feedme07
New Head-Fier
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Hello all,
I'm new to the forum and the world of headphones, and always do my mixing and mastering in studio with reference monitors connected to firewire based audio interfaces with inter d/a /ad conversion etc...now im trying to do my homework on a headphone amp and dac combo. before posting this I read threads and tried to search before coming to all of the forum members but i feel my question is specific enough to ask...
anyways, it seems tube amps are a great option to increase sound quality and listening enjoyment, but the idea of extra added warmth/color seems to turn me away from any tube amp options for mixing and mastering purposes...am i wrong to think that way?
That being said im looking for a reference quality amp to pair with my hd800's, keeping the sound as a transparent as possible for mixing and mastering purposes, in addition to a built in dac or any other external suggestions. to make things more complicated my hd800's are balanced so i need a balanced reference quality amp.
if anyone has any suggestions I'd be very grateful!
I dont have thousands of dollars to spend unfortunately, which also makes things difficult, but anything at the 1k price range and below is open game.
-Thank you all for your help
I'm new to the forum and the world of headphones, and always do my mixing and mastering in studio with reference monitors connected to firewire based audio interfaces with inter d/a /ad conversion etc...now im trying to do my homework on a headphone amp and dac combo. before posting this I read threads and tried to search before coming to all of the forum members but i feel my question is specific enough to ask...
anyways, it seems tube amps are a great option to increase sound quality and listening enjoyment, but the idea of extra added warmth/color seems to turn me away from any tube amp options for mixing and mastering purposes...am i wrong to think that way?
That being said im looking for a reference quality amp to pair with my hd800's, keeping the sound as a transparent as possible for mixing and mastering purposes, in addition to a built in dac or any other external suggestions. to make things more complicated my hd800's are balanced so i need a balanced reference quality amp.
if anyone has any suggestions I'd be very grateful!
I dont have thousands of dollars to spend unfortunately, which also makes things difficult, but anything at the 1k price range and below is open game.
-Thank you all for your help