- #Meier crossfeed audio unit upgrade#
- #Meier crossfeed audio unit portable#
- #Meier crossfeed audio unit Pc#
Eleanor McEvoy Loreena McKennitt Holly Cole), lots of Indie & Punk Rock & New Wave/Post-Punk (Pearl Jam, Greenday, Evermore, Ben Harper, Blondie, Talking Heads, etc), the rock classics (like Bowie, Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, R.Stones, The Who, Hendrix) some Classical - especially Mozart, Jazz (mostly older 'classic' recordings), Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ry Cooder, Graham Parker, B.Eno, bit of Blues, some Heavy Metal (AC/DC, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Ozzy & Sabbath, etc), lots of guitar stuff (like Manzanera & Satriani), a little Pop & early R&B/Hip-Hop (e.g. Musical Taste: Very varied - basically everything except Country, Rap or Modern Hip-Hop, & modern R&B.At this stage would be looking at probably pairing with the best match for sound & comfort of the following entry level cans Grado SR60 or SR80 (not the new 'i' models) AKG K530 Audio Technica ATH-A900 or something similar,.
#Meier crossfeed audio unit Pc#
#Meier crossfeed audio unit portable#
Unit will be driven by sources in my sig below - either from tape out feed on Plinius (supplying CDs from MF A3.2 CDP or SACD/DVD-A from Oppo BDP-83) or by a direct connection with my NAD C521BEE for CDs or rarely directly to my Denon 640 Cassette Deck (neither is currently used in either of my other set-ups), and may also source from a Creative Zen Neon portable or similar on very rare occasions,.Generally like a slightly warm experience to my music, with headroom, and well developed bass and don't mind a forward presentation,.I'm a tactile person so want something that looks good and you can touch where possible, not a fan of the appearance of the small cigarette packet type amps that look like they'll get dragged off the table by the weight of the leads,.Looking in the sub-US$400 price range if possible for the amp,*.
#Meier crossfeed audio unit upgrade#
not a portable), it'll be for a secondary set up that I only use occasionally instead of my primary for music (see my signature for details of the components in my primary set up plus my secondary set-up) - as mentioned at this stage I'm looking at the Cantate as my preference is to buy a fairly good amp and just get some fairly well matched entry level cans initially and then (hopefully) just upgrade the headphones after a year or two if I am giving them enough use.Īnyway some basic thoughts on what I'm thinking: However as I am in NZ there is a limit to what's available locally from distributors to try out in the range I'm looking.Īnyway I'm after a good value mid-range home use type amp (i.e. I have just signed up as I am getting into the world of cans for the first time (at least at an audiophile level) - much like Forbigger in his Suggestion for desktop amps.current budget overstretch thread I've been looking at a Corda Cantate (as its what a local distributor has available, note: its not a Cantate.2) but see it seems not an overly popular unit here (getting a little 'shot down' as Forbigger said).