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have you some chances to match the dac preamp out with some senns ( hd600 or 650 )
i'm curious about it and about bass performance of the this matched pairs .
Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer Well, I compared the headphone section of the DAC1 with my former Gilmore dynamic, and heard basically no differences. I think the headphone amp section is a very good example of a solid-state headphone amp, and would only be bettered by tubes or the highest-end solid-state amps. It is likely comparable to a PPA or similar high-end SS amp. Your system would be infinitely more simple by going with the DAC1, since you'd not have multiple digital cables, nor analog interconnects, nor multiple power cables, etc. Much more practical for use with a laptop. Unless you went for the different sound of non-OS/US DAC's, I think you'd have to put together a pretty high-end DIY DAC to compete seriously with the DAC1. I somewhat agree with ampgalore, in that the DAC1 has more potential to sound good than the DT531 can achieve, however, the DT531/DAC1 combo is what I'm listening to right now and it's damned nice. The DT531 definitely benefits from a great source like this, it just can't take as much advantage of it as the really high-end cans. The DT531 excels at managing to sound good with lesser quality sources where the high-enders might not, however the DAC1 is definitely the kinds of source powerful enough to show their limitations, FWIW. |
have you some chances to match the dac preamp out with some senns ( hd600 or 650 )
i'm curious about it and about bass performance of the this matched pairs .