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Originally Posted by rocktboy
To the OP sa5k are my main 'critical' listening cans. Only the best recordings sound good on them. Most (80%) of the music I own (low bitrate mp3's, not so well recorded stuff) sound absolutely awful on them. On true audiophile recordings, they are untouchable by the headphones in my signature plus hd650 and k701. Getting the right amp for it is crucial. I have the Bada PH12 which has incredible synergy with the sa5k.
Nothing wrong with expanding your headphone collection for different types of music...I'd expand your amp collection too as the sa5k reveals differences in amps like no other headphone I heard!
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Yeah sounds like we have identical opinions on the SA5000s, it is just too honest with bad recordings, that is why I listen to the 580s with them, and with minimal music
I totally agree about the amps
That is why I currently have the Little Dot II+ Tube amp on the way
http://cgi.ebay.com/Little-Dot-2-II-...QQcmdZViewItem
I ordered it last friday, and he said it will be 4-14 days to recieve it, luckily almost all of the mail that comes from asia passes through my city, have one of the busiest airports in the world here, so it shouldn't take too long
I was looking at the Little Dot II about 2 months ago but stories of hum kind of turned me off of it. However the latest versions eliminate that, and the II+ is brand new and replaces the tubes and all the other components with higher quality parts, and to give it more of a "tube sound"
Maybe best of all, it also has preamp outputs. I want to hear how it sounds on its own, but I am planning on running the LDII+ as a preamp for my Gilmore Lite, I think the synergy might be great.
A very "tubish" tube amp combined with th Gilmore Lite's more analytical sound. The LDII+ supposedly also has a very wide soundstage, so if it widens the soundstage on the SA5000 that would be excellent.
I am going to post a long review of it when it comes.
I wonder how it would sound if you had a very warm natural source, like that chinese Renaissance non-oversampling Tube dac, combined with an extremely warm amp like the Earmax Pro. Would be great to hear how the SA5000s sounded with that combination