jedispork
New Head-Fier
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Hello Everyone. I have some px 100 headphones for my ipod and I finally tried them out on my receiver. I was quite impressed. I watched a movie with them and I thought the sound quality was much better through the headphones and I felt like I was in the middle of the movie.
I have a 2.1 setup with a onkyo 606 receiver. I think the acoustics and limited speaker placement of the room are less than ideal which is another reason I'm looking into headphones.
I have already ordered some HD-555 headphones but still undecided how to power them. I thought the astro mixamp looked kind of neat with the 5.1. I see people claiming that it actually does a ok job of simulating surround sound. How well would this work for movies though? I think 5.1 can be kind of gimmicky in the first place so I'm not sure if I would be impressed with headphone surround sound. I mostly watch movies or play single player video games anyway.
How good will my onkyo 606 receiver be compared to a budget headphone amp? It just outputs plain stereo through the headphone jack. I have all my game systems and blu ray player hooked up through hdmi so would I still be getting the benefits of lossless audio?
So should I use my receiver? Try the astro mixamp for the 5.1? or buy a dedicated headphone amp?
thanks
I have a 2.1 setup with a onkyo 606 receiver. I think the acoustics and limited speaker placement of the room are less than ideal which is another reason I'm looking into headphones.
I have already ordered some HD-555 headphones but still undecided how to power them. I thought the astro mixamp looked kind of neat with the 5.1. I see people claiming that it actually does a ok job of simulating surround sound. How well would this work for movies though? I think 5.1 can be kind of gimmicky in the first place so I'm not sure if I would be impressed with headphone surround sound. I mostly watch movies or play single player video games anyway.
How good will my onkyo 606 receiver be compared to a budget headphone amp? It just outputs plain stereo through the headphone jack. I have all my game systems and blu ray player hooked up through hdmi so would I still be getting the benefits of lossless audio?
So should I use my receiver? Try the astro mixamp for the 5.1? or buy a dedicated headphone amp?
thanks