Hello everyone,
about 6 months ago, I became fed up with my ****ty sound of my pc. I decided to buy a pair of AV40s (not great, but good), and a simple UCA202 DAC to see what it could do. Now i want to get a pair of headphones to go with these and looking for advice on what to do.
First of all, i'd like to replace my DAC, i don't know how much difference it will make so i need some input on this.
For the phones i was looking at a pair of HD598s, will i need a separate (headphone)amp for this? If so, i'd prefer one that has a DAC build in and maybe even a normal amp as well for future speaker upgrades.
Also, i've heard somewhere that the amp in the AV40 actually is a pretty good headphone amp, so would it be possible to just use the AV40s as an amp? (would be quite strange though...)
Budget for all (dac,amp,headphone) will be around E 200-300. I usually listen to classic rock, alternative rock, jazz. Artists like Dire STraits, mumford and sons, RHCP, Jamie Cullum and Steely Dan.
Thanks for all the advice!
PS. I've had a chance to audition the HD25II.. Didn't like it one single bit, but i think that's because they aren't made for my kind of music.
PPS: Sorry for the ' in AV40s...
