slinger1182
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I have been an owner of an HD580 for the past 5 years as a poor graduate student and I loved it. Now that they have been confiscated by my dad and I have a nice paying job, I am looking for a headphone and a complete setup that I can build around those headphones over the next year or so. So I am looking for headphone recommendations and amp/DAC recommendations. Bear in mind, I am building a rig with my computer as a source as that is the most convenient for me.
Things I loved about my Senn were its fluid midrange, warmth and relatively big soundstage. I ran it through a low-fi to mid-fi amp which did nothing more than bring the Senn to acceptable listening gain off my on-board soundcard and I still loved them. Things I would like in my newer headphone in adddition to the stuff I liked in my Senns are better PRaT (perhaps more bass but I am not sure about this since I found the 580 to be more than adequate but slow), definitely more forwardness and at least as big a soundstage & instrument separation and more resolution at the higher end.
Like I said earlier that I am looking to building a rig around this headphone over the next year or two so looking for amp/DAC recommendations too. I can spend about a $1000 right now. So if the recommendations can get all three within the price right now for a mid to hi-fi listening rig, nothing like it. Otherwise, I will just see how it goes.
Nowadays I am listening to a lot post-rock like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, GY!BE, and Explosions in the Sky. To those of you who are unfamiliar with the bands, the music is very dense so instrument separation and soundstaging is highly imperative. I also listen to a lot of rock, blues and some jazz. Basically this: silverblade23’s Music Profile – Users at Last.fm
PS: I did a little a research of my own and right now I am thinking of Denon D2000 or 5000 and getting either the Micro DAC and Amp from Headroom with the former or Corda Cantate.2 with the latter. Do those choices seem a right fit for me?
Things I loved about my Senn were its fluid midrange, warmth and relatively big soundstage. I ran it through a low-fi to mid-fi amp which did nothing more than bring the Senn to acceptable listening gain off my on-board soundcard and I still loved them. Things I would like in my newer headphone in adddition to the stuff I liked in my Senns are better PRaT (perhaps more bass but I am not sure about this since I found the 580 to be more than adequate but slow), definitely more forwardness and at least as big a soundstage & instrument separation and more resolution at the higher end.
Like I said earlier that I am looking to building a rig around this headphone over the next year or two so looking for amp/DAC recommendations too. I can spend about a $1000 right now. So if the recommendations can get all three within the price right now for a mid to hi-fi listening rig, nothing like it. Otherwise, I will just see how it goes.
Nowadays I am listening to a lot post-rock like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, GY!BE, and Explosions in the Sky. To those of you who are unfamiliar with the bands, the music is very dense so instrument separation and soundstaging is highly imperative. I also listen to a lot of rock, blues and some jazz. Basically this: silverblade23’s Music Profile – Users at Last.fm
PS: I did a little a research of my own and right now I am thinking of Denon D2000 or 5000 and getting either the Micro DAC and Amp from Headroom with the former or Corda Cantate.2 with the latter. Do those choices seem a right fit for me?