2013-01-14, 13:58 | Link #141 |
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Do you own a Headphone pre-amplifier? If you don't then you need to get one. AKG's need more juice then just the source. Not owning one means your not using it too its full potential. Maybe with-out the amp its at 45% of its capacity. Not only will the Pre-amp make the phones louder, they add more detail, sound, and fullness. Overall make it stronger. You'll start to hear things in a good way. Dre-phones have a built in pre-amp that's why there so loud.
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2013-01-14, 16:06 | Link #142 |
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Also consider the break-in time for headphones of that caliber. My AKG K701s took about 250 hours of solid use to start sounding like they were worth the money. As for the preamp, you don't need anything substantial unless you're doing actual mixing work and the such. Something simple from the FiiO line should do adequately.
I've got a pair of Sennheisers, but I've got a FiiO E10 preamp powering it, and it's more than enough for me.
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2013-01-14, 17:04 | Link #144 | |
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2013-01-14, 18:19 | Link #145 | |
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Look for a small preamp that runs on batteries. They run anything from $50-200 for the smaller sizes. The cMoyBB is cute because it's designed to look like one of those old Altoid tins with little mints in it. Quality on that's pretty good too, but nothing substantial. Just find what works best for you.
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2013-01-14, 18:21 | Link #146 | |
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For the best I would say (good investment if you plan on upgrading your cans or want more sound out of your cans, quite honestly you pay for what you get. plus they can fit in your pocket/bag) --- Top 3 JDS Labs CMoyBB - $59.99 ($70-77.99 for custom) Electric Avenues PA2V2 - $59.99 - $75.00 (the next one I plan on getting) FiiO E11 - $59.14 And there are the Really expensive ones like Headstage Arrow 12HE 4G Headphone amplifier - wooping $150 buckaroos The zo Personal Subwoofer - $100 ---- I looked into your headphones its about 55 ohm, yeah your going to need a pre-amp to drive these cans. Anything above will perfectly drive them. Your ears will thank you later, but if this is still out of price range. The cheapest/quality ratio for the price. I would say: Fiio E6 Headphone Amplifier - $23 If I would get the E6, I would NEED a L3 Line Out Dock Cable to make it sorta better with Apple loss-less files on the classic. again you pay for what you get. In addition if you plan on getting a headphone pre-amp, you need to get either a L3 Line Out Dock Cable (If your source is IPOD) anything else you need a 3.5mm Stereo Male To Male Cable (which also works on Ipod). ($8 for male to male, or direct L3 connection for max quality on IPOD $13). Of course to connect everything. Amazon, and the cMoy web are both one stop shopping places to get the two things you need. Pre-amp and cable. When its set up it looks like this. Not only does it give you a cool tecky retro look, they make your music sound so much sweeter! Welcome to the Hi-fi realm. This is my set up --- another picture I found on the PA2V2 website Last edited by Afternoon Tea; 2013-01-14 at 19:03. |
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Naturally, the MK II would be an improved version over the Studio version, but looking at price differences, it's a matter of whether you'll be using it for very high-end stuff or not.
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2013-03-12, 12:58 | Link #151 |
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Thinking of getting Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO, but I have no idea what amp I should buy for them could anyone recommend me one? I will be using these for home use so size doesn't matter and price around $120, flexible if needed.
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You would be surprised. Cmoy was voted onheadphone's editors choice, and rated highest on many hi-fi websites. I wish I still had my custom Headphone cMoyBB Frequency Response chart they gave me when I customized mine, but saying the cmoy doesn't get much juice to the K701 is a HUGE understatement. K701 has an Impedance at 1kHz: 62 Ohms, cmoy can juice up to 251-600 ohms. Mine is custom made to perfectly juice a k701 - GS1000i and anything in-between. Of course a dedicated desktop amp is always better; this portable amp is one of the highest in its class next to the Electric Avenues PA2V2. Looks can be very very deceiving. for specs http://www.jdslabs.com/diy_mods203.php if you want to test out your cans cMoyBB Frequency Response Calculator (they do the calucations for you, if you want it cosmized for certain type of cans) http://www.jdslabs.com/cMoyBBCalculator.php Quote:
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Schiit Magni Amp is one of the amps around your pricepoint for those headphones. how well it'll sound with the amp is another matter. i'll leave that up to you to decide. if you want portable use, the fiio e12 is worth looking into. |
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2013-03-14, 16:56 | Link #157 |
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DAC stands for digital to analogue converter. audio today is stored in digital format (zeros and ones) and needs to be converted to an analogue signal before it can be sent through amplification, or to speakers.
you can find some type of DAC in anything that deals with digital audio today. like a PS3, computer, TV, cellphone. keep in mind there's your cheap DAC, good DAC, and awesome sauce DAC just like how amps are. |
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