DataTutashxia
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Hi guys,
Coming back from a shop after listening to HD650 and HD700.
My Plenue D was unale to drive 650 properly. 700 was easier but sounded slightly flat and laid back.
Plenue D + Fiio E12A made my music come to live on both cans. I liked HD700 more because of slightly better clarity and separation in heavy tracks (e.g. some Nightwish).
But I haven't planned to listen to them from portable player anyway so I brought my laptop with integrated ESS ES9016K2M dac + 9601K amp the other day to listen from it.
Limited time for listening and 1 day between sessions may have affected my judgement, but I feel the PlenueD+E12A did better than pure laptop for both cans.
The 700 on laptop retained better clarity and separation over 650 but some extra uncomfortable sharpness in high frequencies appeared.
I would prefer to make hd700 work good for me. Assuming I want to fit the cans itself and additional amp/amp+dac into total 1k$ budget, what would be the suggestions?
I saw some ppl advising tube amps, but I'm quite cautious about it because, as I read, they need some solid time to warm up, and I usually feel the desire to listen something spontaneously.
Also, am I understanding correctly that if I go for an amp only, I want to connect it to laptop via line out (it has one) using 3.5 jack to RCA cable?
Coming back from a shop after listening to HD650 and HD700.
My Plenue D was unale to drive 650 properly. 700 was easier but sounded slightly flat and laid back.
Plenue D + Fiio E12A made my music come to live on both cans. I liked HD700 more because of slightly better clarity and separation in heavy tracks (e.g. some Nightwish).
But I haven't planned to listen to them from portable player anyway so I brought my laptop with integrated ESS ES9016K2M dac + 9601K amp the other day to listen from it.
Limited time for listening and 1 day between sessions may have affected my judgement, but I feel the PlenueD+E12A did better than pure laptop for both cans.
The 700 on laptop retained better clarity and separation over 650 but some extra uncomfortable sharpness in high frequencies appeared.
I would prefer to make hd700 work good for me. Assuming I want to fit the cans itself and additional amp/amp+dac into total 1k$ budget, what would be the suggestions?
I saw some ppl advising tube amps, but I'm quite cautious about it because, as I read, they need some solid time to warm up, and I usually feel the desire to listen something spontaneously.
Also, am I understanding correctly that if I go for an amp only, I want to connect it to laptop via line out (it has one) using 3.5 jack to RCA cable?