jibzilla
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I've got a magni/modi schiit 2 stack, and use spotify as a source. that setup sounds fine through my HE500, but would that be enough to utilize an hd800? Or is the hd800 SO much more revealing and power hungry this wouldnt be a decent enough setup for it?
I don't think you should go after the hd800 until you have as much as the hd800's retail for ($1500) for an amp and source. What makes it worse is synergy (ohm output mainly) is paramount besides the $3k total. I second the bottlehead mainline suggestion. I liked a wheatfield ha-2 just a bit more but they rarely come up for sale.
The source you can get away with a little more but it is close with the amp a pretty darn important as well. I would def. go used for a dac and vintage for TT. At least $500 of the $1500 should go toward a source.