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Starting up a music room need help with amps!! Thanks in advance!

post #1 of 15
7/10/11 at 8:11am
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I will be moving soon and there is a small rectangular room in the basement and will be setting up a dedicated music room inside. I will be setting up 4 bowers and wilkins CM9 and 2 Bowers and Wilkins PV1 subwoofers. I am also planning to buy one or two of these following headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer Dynamic Tesla T1, or Denon D7000. I would like to know what kind of amps I need for the headphones i.e. tube vs solid state and make/model. A good DAC, and a reciever that can output to two subs. If you have any other speaker/headphone preferences feel free to post them! thanks! Also do i need a amp for the speakers? I'm a newbie in the audiophile world currently all I have is the Shure SRH840, I feel if I'm gonna set up a music room i might as well do it right, and the best it can be.


Edited by Swatcsi - 7/10/11 at 8:12am
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post #2 of 15
7/11/11 at 12:22am
What's your budget?

I can't be of too much help here, but if you get the HD-800, consider a good tube amp. My personal favorite is the Zana Deux. A great fit with the HD-800 and it makes a fine two-channel preamp, as well.
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post #3 of 15
7/11/11 at 1:35am

Buy any McIntosh amps.

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post #4 of 15
7/11/11 at 2:35am

If you have this much money to throw around for a dedicated room, i HIGHLY recommend you consult with a custom installer.  They will be able to help you out not only with the amps and such, but also with room treatments so you get the most out of the speakers.  10% of the money spent on this will yield returns easily exceeding double the potential sound quality, instead of stuffing your room with the most expensive gear you can get without attention to the room itself

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post #5 of 15
7/11/11 at 2:40am

If sufficient funds are available track down a Yamaha BX-1 or better still Yamaha MX-2000.

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post #6 of 15
7/11/11 at 7:27am
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Originally Posted by El_Doug View Post

If you have this much money to throw around for a dedicated room, i HIGHLY recommend you consult with a custom installer.  They will be able to help you out not only with the amps and such, but also with room treatments so you get the most out of the speakers.  10% of the money spent on this will yield returns easily exceeding double the potential sound quality, instead of stuffing your room with the most expensive gear you can get without attention to the room itself



that's what I was planning on doing but now after looking over everything I think the more important thing would be the speakers itself, If you have any suggestion on speakers that would be great!

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post #7 of 15
7/11/11 at 7:30am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik View Post

What's your budget?

I can't be of too much help here, but if you get the HD-800, consider a good tube amp. My personal favorite is the Zana Deux. A great fit with the HD-800 and it makes a fine two-channel preamp, as well.


my budget is around 10-12 thousand including receiver, dac, cd changer,speakers and headphones, as well as getting the room soundproofed, thanks for the amp recommadtion sorry for the dumb question but can you please just briefly explain what the purpose of a pre-amp is? thanks.

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post #8 of 15
7/11/11 at 7:34am
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so far this is what I got if you guys have any reccomendations on speakers that would be fantastic, and I will probably be purchasing one or two of the headphones on the list, probably the HD800's. Note that the corda classic is still not out yet, but im also contemplating between a McIntosh amp or a WA22/Woo Audio 2 either one.

 

 

Speakers:

4 Bowers & Wilkins CM9: $6000

2 Bowers & Wilkins PV1: $3000

 

Headphones:

Audeze LCD-2 : $1000

Sennheiser HD800: $1400

Beyer Dynamic Tesla T1: $1300

 

Miscellaneous:

Corda Classic Solid State Amp: $750

Corda StageDac: $740

Denon AVR-2312CI Reciever: $850

Yamaha CDC-697 CD Changer: $250

Denon iPod Dock: $100

 

thanks for the help!

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post #9 of 15
7/11/11 at 1:50pm

Buy the LCD-2s. Quite simply, you will not regret it :¬)

 

Also, the guys here know a lot about high end equipment, would be worth joining and getting a second opinion.

 

When spending this much, do not limit your gear to an opinion of only a handful of people, as each forum can be slightly biased.

 

An audio budget of $12K, while not knowing what a pre-amp is, would indicate you may need to do a bit of reading before opening the wallet :¬)

 

All the best with the gear hunt, enjoy it!

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post #10 of 15
7/11/11 at 2:41pm
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Yea I know I need a lot of help, I came to Head-Fi as a starting point as I'm moving in december if I can get all my stuff straight when I go to purchase my equipment I will know I'm getting the right stuff. Thanks for the help!

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Originally Posted by Yoga View Post

Buy the LCD-2s. Quite simply, you will not regret it :¬)

 

Also, the guys here know a lot about high end equipment, would be worth joining and getting a second opinion.

 

When spending this much, do not limit your gear to an opinion of only a handful of people, as each forum can be slightly biased.

 

An audio budget of $12K, while not knowing what a pre-amp is, would indicate you may need to do a bit of reading before opening the wallet :¬)

 

All the best with the gear hunt, enjoy it!



 

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post #11 of 15
7/11/11 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by Swatcsi View Post

Yea I know I need a lot of help, I came to Head-Fi as a starting point as I'm moving in december if I can get all my stuff straight when I go to purchase my equipment I will know I'm getting the right stuff. Thanks for the help!


Great, plenty of time to make the right choice. Good luck :¬)

 

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post #12 of 15
7/12/11 at 1:17am
Cool!

If you're doing a custom installation, be sure to put up soundboard behind the drywall. We put it up on common walls between apartments - noise complaints have disappeared. It's only $25-$30 a sheet and installation is cheap if you're torn down to the studs.

You might also look at running a dedicated circuit to the audio room. Keep your gear off the circuit for a refrigerator, HVAC, washer, etc. and you won't have power sags. A dedicated isolation transformer would be nice, too. Nebraska Surplus sells quite a few good ones.

A preamp takes a line out from various components and increases the power enough to feed a power amp. Something like a Zana Deux would be great for a two channel system. But if you're going to run surround, you'll need something with more channels. Still, it would be sweet to run a great two channel headphone amp from a multichannel system.

If you want good multichannel gear, go to Audiogon and buy used. Don't pay retail. You'll save 50% or more buying used. Audio technology moves slowly (despite the marketing) so don't be afraid of buying older components. You'll get the same performance for a lot less.

And this sounds like a terrific project - please let us know how it turns out! smily_headphones1.gif
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post #13 of 15
7/12/11 at 9:32am

get teh audio engine 5

 

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post #14 of 15
7/12/11 at 11:35pm
You may consider spending some of your budget into bass traps, diffusers and other acoustical treatments to get a decent room environment.
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post #15 of 15
7/30/11 at 7:54am
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Originally Posted by Iqbal View Post

get teh audio engine 5

 


I just got the bamboo one's for my family room they sound outstanding for their size, thanks for the recommandation!

 


Edited by Swatcsi - 7/30/11 at 7:55am
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