XonarPredator
New Head-Fier
First of all, since this is my first post here, i'd like to say hello to everyone, i hope you guys are having a great day\evening by the time you're reading this , i'll try to get to the point without turning this into a wall of text, hehe.
Although some people might have already asked or requested this type of advice here on the forum, i would much prefer receiving your recommendations based on my situation (both financially and regarding my "setup" which i will list below) but before i go any further, i do feel the need to mention that i am aware of the fact that these brand new headphones which i recently bought, are way overkill for my current setup and listening activity, just bare with me and my little request ^^.
My setup is as follows:
OS & Motherboard: Windows 7 64-bit, LGA1151 Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon
Media player: Winamp (thinking of switching to Foobar in the near future)
Headphones: Fostex TH900 MK II (previously i was listening to Sennheiser Game Zero)
Amp & Dac is my PCI Express Soundcard Asus Xonar Phoebus
Although most of the time i'm gaming, i'm also listening to music (sometimes more often than i usually do).
Types of music i'm listening to are mostly Trap, dubstep, hip-hop, dance (maybe others which don't come into mind right now), but mostly i enjoy songs with good rhythm\beat to them, especially the ones with good deep\low end bass, i'm not really into classical or relaxing music as i find the most on the majority of high quality sound gear on youtube.
Now, if you're still here and not cringing too much =), leaving aside my gear and the fact that i'm listening to mp3's and youtube, i would appreciate it if you could enlist a few Amps and Dacs which goes well with these headphones.
Some aspects i'm interested in are the following: good punchy ( Hounds - Myria, as an example) and low-end bass but not overpowering ( Why So Serious? The Joker Theme The Dark Knight Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer,
@3:26 , song should have around 9:14 mins in total), more smoother\friendlier highs(or treble) as i feel they are a bit on the harsh side on this aspect.
Lastly i'm eager and also curious to see if most of you will lean towards Tube Amps or Solid State ones, as i've read different types of opinions regarding some tube amps which don't go well with low impedance headphones but also they do tend to make the sound more warmer which it might be the thing that i'm interested in.
And to wrap this up, i'm unwisely willing to spend around 1500 GBP (can stretch to 2000 if its really worth it) for both the Amp and the Dac; why this much? or why bother in the first place? because its something i wished to have for quite some time despite the fact that i don't consider myself by no means an audiophile nor do i currently use a good quality audio files\source (flacs,dsd,etc. but i can always switch later on, i like to think about the idea of being bottlenecked by the audio source and not the hardware part, lets just put it that way) , so please don't judge me on that
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read all of this, i'm looking forward for your replies, with esteem, Nicu.
Although some people might have already asked or requested this type of advice here on the forum, i would much prefer receiving your recommendations based on my situation (both financially and regarding my "setup" which i will list below) but before i go any further, i do feel the need to mention that i am aware of the fact that these brand new headphones which i recently bought, are way overkill for my current setup and listening activity, just bare with me and my little request ^^.
My setup is as follows:
OS & Motherboard: Windows 7 64-bit, LGA1151 Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon
Media player: Winamp (thinking of switching to Foobar in the near future)
Headphones: Fostex TH900 MK II (previously i was listening to Sennheiser Game Zero)
Amp & Dac is my PCI Express Soundcard Asus Xonar Phoebus
Although most of the time i'm gaming, i'm also listening to music (sometimes more often than i usually do).
Types of music i'm listening to are mostly Trap, dubstep, hip-hop, dance (maybe others which don't come into mind right now), but mostly i enjoy songs with good rhythm\beat to them, especially the ones with good deep\low end bass, i'm not really into classical or relaxing music as i find the most on the majority of high quality sound gear on youtube.
Now, if you're still here and not cringing too much =), leaving aside my gear and the fact that i'm listening to mp3's and youtube, i would appreciate it if you could enlist a few Amps and Dacs which goes well with these headphones.
Some aspects i'm interested in are the following: good punchy ( Hounds - Myria, as an example) and low-end bass but not overpowering ( Why So Serious? The Joker Theme The Dark Knight Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer,
@3:26 , song should have around 9:14 mins in total), more smoother\friendlier highs(or treble) as i feel they are a bit on the harsh side on this aspect.
Lastly i'm eager and also curious to see if most of you will lean towards Tube Amps or Solid State ones, as i've read different types of opinions regarding some tube amps which don't go well with low impedance headphones but also they do tend to make the sound more warmer which it might be the thing that i'm interested in.
And to wrap this up, i'm unwisely willing to spend around 1500 GBP (can stretch to 2000 if its really worth it) for both the Amp and the Dac; why this much? or why bother in the first place? because its something i wished to have for quite some time despite the fact that i don't consider myself by no means an audiophile nor do i currently use a good quality audio files\source (flacs,dsd,etc. but i can always switch later on, i like to think about the idea of being bottlenecked by the audio source and not the hardware part, lets just put it that way) , so please don't judge me on that
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read all of this, i'm looking forward for your replies, with esteem, Nicu.
