Hi All. I primarily listen to music through my main system (source, amp, speakers etc.) but due to financial and personal reasons, this system had to be liquidated for the foreseeable future. I cannot live without music though so took my first foray into high(er) end headphones and purchase a HeadRoom Total BitHead and Sennheiser HD-595s which I will use with my PC and lossless files.
So far it has been extremely impressive, but I have two quick queries for anyone familiar with the amp:
1. would it be better to run it powered completely through USB (5V) or using batteries? Also IIRC, if attached to the USB and with batteries in, it would amplify using the USB power and battier would power the DAC (or visa versa) - is this correct or am I horribly mistaken
. Finally, if using batteries shuts off any USB power usage, would the voltage supplied by rechargeables (1.2V each) be sufficient for the HD-595's?
2. The cable supplied was a bit of a joke - it's about 10cm long! I have one which came with my digital camera (which is a regular A to 5-pin mini-B cable albeit much longer than the one supplied). Would it make a significant difference to go for something better? There is very limited availability here, but what I can get is the Belkin PureAV cable or the Monster cable (obviously both USB A to 5-pin mini-B).
Cheers,
X
So far it has been extremely impressive, but I have two quick queries for anyone familiar with the amp:
1. would it be better to run it powered completely through USB (5V) or using batteries? Also IIRC, if attached to the USB and with batteries in, it would amplify using the USB power and battier would power the DAC (or visa versa) - is this correct or am I horribly mistaken
2. The cable supplied was a bit of a joke - it's about 10cm long! I have one which came with my digital camera (which is a regular A to 5-pin mini-B cable albeit much longer than the one supplied). Would it make a significant difference to go for something better? There is very limited availability here, but what I can get is the Belkin PureAV cable or the Monster cable (obviously both USB A to 5-pin mini-B).
Cheers,
X