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kvndoom wrote:Speakers: something really large, really heavy, really expensive, really German. Got a helluva good deal, but still a lot of money. But absolutely worth it... Those won't be going anywhere any time soon.
bthylafh wrote:...or if I don't want 'phones a Dell speaker bar...
bthylafh wrote:or if I don't want 'phones a Dell speaker bar.
Mr Bill wrote:Altec Lansing ATP3 speakers with the central woofer. I tried an ASUS Xonar DG card for sound but kept having driver problems. So, I'm using the motherboard chipset for sound.
Mr Bill wrote:Altec Lansing ATP3 speakers with the central woofer. I tried an ASUS Xonar DG card for sound but kept having driver problems. So, I'm using the motherboard chipset for sound.
Ifalna wrote:Since my Apartment is not very well isolated, I stick to headphones.
Currently using a Titanium HD for my stereo needs and my trusty Yamaha RX-V377 for multichannel movies.
These as my workhorse cans: Beyerdynamic DT-880
These are used for pure music enjoyment: Focal Clear Professional
Since the X-Fi line faces problems yet again due to end of support and drivers, I am considering moving on to an external DAC/Amp: RME ADI-2 DAC
Not sure if I will go through with it, for now the May update is postponed, b/c I hope Creative will do a driver update for my card.
G8torbyte wrote:I did take the plunge with the RME ADI-2 DAC and it is impressive with the amount of options it has. Bit of a learning curve to it but it has a good manual. With headphones I like to use the balanced line-outs on Sennheiser HD-58X Jubilees and on Hifiman HE-4XX Planar Magnetics.
Ifalna wrote:G8torbyte wrote:I did take the plunge with the RME ADI-2 DAC and it is impressive with the amount of options it has. Bit of a learning curve to it but it has a good manual. With headphones I like to use the balanced line-outs on Sennheiser HD-58X Jubilees and on Hifiman HE-4XX Planar Magnetics.
So you plug them in using the big XLR connectors at the back of the unit? Do these even have enough juice to drive HPs? Thought they were meant as preamp outputs. :O
DancinJack wrote:Ifalna wrote:G8torbyte wrote:I did take the plunge with the RME ADI-2 DAC and it is impressive with the amount of options it has. Bit of a learning curve to it but it has a good manual. With headphones I like to use the balanced line-outs on Sennheiser HD-58X Jubilees and on Hifiman HE-4XX Planar Magnetics.
So you plug them in using the big XLR connectors at the back of the unit? Do these even have enough juice to drive HPs? Thought they were meant as preamp outputs. :O
Those HE-4XX's are only 35 ohms so it shouldn't be that hard to drive them. The Jubilee's on the other hand are 150. Might need an amp to get real quality of those.
Ifalna wrote:DancinJack wrote:Ifalna wrote:So you plug them in using the big XLR connectors at the back of the unit? Do these even have enough juice to drive HPs? Thought they were meant as preamp outputs. :O
Those HE-4XX's are only 35 ohms so it shouldn't be that hard to drive them. The Jubilee's on the other hand are 150. Might need an amp to get real quality of those.
The ADI-2 DAC has a quality HP amp built in, it is single ended though, that's why I was confused.
The unit has balanced and unbalanced preamp out though, so it is possible that he feeds it to an external balanced amp.
DancinJack wrote:Pet peeve: using impedance alone to determine how hard it is to drive a set of headphones.Those HE-4XX's are only 35 ohms so it shouldn't be that hard to drive them. The Jubilee's on the other hand are 150. Might need an amp to get real quality of those.
superjawes wrote:DancinJack wrote:Pet peeve: using impedance alone to determine how hard it is to drive a set of headphones.Those HE-4XX's are only 35 ohms so it shouldn't be that hard to drive them. The Jubilee's on the other hand are 150. Might need an amp to get real quality of those.
Sure, it's part of the equation--high impedance models generally need higher voltages to drive properly--but you really need to consider efficiency/sensitivity as well. The 58X Jubilee is listed at 104 dB (at 1V, 1 kHz), and the HE-4XX just lists 93 dB (also, the AKG K7XX is shown at 105 dB/V).
Waco wrote:Dayton bookshelf speakers (B-652), a Cerwin Vega Vega! 10D4 in a ported box @ 33 Hz, and a Lepy 2.1 (2x45 + 1x68W) amplifier fed from my onboard sound.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:I've got 7 of the B652's for my theater room. They are perfectly adequate. Especially for the price. The LCR are the "Air" variant and the rest are the normal config.