Hello Head-Fi'ers,
So I've had my ATH M50's for a while now and i am very pleased with them. They were my first audiophile buy - even though I've owned Bose (ahem ... in my less knowledgeable days) and Senn IEM's. It's my birthday in a few days time and in typical head-fi newbie fashion I intend to blow it on a portable rig.
So here's the question -
My source is a Ipod Classic 160 GB and a Macbook pro. I like the ATH M50's on both but I would like a bit more bass occasionally. Now, I have roamed these good forums and seen the hundreds of threads and read and understood the usefulness of amps for the M50's. I don't want to spend more than a 100 bucks for now, so the options are -
Option 1 :
New Fiio E7+ Fiio LOD : nice portable rig. And I can use the DAC for my macbook as well. I intend on upgrading at some point in the future, so the E7 won't be a complete waste.
Option 2:
New Fiio E5/E6 + LOD + a sub-100 bassy IEM's that you can recommend.
Get a new pair of IEM's for portable use and many people say with M50's E5 or E7 won't make that much difference.
Please help me decide. Thanks !!!
