robm321
Headphoneus Supremus
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Power cords, ICs, Amp (tubes), Source if money is burning a hole in your pocket. It will improve the sound from the 800s which you seem to like.
Originally Posted by entrope /img/forum/go_quote.gif Somehow I never quite got the whole idea of going balanced... but if that's the way to go then hey, no harm giving it a shot! |
Originally Posted by entrope /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just saw a few photos of The Raptor and my my does it look amazing in the build quality department. Even internal components are cleanly laid out and cables where required are kept to an absolute minimum length... Price of The Raptor is not bad either... in fact it's a little less than my MF X-CAN + X-PSU combined... |
Originally Posted by entrope /img/forum/go_quote.gif Here comes what may potentially be a bit of a noob question however; I noticed that one of the tubes on the amp has some sort of ring around it (been noticing this for quite some time on a number of tube amps actually), can someone enlighten me as to what their purpose may be? Cheers! |
Originally Posted by entrope /img/forum/go_quote.gif Heya all. So, after quite some months of waiting, I've finally got my HD 800's a week or so ago along with my amplifier and transport... one question which has been bothering me however for a bit now is; "what next?" I've had two reasons for wanting to switch to headphones (vs having a full sized speaker system as I had before); The first being that my house was hit by lightning half a year ago and I wasn't too fond on forking out the cash for certain components to be replaced after some of it went Chernobyl due to said lightning incident... second being I was always pretty fond of the idea of easily swapping components around (headphones in particular) without the requirement to spend massive amounts of time moving huge speakers around, re-cabling, and etc. I've always found it interesting to compare and try out various 'phones to see how they can change the feel of the music I listen to. I used to own a HD 600, 650 and Grado RS1i ages ago... though I have always wanted to get myself the AKG K701 (or K702) as well given the huge number of people who swear by those 'phones. Thing is though, should I bother? And if so, what else should I be looking at? I'm completely in love with my HD 800's at the moment... haven't heard this kind of sound from headphones before. Part of the reason for this love however is that it sounds remarkably similar plus quite some more to my previous speaker system which cost me more than three times the price (MF X-DAC V8, A5 INT/CDP + ELAC 330 CE). My current setup is: Computer -> MF M6 CD -> MF X-CAN V8P (with X-PSU V8) (The M6CD comes with a USB input which is pretty neat as it eliminates the requirement to purchase an off-board DAC... then again it is a pretty costly CD transport. I do listen to most of my music from CD, but I do still have quite a few albums which I have on my computer but not on CD due to their rarity.) |
Originally Posted by Acix /img/forum/go_quote.gif Entrope, did you try the K-1000? |
Originally Posted by Currawong /img/forum/go_quote.gif What kind of music do you like? Headphone suggestions are rather pointless without knowing this first. I think next is to fly to this year's Canjam and try a heap of stuff. |
Originally Posted by Mochan /img/forum/go_quote.gif The answer should be obvious: spend some time enjoying your HD800. Stay wiht it for a few months and then start looking around againf or new experiences. The HD800, unless you absolutely hated it (and you don't seem to) should be enough for someone to enjoy for at least a few months in bliss. Sometimes we get too caught up in our headphone hobby that we forget this hobby is still about listening to, and enjoying, music. We should stop to do that sometimes. |