Tooros
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No, This is beta.....Astell & Kern SR25 ....................... Just checked, this is crazy!
No, This is beta.....Astell & Kern SR25 ....................... Just checked, this is crazy!
I have a laptop and desktop pc, so maybe my answer is not appropriate for Mac , I do not know. I started not long ago with the Sennheiser HD599, a close relative of your headphones. First I bought a Dragonfly Black dac and the improvement was huge (dac and amp) both with my laptop and IPhone. Then decided I wanted something easier to move around and bought the Sony nwa55l which can work as both dac and dap but no streaming. Then I bought the AK SR25, dap, dac and streamer. During this new headphones, iems, …welcome to headfi, sorry for your wallet!So - I'm new to this whole game - so new I've only recently just purchased a pair of Sennheiser HD560s - they sound awesome with a Gen 1 Rega Planar 2 (from the late 70s) and TEAC AH500i integrated AMP - like as good as I've heard... however, when I hook them up to a MacBook Pro it's like, I dunno - they died??
Anyway, I have an Apple Music subscription and have turned on the Lossless option and don't really notice any differecnce, so... would you recommend I get an Amp first, a DAC first or an DAC/Amp combo ?? Had thought of something like the ifi Zen Dac but not sure - if it helps, I'm based in the UK.
Yep, I’m beginning to realise I could be going down a very deep rabbit hole (how do I hide it from the Mrs?) I’m not sure I fully realised that the Dragonfly was a DAC/Amp combo so I might start down that route and see how it goes from there.I have a laptop and desktop pc, so maybe my answer is not appropriate for Mac , I do not know. I started not long ago with the Sennheiser HD599, a close relative of your headphones. First I bought a Dragonfly Black dac and the improvement was huge (dac and amp) both with my laptop and IPhone. Then decided I wanted something easier to move around and bought the Sony nwa55l which can work as both dac and dap but no streaming. Then I bought the AK SR25, dap, dac and streamer. During this new headphones, iems, …welcome to headfi, sorry for your wallet!
It all depends on your use: do you want a desktop stationary solution or something mobile? Anyway something like the modest Dragonfly Black is already a huge sound improvement over the pc headphones jack. I guess it must be the same with Mac. I was just using the Dragonfly recently to try Apple Music lossles with my IPad and it is night and day with the headphones jack. I think it is rather difficult to distinguish between hires and lossless but lossless and standard Apple Music, there is a clear difference imo.
Hope it helps!
Can’t see it yet but that’s good news.Apple Music official 3.6 (not a beta but the final new version) is out.
You can find it in apkmirrorCan’t see it yet but that’s good news.
Oh I misunderstood. I thought you meant it was actually on the play store.You can find it in apkmirror