^^^You shouldn't.There are cans like the HiFIMan HE400i,for $200.00 that with a good little $150.00 Hybrid amplifier will get you seriously good tunes for sure!
**The Official/UnOfficial Audiogon Head-Fi System Thread**
Now that Headphones is a dedicated sub forum I thought it would be cool for everyone to list their head-fi system/s gear here....Maybe link to your Virtual system...
I have 2 dedicated sources from which I stream Pandora+,Amazon Music,Google Play Music & Utube OR well over 1000 songs in WMA & FLAC lossless on a mini SD card plugged into a smartphone designed & built to have superb audio out via 3.5mm jack or HiRes LDAC Blue Tooth,an LG"G8x" with full on Meridian Audio built & tuned Analog & Digital out...
Amplifier/DAC:Burson Audio Conductor 3P...If you are into headphones & don't know Burson you should..
Several sets of cans:For outdoor workouts(walking/biking etc..) I really love my Sennheiser PMX-686 Sport..Fully waterproof sit on ear like buds but have Sennheiser tone,running off the LG G8x is quite amazing how good an excercise phone can sound & you can still hear everything going on around you..
The HiFiMan Sundara is a budget priced($350.00)Planar Magnetic headphone that is not only built like a $3000.00 headphone,but with the right DAC/Amp rivals the sound of many..Driven off the amazing SABRE DAC PRO in the Burson,combined with the World Class Burson Vivid OpAmps running full Class A,this kind of sound/quality 5 years ago would have been considered End Game & cost $5000.00!
And for battling the TOTL headphones worldwide I chose Sennheiser HD800S...What can I say that has not already been said & better than I could have..I will say I have demo'd them all,the best of the best driven by the best of the best amps at several Can Jams(B4 C-19)..IMO there are only 2-3 other headphones on the planet that better the Sennheiser HD800S & NONE of them come close to the UNBELIEVABLE price of $1700.00!Compared to TOTL from Audeze,HiFiMan etc..etc..you save so much $ you can get an End Game Amp to drive them..
The HD800S are new & not even broken in yet,the Burson amp is good but holding them back..I'll put a few hundred hours on them & then look for an update with an End Game Amplifier,driven off the Burson DAC,which,IMO is World Class...
I have 2 dedicated sources from which I stream Pandora+,Amazon Music,Google Play Music & Utube OR well over 1000 songs in WMA & FLAC lossless on a mini SD card plugged into a smartphone designed & built to have superb audio out via 3.5mm jack or HiRes LDAC Blue Tooth,an LG"G8x" with full on Meridian Audio built & tuned Analog & Digital out...
Amplifier/DAC:Burson Audio Conductor 3P...If you are into headphones & don't know Burson you should..
Several sets of cans:For outdoor workouts(walking/biking etc..) I really love my Sennheiser PMX-686 Sport..Fully waterproof sit on ear like buds but have Sennheiser tone,running off the LG G8x is quite amazing how good an excercise phone can sound & you can still hear everything going on around you..
The HiFiMan Sundara is a budget priced($350.00)Planar Magnetic headphone that is not only built like a $3000.00 headphone,but with the right DAC/Amp rivals the sound of many..Driven off the amazing SABRE DAC PRO in the Burson,combined with the World Class Burson Vivid OpAmps running full Class A,this kind of sound/quality 5 years ago would have been considered End Game & cost $5000.00!
And for battling the TOTL headphones worldwide I chose Sennheiser HD800S...What can I say that has not already been said & better than I could have..I will say I have demo'd them all,the best of the best driven by the best of the best amps at several Can Jams(B4 C-19)..IMO there are only 2-3 other headphones on the planet that better the Sennheiser HD800S & NONE of them come close to the UNBELIEVABLE price of $1700.00!Compared to TOTL from Audeze,HiFiMan etc..etc..you save so much $ you can get an End Game Amp to drive them..
The HD800S are new & not even broken in yet,the Burson amp is good but holding them back..I'll put a few hundred hours on them & then look for an update with an End Game Amplifier,driven off the Burson DAC,which,IMO is World Class...