Portable amp for LCD2 - Page 7

Originally Posted by ianmedium 

Must admit I always thought the main benefit to balanced cables was that they could run long lengths of cable without loss of sound quality. That does not really matter with portables though. Hopefully I shall find out for myself soon enough

Originally Posted by Br777 

as i have mentioned, in my experience using the balanced out of the 71b was clearly a better sound.

 

i should also mention that as far as balanced gear goes, i have neither experience, nor knowlege, or even understanding of what a balanced or semi balanced rig is.. i just went by sound quality comparison, and it didnt take more than 2 quick switches back and forth from single ended output to balanced output to declare a clear winner and never look back.

 

"even when i am using an ipod and lod.. in other words, nothing fancy being fed into the 71b".

 

 

Originally Posted by Girls Generation 

WHICH IS WHY my conclusion to the fully balanced input/output [trans]portable rig is this:

iPod - CLAS - RSA Portable Balanced DAC - RSA SR71B - LCD2

Ray Samuels' new portable balanced DAC will be coming in 3-4 months, so wait until then.



There's more to CLAS than it being just a DAC... but I do feel the fostex HP-P1 will be a very redundant purchase, and it will just add weight and a bigger box to the stack...

Originally Posted by vlach 

Seems like the ideal product would be a balanced CLAS which would eliminate one device...bet you that's what we'll see next from Cypher Labs :)

 

 

 

Originally Posted by vlach 

Regarding your last sentence; an iPod and LOD would not benefit from the 71B because the signal is not balanced coming out of the iPod...

 

Originally Posted by googleli 

Dudes - I am looking for the ultimate bad arse portable combo for the LCD2, so I can use it in office and at the same time be able to carry it around in my luggage during my vacation and use the Energizer XP8000 to charge the devices.

 

I currently have the following portable stuff:

 

Digital transport: iPhone4, iPad2

IStuff DAC: CLAS, Fostex HP-P1

Amps: Meier Stepdance (15V), SR71A

Headphone intended to drive: LCD2. I also have the T5p and ED10 but the main focus is to drive the LCD2 well.

 

My question:

Would a full balanced setup using the SR71B be an upgrade over the above combos I have? I would need to add an iBasso thing in between the CLAS/Fostex and the SR71B to give the SR71B fully balanced input. I will also need to buy the SR71B-LCD2 cable from ALO. As my vacation is drawing near I may need to use a 3.5mm-SR71B connector first - would it defeat the purpose of balanced output from the SR71B?

 

In short, would this contemplated combo:

 

iPhone/iPad -> CLAS/Fostex -> digital out to iBasso -> Balanced out to SR71B -> Balanced output to LCD2

 

be a considerable step up over my current office rig, i.e.

 

iPhone/iPad -> CLAS/Fostex -> L/O to SR71A / 15V Stepdance?

 

How about changing the amp to Lisa 3?

 

Thanks all !!!

Originally Posted by vlach 

Regarding your last sentence; an iPod and LOD would not benefit from the 71B because the signal is not balanced coming out of the iPod...

Originally Posted by grokit 

 

THe iPod/LOD won't benefit but the LCD-2 will.

 

Originally Posted by vlach 

Seems like the ideal product would be a balanced CLAS which would eliminate one device...bet you that's what we'll see next from Cypher Labs :)

 

Originally Posted by rudi0504 

Daer Googleli

 

I have almost the same set up like yours :

 

I ranked like below:

 

First 

 

Iphone 4 G / Ipad 2 with file music WAV + Fostex Hp1 as DAC + Head Stage arrow 2 G + LCD 2 Rev 1 and Rev 2

 

Second

 

Iphone 4 G / Ipad 2 with WAV file music + Fostex Hp1 as DAC + RS 71 B in  Full Balance mode in  and out +LCD 2 rev 1 an d Rev 2

 

Third

 

Iphone 4 G / Ipad 2 with WAV file music + Fostex Hp 1 as DAC + Stepdance 1 + LCD 2 Rev 1 and Rev 2

 

Originally Posted by obazavil 

Interesting... you liked Arrow more than balanced sr71b...

 

 

Originally Posted by vlach 

 

Indeed, i thought the SR71B was in a totally different league!