[AndyL]

I am gonna build my meta 42 soon and need to match components for good quality....


-HD-600's
-Tangent's PCB
-Alps volume pot
-Never gonna be battery powered

I am thinking I'll build the crossfeed at the same time. I am using them mainly for producing music (trance mostly). What should I use to get the best overall sound? I need to have clear bass. I know tangent sells a few components along with the pcb's. I am great at soldering, but don't know the best components and where to get them from.

I might build a similar setup (same use) but for beyer 770's, should anything be differant?

Thanks!
-Andy

P.S. class a or not?

 

[tangent]

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I am thinking I'll build the crossfeed at the same time.

I can't say I've heard much trance music, but do you really get hard left-right pans where it's annoying to listen to on headphones? Is there a "soundstage" of any kind? I would have thought that all trance music would be fine on headphones without crossfeed, just because of its nature.

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I need to have clear bass.

Get an Analog Devices op-amp and stack the buffers.

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class a or not?

JFETs are cheap.

 

[AndyL]

Okay so skip the crossfeed (unless I want a project later) and go class A. Would the alternate (wall wart reccomended) opamps and parts on your site be ideal?

Like I said I really want to build with nice components, but I am a newb. (with electronics/design, not soldering)


Thanks for the input!

Andy

 

[tangent]

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Would the alternate (wall wart reccomended) opamps and parts on your site be ideal?

No such thing as an "ideal" op-amp or power supply. If you want my opinion on which particular one for your situation, I'd have to know more about that situation. But as a wild guess, a good linear-regulated wall supply like the Elpac WM080 I recommend and the AD843 would probably make you happy.