It's a bit early but here's a question and I've got many of those later on
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I'll be getting the Audeze LCD-3 very soon, and from what I've heard and read that amps do improve sound quite a bit, perhaps the most after the headphones themselves. So I thought about matching them with an amp, well duh, I'm in this thread! haha.
So I've heard the LCD-2 through a Leben CS-600 amp and it was really interesting, everything opened up and you can feel the tube sound.
Right now I'm interesting in pairing an amp to my HD700 and upcoming LCD-3, I'll be using my Xonar STX card as DAC until I decide to get better DAC, unless there's some excellent dac/amp combination.
So far I've looked and there are some decent amps in israel where I live, I'm talking about: Bryston BHA-1 or Leben CS-300X
Also as a possibility is Burson Soloist either SL or regular don't mind.
I need the best bang for the money, CS-300X being the most expensive out of all of these.
Also need to mention that I'm an all-rounder in terms of what I'm listening to, but leaning towards progressive rock/metal and some electronica like Enigma/Deep Forest/etc... as well as some classical and jazz. Bass is somewhat important, but not beats style bass. Would be nice if it is good for movies, too.
What do you people suggest?