Headphones - What Dac & Amp Do You Use?

[Friendly]

if you use headphones for your audio enjoyment, what equipment do you use?

I'm on the hunt for a DAC and amp...separate or combined, I've not decided.

my humble collection entails the following:
HiFiMan HE-350
Stax SRS-2170 (SR-207 & their 252s amp)

currently considering the following:
Meridian Explorer2
Audioquest Dragonfly Red
Schiit stack consisting of their Magni 2 Uber amp and Modi 2 Uber DAC.

 

[Krakens Cove]

Currently enjoying the AKG K7XX. Ran them with a FIIO E10K in the past but now use an SLSM M6. The Magni/Modi combo is hard to beat unless you've got a soft spot for tube amps or something like the grace note in terms of form factor and delivery.

 

[LIttle Reef Keeper]

Ummm, the ones that come with my phone are free and do a damn good job lol

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[Salty Cracker]

I've got a nice pair of sony bluetooth headphones I use for for dog walks, but for really enjoying music I still use a turntable and some paradigm speakers.

 

[EricTMah]

I use a set of Marshall headphones. Through a vintage yamaha cr 820, phono pre stage, and my vintage dual 660 turntable

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Poseidon]

I know it may sound a little new age, but you cant beat a bose blue tooth sound bar/woofer system.

but then again i just crank volbeat and FFDP, so might not be the same thing

 

[EricTMah]

I know it may sound a little new age, but you cant beat a bose blue tooth sound bar/woofer system.

but then again i just crank volbeat and FFDP, so might not be the same thing

You wouldn't say that if you heard a properly set up vintage system and turntable

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Poseidon]

You wouldn't say that if you heard a properly set up vintage system and turntable

Sony Xperia Z3

can i listen to volbeat on a vintage system and turntable?

 

[EricTMah]

can i listen to volbeat on a vintage system and turntable?

No clue what volbeat is. I'm probably dating myself by saying that lol

I still have digital sources hooked into my analog amp. IMHO still sounds better than any of the "newer" digital amps I've ever had. My '70s yamaha sounds better than any of the newer NAD or Yamaha amps I've owned in the past.

Digital uses compression and you lose so much detail and warmth in the sound.

But to each their own.

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Poseidon]

@EricTMah

Your welcome

 

[EricTMah]

@EricTMah

Your welcome

Meh. Not my cup of tea

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Friendly]

yeah, not my cup of tea either.

old stuff is often good, especially when paired with modern speaker tech as speakers have gotten better.

 

[Salty Cracker]

Volbeat would be okay if they zoned in on a genre and stuck with it.

One song they're pop, another they're sorta rock, another they're christian rock (too often for my tastes), then they go into fusion jazz.
FFDP is meh. Not a lot of range to them, they're also all over the map musically, and the vocals are way too grunge for my tastes.

There's Poseidon's musical tastes in a nutshell

 

[Salty Cracker]

Put some Judas Priest on the turntable and crank it until the voice coils are about to pop...now that's good music times.

 

[Poseidon]

Put some Judas Priest on the turntable and crank it until the voice coils are about to pop...now that's good music times.

you know what son.
Judas Priests... im not even sure you can call that music

 

[Poseidon]

Now im curious, what do you older folk (hehe) listen to on this fancy smancy equipment ?


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[pauls]

What are you going to be using them for ? Just walking around taking the bus etc. Or for music listening ?

Sony industry standard studio headphones. Best bang for he buck and industry standard.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/49510-REG/Sony_MDR_7506_MDR_7506_Headphone.html

 

[Friendly]

I'm thinking my next headphones will be something from Sennheiser...HD600 or higher.

or I might go for some planar magnetic from Audeze.