wcarpenter
New Head-Fier
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Hello All,
I'd love some advice on a good, relatively low budget headphone/amp setup. I'd love to spend somewhere between $500 and $1000, though gear at the higher end of that spectrum would need some pretty good justification. My source would be a computer feeding either lossless AIFFs or 320kbs MP3. Because the source is digital, I was thinking that a DAC might be a good addition to the setup. The Cambridge Audio DACmagic seemed like a good performance/value compromise. Correct me if I'm wrong.
A friend of mine has the Ultrasone HFI-680s and they sounded great to me. They're relatively affordable, too. I'd love to hear your thoughts on them. On the amp/DAC side, I thought the Musical Fidelity M1HPA seemed like a potential option. The combined DAC and amp is nice, as is its ability to be used as a preamp in a stereo set up later. Thoughts on that?
I'm intrigued by tube amps, though frankly, I don't know much about them. Maybe someone could fill me in. Please excuse my ignorance!
Thanks!
Walker
I'd love some advice on a good, relatively low budget headphone/amp setup. I'd love to spend somewhere between $500 and $1000, though gear at the higher end of that spectrum would need some pretty good justification. My source would be a computer feeding either lossless AIFFs or 320kbs MP3. Because the source is digital, I was thinking that a DAC might be a good addition to the setup. The Cambridge Audio DACmagic seemed like a good performance/value compromise. Correct me if I'm wrong.
A friend of mine has the Ultrasone HFI-680s and they sounded great to me. They're relatively affordable, too. I'd love to hear your thoughts on them. On the amp/DAC side, I thought the Musical Fidelity M1HPA seemed like a potential option. The combined DAC and amp is nice, as is its ability to be used as a preamp in a stereo set up later. Thoughts on that?
I'm intrigued by tube amps, though frankly, I don't know much about them. Maybe someone could fill me in. Please excuse my ignorance!
Thanks!
Walker