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Need guidance to finish my headphone system

post #1 of 3
12/4/11 at 9:42pm
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Hello all,

 

I need some guidance to finish my headphone system. I've been planning and assembling stuff for the past year, but I don't know the best way to finish. Right now I have a Benchmark DAC and Lyr amplifier. My goal is to build a system that will take me through the next 2 years as a student, when I won't be making enough money to buy audio equipment. I have a budget of about $1000 to finish it. I don't want to own any headphones I've already had. My past setups were (with various DACs):

 

HE5/EF5

T1/Gilmore Lite

SR-507/SRM-1 MK2

LCD2, HD800, HE6/V100

K240DF / Lyr

 

My idea right now is to buy a HE-500 to pair with the Lyr. I would really like to get a Stax setup with SRM-323S and ESP950, 407, or Lambda Sig. However, the 323S is too expensive and I would get a huge tax shipping it to my home in China. So, I need something that would work with the Lyr, or just with the Benchmark's amp. Any suggestions?

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post #2 of 3
12/30/11 at 1:21am

A good integrated amplifier with a clean headphone out?

 

If you go vintage there are some gems worth checking out...

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post #3 of 3
12/30/11 at 11:08pm

I think Skylab, dont hold me to it, said a big boy like the Pioneer SX-1980 will power the HE-6's, so i figure obviously that or the SX-1250, which i have, will power the HE-5's.

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