All around headphone amp recommendations
I am at the final stages of completing a system that will be my place to relax and enjoy the music.
The main components in the system are Classe Amp and Pre, Project phono preamp, Cambridge Audio DAC/Streamer, Onkyo CD, a TTable and some nostalgia. This room will be more for sitting and listening together, but I always have enjoyed my cans!!! I do have a headphone output on a very nice Onkyo cassette deck I restored which is there more for looks but does serve that function for the entire system.
My current collection includes Monolith Planar Magnetics, Grado RS 1s and some old R350's. There are others laying around but . . . I would like to explore other options once I get the system complete.
My preference would be to stay close to a standard component size that is black. This is simply for esthetics as my components are "segregated." LOL I listen to coffeehouse cover bands, jazz, alternative and some rock. Standard stuff at all volume levels. That is what I need.
Thanks in advance!!!
There is a great headphone amp shootout going on in Colorado this weekend. They will post info on the various amps on the head-fi site. Likely more $$ than the OP wants to spend but a good way to learn about what is out there.. RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis | Page 163 | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org |
I have 3 2-channel preamps that are rather good to great headphone amps. 1) Benchmark HPA4 (neutral, $3.5k) 2) Holo Audio Serene (a bit warmer than the HPA4 $3.3k) 3) Schitt Audio Mjolnir v3 (a warm Class A sound, $1.3k) I will be using all 3 of these with a $10k headphone. They are up for the task.
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