[chrisczarra]

I was thinking of ugrading my basic Headroom little with the More Power option. But I have been noticing the very favorable opinions of the Perreaux headphone amp. I use the HD600 as my primary headphone, the Grado SR-125 as backup. Anyone had experience with both of these, especially in extending the bass on the HD 600?

 

[chrisczarra]

Or perhaps there is someone who has upgraded from the little to little more power while using the sennheiser hd 580 or 600? I was really curious in what was the most noticable difference in sound.

 

[eyeteeth]

The other 'Little' upgrade option is getting the 'Premium' module rather than the power upgrade. 3 options now.

 

[purk]

chrisczarra,

According to many, Maxed out meta42 walk all over the Headroom Little. Given my experienced on the Perreaux and the Maxed Out META42, I would go ahead and get the Perreaux. The Perreaux is one of the best price/performance ratio in 350 dollars amp. To me, it sounds quite detail and rival my PPA. Although, my PPA sounds noticably better, but the Perreaux holds it own very well. I sold my maxed out META42 after owning the Perreaux for 2 weeks. Again, this is my opinion...and my rig was Sony CDP-XA20ES and CD3K and HD600. The Perreaux is ultrav vasatile given the 2 headphones output. Audio advisor also has 5 years warranty for it. The hum is fixed...so no worry there.

 

[chrisczarra]

Purk,
How is the tonal balance of the 600's with the Perreaux? With my basic Little, the sound is pretty articulate, but the bass is a little weak in the overall presentation. When I talked to headroom, the sales rep explained that the little more power would tighten up the bass, the modules would improve articulation, imaging, and transient response.

The More Power upgrade is $250.00, $100.00 less than the Perreaux. So if the Perreaux is substantially better, I might save up some extra money and go for it.

Are the two headphone jacks for different impedances?

 

[emelius]

someone mentioned a sale price of $300 in an audio advisor e-mail newsletter or something...ya might wanna call them up or get on the online chat thing & ask for the discounted price...

 

[chrisczarra]

I was not planning on making the purchase till next month. So maybe the Perreaux will be on sale again.

The headroom does have the crossfeed, which is very nice with the Senns.

 

[eyeteeth]

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisczarra The headroom does have the crossfeed, which is very nice with the Senns.

You could get a Meier crossfeed with the Perreaux.

http://home.t-online.de/home/meier-audio/

 

[eyeteeth]

I was looking at other stuff when I saw a $26 Perreaux TC2 headamp with 2 days bidding left, no reserve.

I don't know anything about this model.


http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc....3702619&2&3&4&

 

[chrisczarra]

That looks pretty interesting. Though it does announce itself as a tone control,
I wonder how the output is.

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally posted by chrisczarra Though it does announce itself as a tone control,

You're right. I found this http://www.perreaux.com/files/039-TC2.pdf but it's not very informative. 20 years old? Yikes!!!