IzzyAxel
Head-Fier
I'm planning a purchase, to get a set of cans I'd love to listen to day and night for years. After an ungodly amount of research and objective/subjective opinion sorting, I've decided on the Sennheiser HD800s w/ ALO Audio Reference 8 balanced 6ft, now I need a solid state balanced amp and DAC. My current setup is an HT Omega Claro Halo, FLAC rips from CDs, and the Audio Technica ATH-M50. Even though they're monitors, I love music through them, I really enjoy balanced frequency responses. So, now you know what I'm coming from, make me fall in love with music all over again!
Now for music: I listen to everything in the spectrum, favorites being Skinny Puppy, Xploding Plastix, Knorkator, Infected Mushroom, a wide sweep of electronica, game music, classical, and symphonic metal.
So to reiterate, and/or elaborate:up to $1500 solid state A balanced amp that can drive the HD800s
Up to $300 DAC. USB, SP/DIF and RCA are available to me directly from my soundcard.
*Edit* a lot of things cleared up elsewhere, I've deleted questions and info that don't apply anymore. Ignore prices, I've increased the budget (...with losses elsewhere) to allow for the Headroom BUDA and UDDAC, as a fallback, though it might be easier to just go with those for now.
Now for music: I listen to everything in the spectrum, favorites being Skinny Puppy, Xploding Plastix, Knorkator, Infected Mushroom, a wide sweep of electronica, game music, classical, and symphonic metal.
So to reiterate, and/or elaborate:
*Edit* a lot of things cleared up elsewhere, I've deleted questions and info that don't apply anymore. Ignore prices, I've increased the budget (...with losses elsewhere) to allow for the Headroom BUDA and UDDAC, as a fallback, though it might be easier to just go with those for now.