruments. Across the whole piano range I couldn't believe how clear and distinct the notes sounded. One area that is a real noticeable improvement was in in the deep bass (anything below 30hz). On the digital organ, I have internal speakers and a simulated pipe facade with four large speakers (it was a manuf option). I have been disappointed when I play the low pedals with low pitch stops the bass would be just a loud deep sound. With the Senns, the low pedal stops actually give a rumble (what the stops supposed to do), you can feel the vibrations in your body down to your feet!

Thanks all for the advice.

(Now if I can get all this Midi & virtual software figured out, I won't have to buy new instruments)

Amateur Jerry

Glad it's worked out for you, Jerry! I have Sennheisers, too, and love them. I don't have a digital piano but will use them when working with my Zoom and audacity, and even when listening to my iPod, because they're more comfortable than any earbud style I have ever tried.

I'm in a similar situation as you so I'll post the current logic I'm using when deciding between a used/new.

Electronic stuff breaks and the older it is the harder it is to find replacement parts. 7 years is a long time with electronics. Is there any other 7 year old electronic gizmo in your house that is worth even $20?

Imagine you spend $700 and the piano breaks. You'll will probably not be able to recover even $10 of your money.

You can buy a new Casio or Yamaha (YPG series) for that amount of money. It may not have the action of the $2K+ models, but a new Piano is a new Piano. You'll be able to get 8 years out of it.

wait how do you plug headphones that are meant for the digital piano into your ipod?

They aren't "meant" for digital piano, but in any case you can use a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter to use most any headphone with an ipod.

I do exactly as bitWrangler describes. I use the adaptor to plug into my laptop when I'm editing files in Audacity as well. If you get a good adaptor there's no perceptible loss of sound quality.

what adaptor would you recommend

Yikes... I don't know the name/brand of mine; it was included when I bought the headphones. But I would go to some high-end stereo store that caters to audiophiles and get one that is gold-plated. You can get cheapie ones at places like Radio Shack but they're more susceptible to corrosion and sound quality issues.

I assume that your headphones have a "large" 1/4" plug?

Most small equipment take a 1/8" (aka 3.5 mm) plug.
But some take the smaller 2.5 mm plug.
Make sure you know the right size.