cburkard
New Head-Fier
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Hello everyone,
First, I must say these forums have been a source of information overload and the cause of me staying up till the wee hours of the morning sifting through posts. It's been very enlightening! Now, for my question which will hopefully not touch off a religious war...
I’m new to headphone gear and, having a decent full-sized setup at home, I find myself in need of something good for all day listening at the office since there is a no desktop speaker policy. The only thing I know when it comes to head-fi gear is the music I listen to so I’ve reached a bit of an impasse – a pair of Sennheiser HD800 or Grado PS1000 headphones. Please, everyone put down the pitchforks and torches. I’m sure we can all get along!
I’ve heard the PS1000 has better low volume level performance which I think would be important for listening 8 hours/day however, the HD800 has a better soundstage.
Was thinking about powering them with either a Burson Audio HA-160 or a Woo Audio 3? I’m a bit of a specification junkie and the only other Woo Audio option would be a WA5 LE. At US$2500 I am not sure if I’m willing to spend that for one component of my first system. Also, I’m a child of the transistor age and have never really heard tube driven hi-fi equipment and am not sure if I could fully appreciate it – but they do look stunning.
As for the audio source, it will most likely be an iPod playing Apple Lossless files connected to a Wadia 170i Transport to either a PS Audio Digital Link III Audio DAC or Lavry DA10.
Checking stats on my iTunes library, my top artists are: R.E.M., Guster, Ben Harper, Rocco DeLuca, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Coldplay, Soul Coughing, Aerosmith, U2, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Weezer and The Black Keys... Pop with rock tendencies, I guess.
Help! And please, if my ideas for components are totally misguided feel free to let me know what pieces you would change out and why.
Thanks very much for your assistance!
First, I must say these forums have been a source of information overload and the cause of me staying up till the wee hours of the morning sifting through posts. It's been very enlightening! Now, for my question which will hopefully not touch off a religious war...
I’m new to headphone gear and, having a decent full-sized setup at home, I find myself in need of something good for all day listening at the office since there is a no desktop speaker policy. The only thing I know when it comes to head-fi gear is the music I listen to so I’ve reached a bit of an impasse – a pair of Sennheiser HD800 or Grado PS1000 headphones. Please, everyone put down the pitchforks and torches. I’m sure we can all get along!
I’ve heard the PS1000 has better low volume level performance which I think would be important for listening 8 hours/day however, the HD800 has a better soundstage.
Was thinking about powering them with either a Burson Audio HA-160 or a Woo Audio 3? I’m a bit of a specification junkie and the only other Woo Audio option would be a WA5 LE. At US$2500 I am not sure if I’m willing to spend that for one component of my first system. Also, I’m a child of the transistor age and have never really heard tube driven hi-fi equipment and am not sure if I could fully appreciate it – but they do look stunning.
As for the audio source, it will most likely be an iPod playing Apple Lossless files connected to a Wadia 170i Transport to either a PS Audio Digital Link III Audio DAC or Lavry DA10.
Checking stats on my iTunes library, my top artists are: R.E.M., Guster, Ben Harper, Rocco DeLuca, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Coldplay, Soul Coughing, Aerosmith, U2, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Weezer and The Black Keys... Pop with rock tendencies, I guess.
Help! And please, if my ideas for components are totally misguided feel free to let me know what pieces you would change out and why.
Thanks very much for your assistance!