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so i've owned a pair of hd600s for about 3 years. i'm looking for something that is not as difficult to drive, i.e. grados @ 32ohm. taking ito account the hardware that i'm currently running, AND the hardware i plan to buy in the future, i think a lower impedance set of cans is in my future. that being said, i enjoy the sennheisers very much, i think their sound reproduction is spot on. i dabble in some recording, but mostly use them for listening to music. without further ado, here is my setup(s):
setup #1: focusrite 2i4 audio interface (for recording) ---> headphone out jack -----> sennheiser HD600
setup #2: NuForce uDac2 ------> analog RCA out ------> woo audio 6 -----> sennheiser HD600
setup #3: focusrite 2i4 -----------> RCA output ------->woo audio 6 ------> sennheiser HD600
i have a hard time deciding which sounds best because i like to think that the nuforce is geared directly toward converting digital to analog (thats what it was built to do). the focusrite has that built in seemingly as an afterthought. also, the headphone out jack on the focusrite is supposedly only ~10ohms, so im asking a lot of it to drive 300ohm cans. out of convenience, i tend to use the focusrite more as my all around music listening device due to its flexibility to connect to external preamps via rca or the built in headphone jack.
would a purchase of the grado rs1e be a better match for my focusrite? for the record, im looking to get rid of my tube gear as i am moving to CA from MA anyway, (i dont want to travel with fragile, expensive tube gear). so losing the woo isnt a big deal to me. my intention here is not to push items as i am not yet eligible to post on the classifieds, but im a long time lurker with good intentions... i feel as though the focusrite could push the grados better, but would be less utilitarian than the sennheisers which are apparently industry standard for monitoring...
regardless, just in case anyone is interested, i would be willing to trade a pair of hd600s AND a woo audio 6 w/ stock tubes for a brand new grado rs1e.
this is what data im working with at the moment:
http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCompare.php?graphType=0&graphID[]=573&graphID[]=293&scale=30
i hope this is a good post, as i said before i'm a long time lurker, first time poster..
setup #1: focusrite 2i4 audio interface (for recording) ---> headphone out jack -----> sennheiser HD600
setup #2: NuForce uDac2 ------> analog RCA out ------> woo audio 6 -----> sennheiser HD600
setup #3: focusrite 2i4 -----------> RCA output ------->woo audio 6 ------> sennheiser HD600
i have a hard time deciding which sounds best because i like to think that the nuforce is geared directly toward converting digital to analog (thats what it was built to do). the focusrite has that built in seemingly as an afterthought. also, the headphone out jack on the focusrite is supposedly only ~10ohms, so im asking a lot of it to drive 300ohm cans. out of convenience, i tend to use the focusrite more as my all around music listening device due to its flexibility to connect to external preamps via rca or the built in headphone jack.
would a purchase of the grado rs1e be a better match for my focusrite? for the record, im looking to get rid of my tube gear as i am moving to CA from MA anyway, (i dont want to travel with fragile, expensive tube gear). so losing the woo isnt a big deal to me. my intention here is not to push items as i am not yet eligible to post on the classifieds, but im a long time lurker with good intentions... i feel as though the focusrite could push the grados better, but would be less utilitarian than the sennheisers which are apparently industry standard for monitoring...
regardless, just in case anyone is interested, i would be willing to trade a pair of hd600s AND a woo audio 6 w/ stock tubes for a brand new grado rs1e.
this is what data im working with at the moment:
http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCompare.php?graphType=0&graphID[]=573&graphID[]=293&scale=30
i hope this is a good post, as i said before i'm a long time lurker, first time poster..