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New to forum: seeking best bang for the buck DAP/headphone combo

post #1 of 8
12/31/11 at 5:09am
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New to this forum, I've been enjoying reading and learning about this stuff and I'm getting sucked into this world I think.

Listen to mostly jazz/acoustic+electric rock/classical

wifi access not necessary, just looking for good sound quality that i can afford.

iem/over the ear cans are fine - no preference.

storage is of course important - the more the better with flac, right?

I've read good things about Cowon, but it seems a lot of people use a Sanza with a headphone amp and good headphones...this may be the way to go for me with my price range.

I don't know if the lower end headphone amps are worth it or not...like everyone else on here, I just want great sound in my head.

If anybody can direct me the proper thread or has recommendations, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

 

-Dude in Vietnam

 

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post #2 of 8
12/31/11 at 4:51pm

What price range are you looking for?

 

For cheap - Clip+ rockboxed with 16Gb MicroSD card and Meelectronice headphones - A151?  Total price of about $100.

 

I own this combo and its pretty good.  If your starting out I wouldn't necessarily get into Amps until you have a firmer grasp on what it is you want.  This is a great place to read a lot about the products.  Just take everything with a grain of salt.

 

Good hunting

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post #3 of 8
12/31/11 at 5:20pm
The Cowon X7+RE0 or Etymotic HF5, M4 willbe great combo for these genres music. Few others DAPs like Philips go gear, Samsung P3 and HiSound Audio V are also recommended.
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post #4 of 8
12/31/11 at 11:11pm

The 801 is great, depending on your budget though.

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post #5 of 8
1/1/12 at 9:46pm
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the 801 - is that the hifiman?

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post #6 of 8
1/1/12 at 9:54pm
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I'm looking to spend about 300 bucks. I had a ipod 4 with some knock off iems, and i thought the sound was decent, but i don't have anything to compare it to. needless to say, the ipod was stolen, but i still have the iems, which i think are a bit better than the stock earbuds that come with the ipods these days. i want a setup that costs about the same as the 32gb ipod 4 that i bought, but blows it away in terms of sound quality. i'm leaning towards a sanza clip+ rockboxd/Fiio E11/grado iGi iems (not sure if an amp would help these...) Any thoughts on using an amp with these grados?

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post #7 of 8
1/1/12 at 10:02pm

Correct, the 801 is by HiFiMan. You could also go with the 601 or 602 if you wanted a DAC for the computer. Something like the 602 is more manageable with you $300 budget and is a well know unit for the money. The iPod Classic 120gb or 80gb (i own) is also a great player and have very user friendly controls to upload music,etc; as your familiar with.

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post #8 of 8
1/1/12 at 10:38pm

Cowon J3 seems to be a popular choice here.

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