chinesekiwi
Headphoneus Supremus
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so any suggestions out there to tempt my fancy?
I prefer it to be a 'real' as possible: i.e. as much detail and transparency as possible. e.g. If the recording is crap, then it should sound crap without the DAC making it 'more musical' etc...
Space is a non-issue. Used/New? non-issue. I really don't care if I'm say using a DVD player purely as a DAC so long as it's the best sounding in the price range. I've looked hard and long at some Rotel CD players for example.
I feel my Musiland is the weakest point of my setup atm.
One thing it must have however is coax or optical in as I plan to optical out from an Creative X-fi for gaming reasons. I already have a rather decent headphone amp so amping is a non-issue as well.
Suggestions? Any other info that could prove useful that I haven't stated?
Suggestions can be anything, DVD players, Blu-ray players, dedicated audio stuff, doesn't matter as long as it meets these requirements.
I'm in no hurry to buy it but rather want suggestions so I can investigate in my own time.
List of things I am not interested in:
DacMagic
Nuforce HDP
All the lower Audio-GD products
Musiland MD10
Yulong DH10
I prefer it to be a 'real' as possible: i.e. as much detail and transparency as possible. e.g. If the recording is crap, then it should sound crap without the DAC making it 'more musical' etc...
Space is a non-issue. Used/New? non-issue. I really don't care if I'm say using a DVD player purely as a DAC so long as it's the best sounding in the price range. I've looked hard and long at some Rotel CD players for example.
I feel my Musiland is the weakest point of my setup atm.
One thing it must have however is coax or optical in as I plan to optical out from an Creative X-fi for gaming reasons. I already have a rather decent headphone amp so amping is a non-issue as well.
Suggestions? Any other info that could prove useful that I haven't stated?
Suggestions can be anything, DVD players, Blu-ray players, dedicated audio stuff, doesn't matter as long as it meets these requirements.
I'm in no hurry to buy it but rather want suggestions so I can investigate in my own time.
List of things I am not interested in:
DacMagic
Nuforce HDP
All the lower Audio-GD products
Musiland MD10
Yulong DH10