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I have roughly £250 to play with, I was on a Sound Blaster AE-5 which was REALLY but would like something a bit more.
Any insight is appreciated.
Any insight is appreciated.
I have roughly £250 to play with, I was on a Sound Blaster AE-5 which was REALLY but would like something a bit more.
Any insight is appreciated.
There is also the very popular schiit magni 3 for about £110 on the EU schiit site (google it) its meant to provide a more 'detailed' sound over the AE-5 according to this review here:
info here:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32219665
But be aware even this guy who reviewed it did say he found the sound similar between AE-5 and Schiit but if you listen to music a lot you should be able to pick out the differences, I think he means the high end detail here.
Never owned a headphone amp apart from the soundblaster Z mind, ill be trying my HD650s with the AE-5 soon though.
It is things like the Schiit Stack and/or Jotunheim that is getting me interested in external to go with my AKG K702. Though, how will it fare for gaming?
I don't appear to be having issues with EMI, I'm not really suffering pops/crackles with the Audigy 2 ZS, Auzen X-Fi Prelude or AE-5. I'd just like to get it away from the system for any future issues as well as not having to rely on drivers.
Of course you do not get all that virtual surround sound with such a combo, but I have no issue with games which have good audio to pick up positional data / footsteps etc.
It is things like the Schiit Stack and/or Jotunheim that is getting me interested in external to go with my AKG K702. Though, how will it fare for gaming?
I don't appear to be having issues with EMI, I'm not really suffering pops/crackles with the Audigy 2 ZS, Auzen X-Fi Prelude or AE-5. I'd just like to get it away from the system for any future issues as well as not having to rely on drivers.
I use the Schitt stack at the moment (Modi 2 Uber and magni 3) and use it for gaming. Works great. Will be replacing soon as I want to try tubes, but works perfect on my headphones (Including AKG 712, 702, HD800s, HD58x etc). Playing Assasins creed and sounds fantastic. Of course you do not get all that virtual surround sound with such a combo, but I have no issue with games which have good audio to pick up positional data / footsteps etc.
While the Schitt uber + magni 3 combo is the sweet spot you always hear and read around head fi and reviews in general its still the 'budget' of headphone amps and many are wanting that bit more and then looking at more powerful amps and tube ones.
Which tube ones out of interest would you be going for ?
Yeah absolutely, sky is the limit with amps and what have you. But as you say they are sweet spot's in that they pack very solid performance for a nice price. Can't go wrong with them IMO and had no real issues driving most my headphones without needing to crank the dial all the way up.
Looking at 3 options for tubes at the moment, Feliks Elise, La Figaro 339 or MJOLNIR 2. Still undecided atm.
I have an Rha l1 dac amp and I've been happy with it for many months now.
A nice alternative to the chord mojo or oppo Ha2se.