perestroika
New Head-Fier
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Hi!
A few weeks ago, I came to your lovely forum looking for advice about headphone amplifiers and Beyerdynamic DT880s. Now, my plans have changed: I'm moving in to an apartment with my long-time girlfriend, and we both enjoy music so much, it makes sense to use speakers instead of headphones. I have a pair of bookshelf speakers now, an older British brand that is fairly neutral, but I intend to upgrade to a set of B&W bookshelf speakers down the line. At first, I wanted to buy a Bryston B60 SST (I grew up with a Bryston + B&W system, loved the sound), but given the small listening space I will have, I feel that the capability of the Bryston might be underutilized. While I love the neutral sound quality that Bryston is known for, and how they are literally an hour drive away from me, I am looking for other suggestions.
So, to make a long story short, I'm looking for a low-powered integrated amplifier with a clean, neutral sound, and a similarly-voiced DAC to go along with it. My budget for Bryston equipment was around $3000 (I managed to find a used B60 and BDA-1 for around that, but I refrained from buying), but if my goals can be done well under $1500, I would be happy with that.
A few weeks ago, I came to your lovely forum looking for advice about headphone amplifiers and Beyerdynamic DT880s. Now, my plans have changed: I'm moving in to an apartment with my long-time girlfriend, and we both enjoy music so much, it makes sense to use speakers instead of headphones. I have a pair of bookshelf speakers now, an older British brand that is fairly neutral, but I intend to upgrade to a set of B&W bookshelf speakers down the line. At first, I wanted to buy a Bryston B60 SST (I grew up with a Bryston + B&W system, loved the sound), but given the small listening space I will have, I feel that the capability of the Bryston might be underutilized. While I love the neutral sound quality that Bryston is known for, and how they are literally an hour drive away from me, I am looking for other suggestions.
So, to make a long story short, I'm looking for a low-powered integrated amplifier with a clean, neutral sound, and a similarly-voiced DAC to go along with it. My budget for Bryston equipment was around $3000 (I managed to find a used B60 and BDA-1 for around that, but I refrained from buying), but if my goals can be done well under $1500, I would be happy with that.