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post #16 of 21
8/7/11 at 9:33am

You'll notice just as much a difference getting an amp+dac with 320kbps mp3s than you would with flac.  You never really need flac.

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post #17 of 21
8/7/11 at 9:40am

Before you buy dac or amp for K702 try to look for any recomendations for these headphones. For me these are lack of bass.

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post #18 of 21
8/9/11 at 6:34am
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well, you just ordered one of the most notoriously difficult to power headphones around. the K701 are infamous for requiring a very high quality and powerful amp to sound their best.

 

so you may want to start budgeting now for a great amp. :)

 

 

I'll do that =)

2V analog output could be ok? is there any way to figure out the amp needs of these cans (or just try and error)?


Edited by pazto - 8/9/11 at 6:38am
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post #19 of 21
8/9/11 at 6:39am
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Originally Posted by TMRaven View Post

You'll notice just as much a difference getting an amp+dac with 320kbps mp3s than you would with flac.  You never really need flac.



I really hope so!

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post #20 of 21
8/9/11 at 6:49am

 

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Originally Posted by pazto View Post

Hi guys, I'm new in the community and sort of newbie in the audio science.

All my music is a 320 kbps mp3 format (most of them encoded with lame), I'm using a macbook pro 5.5 as source, and a modest headphones set: 

- Shure shr840

- Audio technica m50

- KRK 8400

- Bose QC2 (which I'll post on ebay soon)

- Bose triport

 

I'm thinking in to get a DAC+Amp, but I'm not sure if I'm going to notice the change (since I use only mp3s), is it worth for me?

 

if yes, any suggestions about the model?

 

thanks in advance!



I suggest selling all your headphones and upgrading to the Shure SRH-940.

 

I then suggest using the money you have left over to buy a good headphone amp.

 

You will highly enjoy that, and then later down the track when you've saved up some money again get a good DAC.

 

 

 

 

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post #21 of 21
8/9/11 at 6:50am

If you want an Amp/DAC combination, I suggest skipping everything under $250.

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