Hey people,
I currently have a RSA predator, and i love listening to music with my se535's plugged in as a portable setup with my ipod and as a dac/amp with my computer. However, I would rather use my headphones for long computer usage and the predator doesn't provide enough juice to power them. It distorts way before reaching the max volume level I may sometimes listen at, plus it's tiny size and volume knob bothers me as the weight of the cable itself moves it around on the desk like a little matchbox. I want something solid with a nice warm sound to compensate for the bright silver-dragon re-cabled headphones. I may eventually use my IEM's with my new desktop amp, so can anyone suggest something decent with my current setup that is flexible enough to be used with IEM's? I am currently listening to my edition 9 through the headphone out of my marantz pm6003, which is connected to a pico usb dac. The sound is really good, but I am sure I can do better with a dedicated headphone amp and probably a better dac. My budget for both a new headphone amp and possibly dac if needed should not exceed 3000$. I want a future-proof setup as I am probably never going to buy a high end headphone amp again. Please let me know what I should get. I dont know if it helps, but I listen to mostly rock, all kinds of metal, some jazz and a bit of everything else. I don't have the luxury of listening to an amp before purchasing because there are none to audition where I live.
Thanks!
