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post #1 of 4
1/4/12 at 10:55pm
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I've been using one of those Music Hall MMF CD-25's now for almost 10 years and have really enjoyed it but when I started to think about upgrading my phones to something better, currently HD600's I wondered if maybe my source could be a bottleneck if I go much higher up the headphone scale. Plus I've heard that the HD600's do scale up quite well so should I be thinking of a source upgrade before I go further up the headphone food chain? Any suggestions are appreciated. 

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post #2 of 4
1/4/12 at 11:20pm

I assume that you've ruled out a $750 replacement headphone cable, and still have your sanity.

 

It sounds like you have been enjoying your CD player and your amp, why not pick up a DAC like the Lyr-matching Bifrost and see if it improves your MMF CD-25? The big bonus is if you enjoy computer audio, then get the USB option.

 

For myself, I really enjoy my HD600 out of the Matrix Mini-i DAC's built-in headphone amp, great synergy there. It has balanced analog outputs but its USB implementation really needs help.

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post #3 of 4
1/5/12 at 1:21am
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There will definitely be no cable upgrades in my future. Just something never been interested in. I know this is subjective but would the Bifrost DAC sound better then what is in my current cd player? I just want to make sure that when I do get newer headphones that my source isn't holding back the phones to much. I don't generally listen to music off of my laptop but having a separate DAC would probably get me more interested in listening to music off of it then I am now.


Edited by BMBROWN911 - 1/5/12 at 2:54am
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post #4 of 4
1/5/12 at 2:13am

I have no idea which would be a better DAC, but it could be fun to find out and to explore computer-based music as well.

 

For a headphone upgrade, there is the new HD700 coming out in 2-3 months, @U$ 999.

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