Josquin
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Good day Head-Fi community,
I spend half my time in the States (where I have a mid-range audio system) and the other half in Northern Europe. I recently bought a pair of Play 5 Sonos speakers for my apartment in Europe. These are certainly not the best but on account of ease of setup and cost (I will leave them here when I return full time to the states) they are proving a decent solution. I am concerned by the volume at which I must play classical music through them to achieve depth in rich symphonies such as those of Mahler. I also spend my work day in a variety of conference rooms and cafés with other people in earshot. I would like to spend up to $3000 on a head-fi experience that will provide me the richest classic music experience possible without bothering those around me. Basically I sit for long periods of time reading, writing or just listening in home and office.
It may be blasphemy but, as my collection of recordings resides in America, I have been listening a great deal to Deezer premium and even YouTube through my laptop with a pair of Bose earbuds. Basically, I want to upgrade as much as possible. I would like A) a pair of great closed headphones B) some portable option for when I am not at home (a minidac converter for the connection to the laptop ?) C) a nicer doc/amplifier to leave at home, also plugged in to my computer. I am not sure on terminology here between amplifier and dac. I've been looking at the Audeze LCD 2 and 3. Their strong reviews and beautiful looks attract me.
Is there some kind of small, portable converter that would work with this set up? I have half a mind to just use this for now and then invest in the at home component later (I'm still willing to go up to $3000 in this option). Am I completely mixed up here with using my computer as a source even with such a converter? Is there another option? I have read some on Stax products and realize that this would be an only-at-home, more expensive option. Perhaps these would better compliment my US system too. Am I losing a lot by going closed? I sense it's what is best for a man who travels as much as I do.
I apologize for the number of questions. As you can probably tell, I'm a bit lost and appreciate any help I can get; please feel free to answer any part. I'm not much of a hardware collector so I'd like to get as few and as high end components for my budget in a kind of once for a decade type of scenario.
Thank you.
I spend half my time in the States (where I have a mid-range audio system) and the other half in Northern Europe. I recently bought a pair of Play 5 Sonos speakers for my apartment in Europe. These are certainly not the best but on account of ease of setup and cost (I will leave them here when I return full time to the states) they are proving a decent solution. I am concerned by the volume at which I must play classical music through them to achieve depth in rich symphonies such as those of Mahler. I also spend my work day in a variety of conference rooms and cafés with other people in earshot. I would like to spend up to $3000 on a head-fi experience that will provide me the richest classic music experience possible without bothering those around me. Basically I sit for long periods of time reading, writing or just listening in home and office.
It may be blasphemy but, as my collection of recordings resides in America, I have been listening a great deal to Deezer premium and even YouTube through my laptop with a pair of Bose earbuds. Basically, I want to upgrade as much as possible. I would like A) a pair of great closed headphones B) some portable option for when I am not at home (a minidac converter for the connection to the laptop ?) C) a nicer doc/amplifier to leave at home, also plugged in to my computer. I am not sure on terminology here between amplifier and dac. I've been looking at the Audeze LCD 2 and 3. Their strong reviews and beautiful looks attract me.
Is there some kind of small, portable converter that would work with this set up? I have half a mind to just use this for now and then invest in the at home component later (I'm still willing to go up to $3000 in this option). Am I completely mixed up here with using my computer as a source even with such a converter? Is there another option? I have read some on Stax products and realize that this would be an only-at-home, more expensive option. Perhaps these would better compliment my US system too. Am I losing a lot by going closed? I sense it's what is best for a man who travels as much as I do.
I apologize for the number of questions. As you can probably tell, I'm a bit lost and appreciate any help I can get; please feel free to answer any part. I'm not much of a hardware collector so I'd like to get as few and as high end components for my budget in a kind of once for a decade type of scenario.
Thank you.