jrussell6
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OK,, i'm a newb,, i know, but please, i just purchased my first pair of high end phones, and i'm blown away even without an amp (cmoy arriving tommarow) from my ipod/reciever. as we speak all cds are re-ripping as apple lossless, and my lacie 500 is pissed
and i need some advice,, so i refer to the collective concious of head-fi geniouses.
so i have the sony mdr-sa3000 phones and have never heard vivaldi like this in my life(after 24 hours burn in.) not even on speakers.
SO here's my general question,,
my source is a powermac g5.... currently the system is as this,,,
powermac g5>toslink optical>yamaha htr 5840 reciever>klipsh sb-2 x2/jbl scs145.5 sat/sub. or my new phones mdr-sa3k.
as of late, i have much prefered the new phones to listening to my full stereo system.(even dolby digital halo2 from xbox optical) sounds i've never heard before come at me from every media
so here is the question/problem,,
a. is the optical out from my g5 bit perfect?
b, which would be better,,,
b.1 g5>optical>hrt-5840> speakers/mdr-sa3k
b.2 G5>usb> headroom micro dac>Millett hybrid>mdr-sa3k/millit as preamp>rca>htr-5840> speaker system. (i have heard the tube amp, and i believe it to be orgasmic,,, but does orgasm transfer into speakers via reciever?)
for my portable rig i'm looking at ipod>micro amp>mdr-sa3k/ powerbook intel>micro dac>micro amp>mdr-sa3k
i know this is only my 3rd post,, and my first two posts went totally ignored, but i would love to contribute to this awesome resource/website if i would be able to get anybody's oppinion/info/advice/or comment. please help me.
ps. with the exception of my best recordings,, i seem to get alot of white/pink noise in the silent parts of audio. i'm figureing this is due to no decent dac/amp.
anyway,, thank you to anyone who could offer anything.
and i need some advice,, so i refer to the collective concious of head-fi geniouses.
so i have the sony mdr-sa3000 phones and have never heard vivaldi like this in my life(after 24 hours burn in.) not even on speakers.
SO here's my general question,,
my source is a powermac g5.... currently the system is as this,,,
powermac g5>toslink optical>yamaha htr 5840 reciever>klipsh sb-2 x2/jbl scs145.5 sat/sub. or my new phones mdr-sa3k.
as of late, i have much prefered the new phones to listening to my full stereo system.(even dolby digital halo2 from xbox optical) sounds i've never heard before come at me from every media
so here is the question/problem,,
a. is the optical out from my g5 bit perfect?
b, which would be better,,,
b.1 g5>optical>hrt-5840> speakers/mdr-sa3k
b.2 G5>usb> headroom micro dac>Millett hybrid>mdr-sa3k/millit as preamp>rca>htr-5840> speaker system. (i have heard the tube amp, and i believe it to be orgasmic,,, but does orgasm transfer into speakers via reciever?)
for my portable rig i'm looking at ipod>micro amp>mdr-sa3k/ powerbook intel>micro dac>micro amp>mdr-sa3k
i know this is only my 3rd post,, and my first two posts went totally ignored, but i would love to contribute to this awesome resource/website if i would be able to get anybody's oppinion/info/advice/or comment. please help me.
ps. with the exception of my best recordings,, i seem to get alot of white/pink noise in the silent parts of audio. i'm figureing this is due to no decent dac/amp.
anyway,, thank you to anyone who could offer anything.