limpidglitch
Headphoneus Supremus
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Now that is a marketing gem if there ever was one.
I think it sounds delusional.
Now that is a marketing gem if there ever was one.
The problem with 2k+ amps is that the actual cost of the components that make sound is less than $500 unless you're using magic cables. Even $500 is a generous estimate.
The problem with 2k+ amps is that the actual cost of the components that make sound is less than $500 unless you're using magic cables. Even $500 is a generous estimate.
There's very little argument suggesting that expensive amps are much more than psychological effects, like expensive cables. All of such argument consists of 'impressions'. People 'hear' things where there is no difference, so why not settle for the cheapest amp that can make you 'hear' things? You get the same effect for much less.
Oh, really?
What amps, specifically, are you talking about?
Have you ever done DIY? Are you an electrical engineer?
Have you ever measured the output of an amp?
What's your take on build quality? Would you want a poorly-implemented power supply running off a third-world discount transformer from whoknowswhere built by child labor that is under-spec and might catch fire?
And when your cheap amp stops working, do you want the solder pads to lift on the PCB making it impossible to fix for less than the amp cost new?
There are real, measurable and demonstrable differences between amps. Putting more into an amp should get you a robust power supply with no AC ripple as well as build quality that can be measured in decades instead of months.
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Comparatively more high end users (deep pockets) are in the land of stats. I know if I were contemplating a $5k amp (such as this) I would have to give a BHSE and it's associated gear a run also.
Also, this is really easy to say when you are at the end of you headphone journey.
But, instead of churning thru lots of phones and amps, it would have been cheaper for me to just bite the bullet
and buy a B52 first and one set of top-end phones and leave it at that.
I had Stats once (Stax O2s/007t amp). Never really liked them. At the time (1999) the Senn 600s/650s were probably the best dynamics around (leaving R10s out of the picture here),
and the Staxes were competitive (OK better).
Times have changed.
Now there are lots of dynamics that make the 650s and 701s of the last century sound like toys.
With a great amp (like a B52 or other high-caliber ones I'm sure), these modern phones provide high-end sound up there with super-megabuck speaker-based systems.
I am not aware of similar upward progress in Stat-land (but I'm all ears if something comes along).
My B52/HD800 combo leaves my old Stax setup (which I used for 7+ years) far in the dust.
The B52 with my T1s isn't far behind.