If you missed these for A $363 from the hifiman ebay store around blackfriday, you can get them for a tad more at amazon right now.
HIFIMAN HE-400I Over Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones from Amazon ~AU $397 Delivered (US $273.80)
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Is that true though? They're 35 Ohm which should be fine without, so I believe. Not correcting you, just trying to work it out.
Most reviews say that they will greatly benefit from an amp. I don't know for sure as I haven't received them yet. This means that you could use them without an amp but may end up disappointed in the sound quality.
Cool. Just ordered some without an amp, so will see.
Impedance does not demonstrate the load required to drive, if we were talking speakers, you would see x db at 1m with 1 watt power applied, I expect the same logic is applied to headphones.
Planar uses a lot of juice, I believe the more expensive models are often driven with a balanced amp.
I don't know if they ship to Oz and/or the associated cost but saw this special recently, HE400i with a Fiio Q1 Amplifier for USD250:
Unfortunately they don't ship to Australia so you would have to use a freight forwarder. I agree this is a better deal if they shipped to Australia.
Don't forget the amp you're going to need to drive these…