John, I'm curious as to whether these are the difficult to drive type headphones like the HD 600, HD 650 (my model, a 16th birthday present) and the elusive HD 800 (maybe if my parents feel really generous for a belated 21st gift). For all my speakers, sub, centre, CDP, amps, if I could only have one piece of hifi, it would be my Senns. I do have the MF X-can v3 valve amp., but I don't really like it, too fatiguing.
My current view on audio is that the speaker/headphones are the most important component, while amps, if they can handle the impedance curve and power requirements of the speaker to make them sing, don't make a huge difference. Underpowered amps don't let the speaker sing I find, sure you get the benefits of the better detail and bass in the speaker, but they don't sing! I recently had a 2002 model very expensive Naim CDP player at home, and it was barely any better than the MF CDP from 2004 (less than a third of the Naim price), so I've come to the conclusion, that while changes in source make a difference, the sweetspot in the price vs performance curve hits at a lower price than amps and certainly speakers. So the upshot, do you think the Touch can make these headphones sing? -- bingcrosby ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bingcrosby's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34653 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77158 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
