Well I don't have enough cash to feed myself for a week given my amp and dac purchase so I'm going to have to like the setup that's coming whether I want to or not for a long while:
HD650 + some cable or other, would be nice to have a spare 3.5mm cable.
supermacro LE
modded MD-10
I don't see what is so good about balanced? I went to the local boutique audio store (populated with x-can v3s and DAC1s and some other crazy £15000 gear) and in all fairness the guy does seem to know his stuff and he claims that balanced is only necessary for large house setups and cable lengths above 10metres.....I can tell you he certainly knows of head-fi!
And before anyone asks how I'm going to survive without food money for a week or so without starving, I have all the free May art week festival barbecues lined up for all the local colleges. free food and drink aplenty!
Who is Alex?
p.s. the stuff above amounts to £150 for the HD650
£230 for the DAC and £200 for the supermacro I think.
versus £900+shipping for the headroom MAX balanced unit....
So I'm saving £470+shipping which I can use to buy westone3s or eat for 115days or put towards a new laptop, new desktop, ten cheap flights within europe...
However, I'm sure I will buy a proper desktop listening station when I leave university and don't have to move my stuff around every 8 or 6weeks. Protability is key!