disastermouse
Headphoneus Supremus
I've never sold mine. I'm debating doing it to pay towards the purchase of an EL-8 or Nighthawk, though.
What would be a good portable dac/amp to go with the 650? (i don't mean for portable use, but for taking to other homes and listening from laptop etc)
I've never sold mine. I'm debating doing it to pay towards the purchase of an EL-8 or Nighthawk, though.
I hate to ask redundant questions (but I will)... Let's say someone wants to get the most out of the music they're streaming from their computer (which I do)... What kind of equipment would you guys recommend? I don't know a lot about this stuff so I do really appreciate the help. I guess you need a good amp and dac, and for the 650 it should be a tube amp. Anyway if I could get a recommendation for something to buy at various price points that would help me out a lot, thanks in advance. I would go through this whole thread but 2k+ pages is too much. Anyway I do really appreciate the help.
I hate to ask redundant questions (but I will)... Let's say someone wants to get the most out of the music they're streaming from their computer (which I do)... What kind of equipment would you guys recommend? I don't know a lot about this stuff so I do really appreciate the help. I guess you need a good amp and dac, and for the 650 it should be a tube amp. Anyway if I could get a recommendation for something to buy at various price points that would help me out a lot, thanks in advance. I would go through this whole thread but 2k+ pages is too much. Anyway I do really appreciate the help.
That will depend on your budget.
That will depend on your budget.
Let's say we want to keep it under $1k for amp and dac.
You can get a nice set up with that...OTL amp is in the equation at that price...not sure if you want tubes.....others will have nice suggestions about SS
Bifrost is a nice dac...not sure how much you want to budget for that part of the chain....do some research, you can get a wonderful set up with your budget
You can get a nice set up with that...OTL amp is in the equation at that price...not sure if you want tubes.....others will have nice suggestions about SS
Bifrost is a nice dac...not sure how much you want to budget for that part of the chain....do some research, you can get a wonderful set up with your budget
If I was to get something like this: http://bottlehead.com/product/crack-otl-headphone-amplifier-kit/
What else would be necessary to get the best sound from a computer? Sorry for the noobish quesions but I don't know much about this.
I can not imagine you would not like the sound with a Bottlehead Crack...HD650 and a nice dac.....the Bifrost is a nice dac and that would be a very nice set up, indeed
One thing about the Bottlehead Crack....you can roll tubes and you only use two tubes...so you could get some decent deals on tubes.....you may want to roll tubes, you may not
Many hear have owned that amp......it get very high praise.
I have not heard it personally, but others will chime in.........MattTCG can give you some info on this amp, for sure
He is very helpful.
I can not imagine you would not like the sound with a Bottlehead Crack...HD650 and a nice dac.....the Bifrost is a nice dac and that would be a very nice set up, indeed
One thing about the Bottlehead Crack....you can roll tubes and you only use two tubes...so you could get some decent deals on tubes.....you may want to roll tubes, you may not
Many hear have owned that amp......it get very high praise.
I have not heard it personally, but others will chime in.........MattTCG can give you some info on this amp, for sure
He is very helpful.
What about something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Schiit-SCH-03-02-Lyr-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B00LFT1Z3G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452954342&sr=8-1&keywords=lyr+headphone+amp
Do these work on their own or do they need a separate dac? If they do what's a good one?
Thank you infinite amounts for bringing this album to my attention @SirMarc
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How I never heard of it before is beyond me, but I've sure been listening to it (on the HD650s of course, ODAC/cMoyBB combo) since reading your post yesterday. Just so cool. And to think I normally don't even like jazz. Or maybe I do, and I've just been listening to the wrong kind of stuff? Anyway... listening again!
(if you have any other tips... I'm all ears, so to speak)