TheWuss
Reviewer at Headphone.Guru
TruBrew - Bender wearing Beyers. now my favorite avatar of all time.
Benderdynamic. hahahahahaha
Benderdynamic. hahahahahaha
TruBrew - Bender wearing Beyers. now my favorite avatar of all time.
Benderdynamic. hahahahahaha
Thanks. I had been trying to sell that bender head(dvd box set) because I have them all ripped to my network server, but decided to keep it after I realized I could not sell it for any more than what it would cost me to buy a new headphone stand. The disks are going to waste, but it does make an amusing stand.
Quote:I plan on ordering a Pair of LCD-2's by the end of the week, and now need to start searching for an amp. I am willing to spend around $1500 on an amp but don't know where to go. I have read through most of this thread and have come up with a few ideas. I was hoping for some advice.
Option 1 is the Blossom BLO-0299, but I can't find anyone who has had the combo to give an opinion. Skylab in his review said they worked well together but nothing spectacular, but only had sing ended cables for the test.
An idea I received from this thread is the Decware Mini Torii. It isn't a HP amp, but can be modded as one. This kind of creates a tube vs SS question, and also balanced vs SE.
I was originally looking at the Audio-GD Phoenix, but from what I have been reading Audio-Gd gear doesn't seem to mesh well with the LCD-2's. I am happy to consider anything in this general price range, but it can be very hard to find direct comparisons, and I can not afford to buy both and sell the loser.
There is the tube amp that Asr seems to like with the LCD-2 in the RMAF which also happens to be in your price range right? That's a reasonable option.
I have heard the LCD-2 with a few combos now..If you are on a budget with no gear,a matrix mini will serve you well.Next up would be a Meir Concerto.For tubes ,the mini tori works like a champ,with the headphone mod and even the miniwatt adapter for speaker taps..I notice on Skylabs photo of the mini tori,you have changed some tubes,could you tell us what those "coke bottle" power tubes are, those and the other rolls you made would be very useful to know..Thanks Skylab.
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Quote:Quote:I plan on ordering a Pair of LCD-2's by the end of the week, and now need to start searching for an amp. I am willing to spend around $1500 on an amp but don't know where to go. I have read through most of this thread and have come up with a few ideas. I was hoping for some advice.
Option 1 is the Blossom BLO-0299, but I can't find anyone who has had the combo to give an opinion. Skylab in his review said they worked well together but nothing spectacular, but only had sing ended cables for the test.
An idea I received from this thread is the Decware Mini Torii. It isn't a HP amp, but can be modded as one. This kind of creates a tube vs SS question, and also balanced vs SE.
I was originally looking at the Audio-GD Phoenix, but from what I have been reading Audio-Gd gear doesn't seem to mesh well with the LCD-2's. I am happy to consider anything in this general price range, but it can be very hard to find direct comparisons, and I can not afford to buy both and sell the loser.
There is the tube amp that Asr seems to like with the LCD-2 in the RMAF which also happens to be in your price range right? That's a reasonable option.
I did not listen to any tube amps with my LCD-2 at RMAF. You might be thinking of my listening to the Schiit Valhalla with the T1: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/518094/rmaf-2010-denver-canjam-rmaf-impressions-in-case-people-missed-seeing-this-in-the-meet-forum/45#post_7028475
So I think I have things narrowed down the the WA22 and Mini Torii. Can anyone compare the soundstage of the 2 amp. I assume the WA22 would do a better job being that it is balanced. Since I hear Orthos have some soundstaging issues, it seemed like a concern.
So I think I have things narrowed down the the WA22 and Mini Torii. Can anyone compare the soundstage of the 2 amp. I assume the WA22 would do a better job being that it is balanced. Since I hear Orthos have some soundstaging issues, it seemed like a concern.
How does "not enough current" sound? I am re-thinking my original impressions about the amps I have and their ability to drive these headphones.
Thanks.