niemion
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If you're in a hurry, just read this:
Sennheiser HD-800 + CANTATE.2
Can you recommend this combo, or can I get something better for the same amount? Or less?
I've heard so much positive about the HD-800 and Jan Meier's service as well, that I'm seriously considering it. I can't find much info on the CANTATE.2 though.
The long story, if you're not in a hurry:
I'm moving to a smaller place, so that was the speakers. Bye bye. I want better sound. Bose headset, bye bye. With the money earned from the sales I think $1863USD is the absolute max amount I'm going to spend on a phone + AMP/DAC.
Main use is music (Kraftwerk, Moloko, Diana Krall, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel, Jeff Buckley, The Cure, Lisa Ekdahl, Sophie Zelmani, Anne Linnet, can't get enough of them female vocals) and the main source will be my computer. Onboard audio is what I have now, we'll have to fix that.
I have listened to stock Denon AH-D2000 and stock AH-D5000 (through CAMBRIDGE 840A v.2). I liked the D5000 quite a lot, and preferred it by margins to D2000. I also tried the Sennheiser 650 which I liked too, still I fancied the D5000 more. The 650 was a bit more dull, but I think I might appreciate the 'broing' sound in the long round. Today I tried the Grado GS1000. Too much 'ssss', too forward I think you call it.
Unfortunately I can't try the HD-800 and the CANTATE.2 anywhere in the neighbourhood. I would like to try the D7000, but the last ones just got reserved so I have to wait a week or so before that's possible,
Sennheiser HD-800 + CANTATE.2
Can you recommend this combo, or can I get something better for the same amount? Or less?
I've heard so much positive about the HD-800 and Jan Meier's service as well, that I'm seriously considering it. I can't find much info on the CANTATE.2 though.
The long story, if you're not in a hurry:
I'm moving to a smaller place, so that was the speakers. Bye bye. I want better sound. Bose headset, bye bye. With the money earned from the sales I think $1863USD is the absolute max amount I'm going to spend on a phone + AMP/DAC.
Main use is music (Kraftwerk, Moloko, Diana Krall, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel, Jeff Buckley, The Cure, Lisa Ekdahl, Sophie Zelmani, Anne Linnet, can't get enough of them female vocals) and the main source will be my computer. Onboard audio is what I have now, we'll have to fix that.
I have listened to stock Denon AH-D2000 and stock AH-D5000 (through CAMBRIDGE 840A v.2). I liked the D5000 quite a lot, and preferred it by margins to D2000. I also tried the Sennheiser 650 which I liked too, still I fancied the D5000 more. The 650 was a bit more dull, but I think I might appreciate the 'broing' sound in the long round. Today I tried the Grado GS1000. Too much 'ssss', too forward I think you call it.
Unfortunately I can't try the HD-800 and the CANTATE.2 anywhere in the neighbourhood. I would like to try the D7000, but the last ones just got reserved so I have to wait a week or so before that's possible,