mbhaub
500+ Head-Fier
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Yeah, and because of a built-in snob appeal. Not that I mean to insult anyone here, but some of the insanely priced heaphone amps are just not worth it. There are too many other variables: recording quality, cd player quality, headphone design, not to mention the unchangeable: your own ear. I have two headphone amps: the Earmax Pro does a superb job and I have no complaints with Sennheiser 650's. They work well together. But to be really honest, the sound coming out of the Marantz cd player headphone jack is pretty darn good, too!
The other amp I use is the headphone jack on a Yamaha RX-V1 surround sound system. It has what they call Silent Cinema. You can watch a surround sound movie or listen to music and somehow miraculously, you feel like you have a the whole 5.1 speaker set up in your head phones. It's truly amazing. For SACDs it's awesome.
I don't think that the headphone amp was an after thought for Yamaha. It beats any outboard amp I've ever encountered.
Originally Posted by pbalcer I agree that the prices of the headphone amplifiers are very high. I think it is because the market demand is relatively low. Good luck! |
Yeah, and because of a built-in snob appeal. Not that I mean to insult anyone here, but some of the insanely priced heaphone amps are just not worth it. There are too many other variables: recording quality, cd player quality, headphone design, not to mention the unchangeable: your own ear. I have two headphone amps: the Earmax Pro does a superb job and I have no complaints with Sennheiser 650's. They work well together. But to be really honest, the sound coming out of the Marantz cd player headphone jack is pretty darn good, too!
The other amp I use is the headphone jack on a Yamaha RX-V1 surround sound system. It has what they call Silent Cinema. You can watch a surround sound movie or listen to music and somehow miraculously, you feel like you have a the whole 5.1 speaker set up in your head phones. It's truly amazing. For SACDs it's awesome.
I don't think that the headphone amp was an after thought for Yamaha. It beats any outboard amp I've ever encountered.