[394216]

I have been lurking here in head-fi for so long that today I decided to finally make an account. Hi, I am Bryan. I look forward to learning and also being able to share information to people in this community.
 
Btw, here are some of the gears I have acquired through the years:
 
gears sold/given to friends:
 
Sennheiser earbuds (can't remember the models)
Sennheiser PX100
Sennheiser HD201
Superlux HD381f
Denon AH-D1100
UE Metro-fi 220
Fiio E7
Fiio E1
 
gears I use today:
 
AMP/DAC/DAP
 
Fiio E17
Encore Electronics ENMAB
Bravo Audio Ocean (with NOS RCA 12AU7)
Fiio E9
Sansa Clip+
Hisoundaudio AMP3M
Ipod 5.5g
Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
 
Headphones/IEMs
 
AKG K701
Sennheiser HD485
Superlux HD668B
Alessandro MS1i
Westone UM3X
Dunu DN-1000
Soundmagic ES18
 
 
my current desktop setup is PC -- E17(DAC) -- Bravo Ocean -- K701
I plan on upgrading the amp and/or dac when I have extra money
I am torn between the ALO pam am and the Woo WA6. The pan am + passport is almost the same price as the Woo WA6 here in our country. But the WA6 has no built in DAC and I only have the E17 as dac so I may need to buy an extra dac for it. 
 
Is the built in DAC of the Pan Am already good? And If I decide to go for the WA6, what would you guys recommend for a DAC? ODAC? Bifrost? I'm also planning on saving up for an LCD-2 in the future so a setup that would be great for it and also my K701 would be awesome.
 
Lastly, I have read from multiple threads that the LCD-2 is an upgrade from the HD600/HD650. Should I go and buy HD600/650 first or just shoot directly to the LCD-2? I want a complement to my K701 and I think those phones would do it for me. 
 
Thanks in advance!

 

[cel4145]

The ODAC is very good, and by objective scientific measurements, reproduces sound in the digital to analog conversion with complete transparency within the range of human hearing.

 

[Claritas]

HD650 isn't so interesting as a complement to K701 (and HD600 is even more similar to it). You might want to try a planar such as HE500 instead.
 
+1 on ODAC.

 

[cel4145]

+1 on ODAC.

I just realized I wrote "subjective" scientific measurements above. You were supposed to catch that for me (I fixed it). LOL

 

[Claritas]

I just realized I wrote "subjective" scientific measurements above. You were supposed to catch that for me (I fixed it). LOL

 
I knew what you meant. The only alternative I could think of was some sort of Harman thing, where they take a poll and call it science but that didn't make sense in context. I'll PM you next time. 

 

[394216]

Thanks guys! I've always thought that the DAC should be the most transparent in the signal chain, so the ODAC might be the dac for me If I chose the WA6. But how does the odac compare to the internal dac of the Pan Am? 
 
So I should go straight to orthos then? I'll try the HE-500 and the new HE-560 when it arrives in our local headphone store. Oh yeah the LCD-2 also. But I'll try HD600/HD650 first since all of these phones are available for auditioning in the store.