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Another factor I need to be considered is damping factor if I understand correctly. My turntable via Mani output impedance is 75 ohm, my digital source via Dac output is 50 ohm. SYS Input impedance is 10k ohms which has more than enough damping between source and Sys. SYS output Impedance is 5k ohms maximum

And power amp that I am planning to try is CrownXLS1502 which has input sensitivity .775Vrms or 1.4Vrms and I guess that just choose 1.4Vms and it should be fine since output is not that strong and it will be enough damping between Sys and Power?

Oh.. No. Zeos already has done this? i just did a quick search on Youtube and found this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZD2Pc_tHnE

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. :)

Seems like a solid combo, hope you like it :)

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?

Ah, I thought you did a typo. I don't think there's much info on the ER3 series here.

@Cspirou No worries :) I will try to find out more info elsewhere. I thought that there is a dedicated thread for it here.

Lol I was going to say a mod was going to beat your ass over it but looks like I was too late.

Oh man, what a reflection of the "Like"-driven era we live in.

I don't like this.

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!

Why not do both vinyl and streaming?

@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.. :)

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.

@Skyline Thank you. May I know what the mystery amp coming out in March for reference? :)

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

@MrTeaRex Good to know. I might pass it then. :)

Give the LS50s at least 100 watts. The NAD 3020 is fun to play with though, I loved mine back in the day.

@dmckean44 Thank you. I will keep that in mind to pair with LS50 :)

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 :))

Enjoy. I have a Nakamichi 582.

@Azteca Beautiful. Keen to try Nakamichi some day. Namakmichi makes best Tape Deck for sure. :)

@TwoEars Thank you for the suggestion. My list gets much shorter now. :)

Let us know what you ended up picking in the end :)

@TwoEars Yes, Will definitely do... List is getting shorter every day and will soon choose one. :)

Great to know. Might look for something else. Hard to find good inte 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.

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.