WhiteCrow
Is not fooled by rapper-endorsed products.
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Man, Just going back to the RS-2...Like I still like the sound, but stacking them against the HE-500 they are just so 2 dimensional.
Well, that would make sense were it not for the fact that he now seems to be buying LCD2's. Unless he's borrowing them that is.
Wait....you found the LCD-2 for 650?
Yeah I just get a Rev. 1.
It had a messed up box and Head-Fi people are notoriously fickle with their accessories so I just saved $100 on an LCD-2
It's like, anybody with money can buy loads of expensive gear and have "more" to contribute to head-fi that way. I'm always trying to refine the art of gear buying to get the best possible sound for the dollar. The Schiit stuff was great, but honestly the DAC in the HDP might be better, you actually get more inputs, it's a smaller more ergonomically sound package, and oh yeah, it's a bloody amp.
The best rig for me is an RS-2 or HE-400 for under 500, HD-600 + HDP for under 1k, and now I'm trying to do the best setup for the 1k pricepoint. At the $1500 rig I was using, I was starting to feel the diminishing returns pretty hard.
As for an amp, the LCD-2's are hilariously efficient for what they are. 280mw from the Nuforce is PLENTY for them. No Burson for me unless they send me a demo unit.
Yeah I just get a Rev. 1.
It had a messed up box and Head-Fi people are notoriously fickle with their accessories so I just saved $100 on an LCD-2
It's like, anybody with money can buy loads of expensive gear and have "more" to contribute to head-fi that way. I'm always trying to refine the art of gear buying to get the best possible sound for the dollar. The Schiit stuff was great, but honestly the DAC in the HDP might be better, you actually get more inputs, it's a smaller more ergonomically sound package, and oh yeah, it's a bloody amp.
The best rig for me is an RS-2 or HE-400 for under 500, HD-600 + HDP for under 1k, and now I'm trying to do the best setup for the 1k pricepoint. At the $1500 rig I was using, I was starting to feel the diminishing returns pretty hard.
As for an amp, the LCD-2's are hilariously efficient for what they are. 280mw from the Nuforce is PLENTY for them. No Burson for me unless they send me a demo unit.
Or you could ditch the HDP and get an NFB-12 for under $200 used
I had both the HDP and NFB12 and compared them extensively. The HDP was not an improvement over the NFB12 in any way, and the NFB12 will much more juice for the LCD2