Has anyone tried Saga Passive vs SYS? Thinking to pair power amp with passive pre and not sure if it is worth going for Saga against Sys.
Anyone using Ragnarok as speaker amp? Do not like pre/pow separate hence considering Rag but not sure if it is good choice for speaker. :)
Depends on the speakers, if they are at least moderately efficient you should be fine. Best contact schiit and see what they have to say about your speakers. No remote sucks though... There are rumors of a new version with remote but nothing substantial afaik.
It will be LS50. I read stereophile review and it looks very good combo. Yes, Rag has not been updated for long and it is well past due for update version so no surprise if updated version come out soon. :)
Is there anyone who has GeekOut v1 firmware update? I have GO 720 and need to update firmware. LH told me to find firmware elsewhere. :(
Figured it out.. After browsing internet for a while, found the link to download. Phew.. Lucky. If anyone needs firmware v1.5, send me a PM and will send you the link. Cheers.
@Cspirou Thanks. Isn't it for ES4SR/ES4XR? I am particularly interested in 3sr/3xr which is budget version (china made) currently on Massdrop. Are they pretty much same thing but one is made in USA and the other in China?
@Cspirou No worries :) I will try to find out more info elsewhere. I thought that there is a dedicated thread for it here.
Can anyone LIKE me? (No Dislike, please) so I can achieve 100 likes? I just noticed that I have 99 likes received and just one short.
Taking CDP out of system.. Going for either Vinyl or pure digital streaming. Nothing between. Still need to reduce 4 amps down to 1...
My stupid rationale is: 1) I need amps for "normal" and e-stat.. 2) for non-estats, I want a nice friendly tube amp for full attention music listening, and a cheaper to run SS for gaming/general stuff that is less critical. Grr!
@Pyruvate My apology. It was almost midnight here when I typed. what I meant was keeping Turntable and Computer (iMac) and letting go CDP and Streamers. I do not know when was the last time I used CDP and I mainly listen Vinyl or digital source from computer to DAC to amp.. :)
I just realised that am getting too caught up with gears instead of music. Continuous desire to upgrade. No. Good enough is enough for me.
Good on you. Don't forget to apply this to other areas of your life as well. Outside of this "mystery" amp coming out in March, I'm settled. Time to delete some audio bookmarks and move on to other things.
Only @Marvey knows. He likes to mention it vaguely as often as he can to drive the rest of us crazy and to make us envious of his privileged status in the audio world. Kidding, of course. Sort of :P
Got ProAc Tab 8 Sig speakers without thinking what amp to pair with... Any suggestion on amp to pair with would be greatly helpful :)
Gosh.. Just listening some lossless music with Epos ES14 and sounds so natural and clear.... Love the sound out of this speaker....
Give the LS50s at least 100 watts. The NAD 3020 is fun to play with though, I loved mine back in the day.
Die hard Senn Fan and never tried Grado until now. Got SR325i and found it engaging and has surprisingly enough bass. Earpad sucks though.
Found a pic I took for my RS1 listing way back. These are the pads I was referring to: https://flic.kr/p/VfDh6i Think you can just get them off eBay or wherever. Seriously good comfort vs stock.
@Lyer25 Thank you for the pic. I just searched on eBay and could not find it. it looks like fat version of L cushion. :)
They're really inexpensive. Could send you a pair (or just a link) if I come across them again, would be cool to see if your impressions align with mine and all :))
I got nostalgic and got Denon DR-M33HX Tape Deck with bunch of Tapes. Have not played with tape for last 20 years and I like it a lot :)
So hard to find good integrated amp that has built in dac, headamp.... Spent hours on internet and all source recommend different things :(
Has anyone tried Rega Brio new model of integrated amp? Not looking for spectacular one but at least decent integrated amp....
How much power do you need for an integrated amp? If flea-watt is ok the JLH69 is low cost and Marv approved: http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/aliexpress-ebay-jl-hood-1969-class-a-amp.4308/
@Grahad2 Thank you for the suggestion. I actually had JLH69 and sold it and quite regret it. I might purchase it again. I am actually trying to power Epos ES14 speaker which is vintage speaker. It does not need huge wattage but high current would be preferred if I understood correctly.
Never tried tube amp before and just got Millet Starving Student Hybrid amp and quite impressed... Great pairing with HD600.
Just started entering into audio enthusiast world. Looking for best price to performance ratio audio gears....
Just like to add that although the suggestions above are perfectly fine, don't think this is as far as the HD650 can go. You will see people here scale their HD650 into systems that cost many thousands of dollars. Yes, the HD650 can be worth it. If you like where the HD650 is in terms of sound character, one could be quite wise to just move the other pieces up the scale and not waste time with other headphones.
@ButtUglyJeff Thank you very much for recommendation.. Is HD650 better than HD600? I was told that HD600 is better if someone look for neutral signature and HD650 is abit laid back.
I prefer the HD650 over the HD600, but that doesn't make it a superior headphone. I consider the HD650 more engaging, but that is most likely only because I prefer the flavor. There is a slight treble spike and softer bass on the HD600 that may make someone think its more neutral. But I'm hard pressed to agree. I think the majority here would be in my camp.
