Aastii
New Head-Fier
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I am looking at picking up a set of HD 650's to be used mainly with my PC, however upon reading up feel that am amp may be in order too (and potentially a sound card).
At the moment I have an Asus Xonar D2X, with a pair of CAL!2's plugged straight into it. I am in the UK, so if I had a £4000 budget for the lot, the headphones will take around £220 from the budget, leaving me with £180. My question then is twofold:
1. Would it be worth upgrading my sound card too? The only real upgrade would be going to an Asus Xonar Essence STX / STX II, which I am not sure would be a great leap to be honest.
2. What would be a decent amp to pair with them?
At the moment I have an Asus Xonar D2X, with a pair of CAL!2's plugged straight into it. I am in the UK, so if I had a £4000 budget for the lot, the headphones will take around £220 from the budget, leaving me with £180. My question then is twofold:
1. Would it be worth upgrading my sound card too? The only real upgrade would be going to an Asus Xonar Essence STX / STX II, which I am not sure would be a great leap to be honest.
2. What would be a decent amp to pair with them?