In my mind I deal a lot with absolutes and as I'm going into the audio rabbit hole I'm learning a lot more of it is kind of like.. guitar. If it sounds good, it is good. Don't necessarily always need to worry about the why's, which I do :D Thanks again! Now I feel a bit like a dork because I...

Well the Freya is beautiful, and funny enough I was looking at the SYS earlier today thinking "why would I need that?" lol - funny enough is also in the description. So if I'm following properly, there's two things I could do: 1) Schitt SYS: Phono Amp + Dac > SYS > Y cable > S501 + Headphone...

Also genuinely interested how "terrible" it is to have the HD6xx's 300 ohms connected to the S501 jack, at 470 ohms. From what I've read it will just cause a bass spike around 100hz. It seems to work prettty good, so if it's nothing to worry about (I don't have a headphone amp now to compare to)...

So a phono preamp with two outputs? Would DAC feed into the phono pre-amp? Curious how that would work (phono signal throw things off?) I was getting a ART DJPREII Phono Preamplifier, but obviously wouldn't be suited for that. Hard for me to picture how that would all work. Yeah you can just...

This is confusing in my head so I'll try to ask the question.. to the best of my ability. I've read the headphone jack on the S501 is kind of bad and has 470ohm resistance, which isn't great for 300 ohm HD600s I use. I wouldn't mind buying a headphone amp, closer to 0 ohm, something decent to...

I've seen the K371 recommended at least 5 times in 2 threads I posted.

Any you would recommend ;D

That all sounds very fun. I assume you stuck with one of those and fell in love forever and are whole heatedly recommending one?

nothin else? Those look neat-o but I am not seeing in the US for anywhere under like 550-600.

I have HD600s and I mostly like them... sort of. I find them to be a little lacking bass, maybe a bit too mid forward, and a bit too treble-y. I found the soundstage to be kind of.. the three blob thing I've read about. Maybe just certain albums this presents more. Almost at any volume I get...

To uhh, totally take the thread off the rails: - I think I'm sending the 650 back. Really don't notice a difference. - I keep hearing the 6xx is "better", but I don't have it to test, and my return window for the 600 ends on the 4th, so IDK. I bet it sounds exactly the same. - This whole 6...

Ok, so from 400hz downwards it'll kind of slope if I lower it? I read somewhere else it was only at that frequency which seemed wrong. I think with the S501 amp and the HD600s... if I raise the bass, lower the treble, and drop the "mid loudness" (dips 1kHz by 3db each click) - they actually...

I've noticed. I also wear glasses so that kind of comes into it as well.

I tried the 600s vs a few other headphones and it won out. But yeah the ear fatigue is real. That's why I was hoping the 650's might be a bit better. As for EQ all I have is the bass/treble knobs on the S501. I'm trying to figure out what "turnover frequency" is in regards to those knobs...

I know there's a lot of threads on this but help me out here I tested the 600 vs a bunch of different headphones and it won out. I listened to a full vinyl album last night on them though, and walked away with pretty intense ringing/ear fatigue. Wasn't super loud. As I was listening - to a...

So far I've noticed zero distortion at any point. I did a full turntable set-up yesterday since moving and was kind of shocked at how good it sounded. With the Focusrite plugged in the source audio is bypassed (by choice) so it's maxed out there, at the DAC (Focusrite) and I just control volume...

"LINE OUTPUTS: LEFT and RIGHT – 2 x ¼” (6.35 mm) TRS jack sockets; +10 dBu output level (variable), electronically balanced. Either ¼” TRS (balanced connection) or TS (unbalanced connection) jack plugs can be used." With the S501 amp the TS cables are better because they are now unbalanced, and...

And a picture, because why not?

So this thread is way off the rails, which is OK, but so on the back of the S501 are Line level inputs (unbalanced). The output off the back of the Focusrite are... mono balanced? I have two mono 1/4" TS going to RCA into the S501 now (I got my 'music' room set-up yesterday without the Heresy)...

I believe I read that the Focusrite doesn't really amplify, and at max volume is considered a line level signal. From what I saw people who use a headphone amp with it just max the volume on the Focusrite which acts as the line level/unbalanced signal going into whatever amp you decide to use...

All good things in all good time.

Might you please explain to me what is "wrong" with the set-up? Asking in a sincere I am interested kind of way :)

Solely for convenience. I record guitar with the Focusrite and it just works easily. I've read rather extensively it's a decent DAC and a lot of people use the headphone out jack into a headphone amp, just the way I was. I did not dig into the technical specs, just user reviews and discussions...

Which aspect? The focusrite as the DAC? I've read good things and it works for what I need it for. I think I was talking to you in the other thread. I wasn't using the S501 for this particular testing.

My first time doing anything like this, spent about 3 hours listening and trying to decide which to keep. I have a new house and a lot of new equipment. I bought the DT770 80ohms and had some serious issues, so I read a lot and bought some other headphones to test it out against. These are 5...