roma101
Headphoneus Supremus
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Hey guys -
I'm totally new to amp/dacs and would like to know which of these would be the best pairing for the HD600 and which would be the best investment overall? I would ideally like to own just one versatile dac/amp for any headphone. I'm not sure if I'll have the budget to own something like the LCD-2 in the near future (looks unlikely) but you never know - could any of these drive that? Which has the most power and best SQ?
I put the DACport in there because I have read good things and it's a tempting, convenient dac/amp to get ... but does its portability/convenience factor downgrade the SQ? Meaning... am I paying for portability and will the other two amp/dacs beat the DACport in SQ or is the DACport comparable in SQ with the other desktop amp/dacs?
I am planning on powering this through usb from my Macbook using iTunes/ALAC.
Thanks for any and all input.
I'm totally new to amp/dacs and would like to know which of these would be the best pairing for the HD600 and which would be the best investment overall? I would ideally like to own just one versatile dac/amp for any headphone. I'm not sure if I'll have the budget to own something like the LCD-2 in the near future (looks unlikely) but you never know - could any of these drive that? Which has the most power and best SQ?
I put the DACport in there because I have read good things and it's a tempting, convenient dac/amp to get ... but does its portability/convenience factor downgrade the SQ? Meaning... am I paying for portability and will the other two amp/dacs beat the DACport in SQ or is the DACport comparable in SQ with the other desktop amp/dacs?
I am planning on powering this through usb from my Macbook using iTunes/ALAC.
Thanks for any and all input.