Arm3nian
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its been a year since the ef5, remembered i swapped in a tube and the sound got cleaned up top to bottom...think it was a fullmusic tube?
http://www.tonepublications.com/review/tj-music-full-music-vacuum-tubes/
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i havent got the $$$ for the big setups...my own deduction/guess is that these premium products are so well engineered/isolated within the box,
that nothing outside the box is gonna affect wats going on inside the box.. hence u will do just fine with the bluejeans./mambas/ watnots.
just my theory. dun shoot me.
I would put the majority of your budget into the headphones, assuming the amp you choose for them - even if a budget amp - is properly matched to drive them. When I jumped into T1s, I packaged them with a Meier Corda Jazz amp and bought them as a package from Meier Audio. I enjoyed that combo for over a year until I recently just upgraded the gear. But as the headphones will have the greatest impact on the audio quality, I'd focus on a nice upgrade over your Senns and then adding an amp that can properly drive them.
Do you think the Classic is worth the extra money over the Jazz? I'd hate to spend half what I spent on the T1's on an amp.
Thanks for the reply,
My budget is around 3k to buy something enjoyable, my point was would it be worth it to shell out that much money for an "upgrade", or will something like a dt990 and an amp matched with that price range be considered an decent upgrade. I would obviously have much more money left over to buy something other than audio gear with that second option. Is the difference in price worth it? Thanks!
i had the older stagdac/concerto combo...enjoyed the crossfed features on the stagdac.
And i had the smaller Arietta too.
now it appears these stagedac crossfed features are on the amplifier CLASSIC, nice.
If i were to choose, without the benefit of actually testing them out..
i would go for the CLASSIC as added insurance against the amp running out of steam on any of my cans.
It depends. The Jazz is a very fine amp and it pairs really well with the T1s. I would upgrade to the classic if 1) you have other headphones that would benefit from the extra juice of the Classic (the Jazz drives the T1s just fine), or 2) if you don't plan to pick up the Daccord. The reason I say #2 is because the Daccord has the full crossfeed circuit, so pairing it with the Jazz would be all you'd need for the T1s. But if you don't have a Daccord and don't plan to buy one, since the Classic has a more robust crossfeed circuit than the Jazz, I do feel it's worth the money to upgrade. The crossfeed filter is just an amazing feature, IMO. The Jazz has this feature, but it's a stripped down version of the full circuit.
Just my opinion
Great info, thanks!
My other cans will get little to no use or are not hard to drive anyway. I don't plan on getting another dac for this setup, but I'm not too worried about crossfeed.
Looks like the Jazz would be perfect for me, or even the Rock. The Classic is kind of big too, don't like that. And the Rock is kinda too small.
So is the Classic just basically the Jazz with a better crossfeed feature and more power? And are you selling your Jazz?
Go ahead, make my day...buy the jazz...then later buy the classic...it's a path all takes...it's unavoidable....lol.
The Classic is a better sounding amp, but when I was swapping out both amps with the Daccord, the differences on the T1s were very minimal. I'm sure if I was running something that required more of what the Classic can offer, it would have been a bigger difference. But honestly, even though I love the Classic and I'm glad I have it, especially since I'm going to pick up some Audez'e phones later this year, in terms of the T1s I could be very happy continuing to use just the Jazz.
As for mine, the fact that I'm not selling it should be some indication of how much I like it Even though it's not active in my system right now, it's just too good to part with it. If it didn't have the crossfeed on it, I'd probably consider selling, but I just consider it too good of an amp to sell. You'll likely feel the same way if you order one!
the T5 as I was told is a closed can pad and it is not to be used on T1..
[size=small][size=10pt]Please do not use closed ear pads for an open headphone."[/size][/size]