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Rick Scott
August 26th 03, 01:37 AM
I would like to set up simple headphone only system: CD player, headphone
amp, and head phones. budget = $1200 to $1600. I am interested in a warm and
slightly laid back sound. What suggestions do any of you have?
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Rick
chung
August 26th 03, 04:27 AM
Rick Scott wrote:
> I would like to set up simple headphone only system: CD player, headphone
> amp, and head phones. budget = $1200 to $1600. I am interested in a warm and
> slightly laid back sound. What suggestions do any of you have?
>
>
> --
> Rick
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If you are handy with a soldering iron, you may want to consider getting
Etymotic Research earphones with a custom equalizer:
http://www.linkwitzlab.com/reference_earphones.htm
Or use the Sennheiser HD414 with a custom equalizer.
Dalibor Bauernfrajnd
August 26th 03, 06:04 AM
In article >, Rick Scott
> says...
> I would like to set up simple headphone only system: CD player, headphone
> amp, and head phones. budget = $1200 to $1600. I am interested in a warm and
> slightly laid back sound. What suggestions do any of you have?
I'm not sure if Musica Fidelity still makes their X-Can v2 but it's the
first this you should (IMHO) look up. It's a 1 watt tube headphone amp
and should cost around $200-300 IIRC.
'bout the headphones. Any higher end Grado's or Sennheisers will probably
do; something like Grado SR225 or SR325 or perhaps Sennheiser HD580 or
HD600.
You'll probably still have some spare $ for a X-PSU additional power
suply. Hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong, but I think it can be
used with X-Cans/Can v2.
Spend the rest on a good cd player and/or good cables.
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"We still have much to learn about the art of sound reproduction;
ultimately, our responsibility is to our ears,not to established
precepts." - Martin Colloms, January 1998
Dennis Moore
August 26th 03, 06:20 AM
Antique Sound Labs Headphone amp. $279
Single ended triode, with OTL operation possible.
http://www.tubehifi.com/amp/amp/mgheaddt.html
Senheisser 600 Headphones.
About $300 give or take a few.
Pick one of the universal players that do SACD, DVD-A and
CD. You got it all covered.
Good luck,
Dennis
"Rick Scott" > wrote in message
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> I would like to set up simple headphone only system: CD player, headphone
> amp, and head phones. budget = $1200 to $1600. I am interested in a warm
and
> slightly laid back sound. What suggestions do any of you have?
>
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> Rick
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