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Grawk, this is the part where we disagree.
First adding speakers to headphones discussion render the argument less cohesive. The power requirements of speakers are measure in terms of watts (speaker system can reach well above 1000W) while those of headphones are in mW (that’s 1/1000W). It’s true that speakers require massive amount of power to drive them properly but in regards to headphones, 1watt (added to a k701) would destroy the inner hair cells leading to complete sensineuro hearing lost.
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I don’t know what you consider is a good AMP and what kind of demands you are referring to when driving headphones. However, a simple search and voila…here’s a snippet of a few comments from literally hundreds referring to Apogee’s pre-amp driving their headphones with great results.
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Your comment was the first I have read that states that the Apogee was underpower. I assumed you tried the balance XLR pre-amp of the Apogee and out of curiosity what was it that you thought was underpowered (volume, drive, etc…)?
I do agree that it is silly to own a $1000 source and running it with an inferior AMP but IMO it is sillier to side step or downgrade. The most logical choice is to save up for a balance AMP such as Beta22 or GS-X.
Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif <snip> Otherwise, people would just hook up speakers to their sources, without an amplifier. |
Grawk, this is the part where we disagree.
First adding speakers to headphones discussion render the argument less cohesive. The power requirements of speakers are measure in terms of watts (speaker system can reach well above 1000W) while those of headphones are in mW (that’s 1/1000W). It’s true that speakers require massive amount of power to drive them properly but in regards to headphones, 1watt (added to a k701) would destroy the inner hair cells leading to complete sensineuro hearing lost.
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Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif The apogee simply can't keep up with the demands being placed on it when you're driving headphones, when compared to a good amp. |
I don’t know what you consider is a good AMP and what kind of demands you are referring to when driving headphones. However, a simple search and voila…here’s a snippet of a few comments from literally hundreds referring to Apogee’s pre-amp driving their headphones with great results.
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Originally Posted by tiberian /img/forum/go_quote.gif <snip> btw if you are going to use the senns with the apogee ditch the xp7 and plug it directly into the mini plug out...you won't be missing anything at all. |
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Originally Posted by saint.panda /img/forum/go_quote.gif <snip> I thought the Apogee setup using the HD 650 directly from the XLR line out and balanced Zu/Equinox was clearly superior to the HD 650 connected to the Opera using both the Opera's dac and amp. <snip> |
Your comment was the first I have read that states that the Apogee was underpower. I assumed you tried the balance XLR pre-amp of the Apogee and out of curiosity what was it that you thought was underpowered (volume, drive, etc…)?
I do agree that it is silly to own a $1000 source and running it with an inferior AMP but IMO it is sillier to side step or downgrade. The most logical choice is to save up for a balance AMP such as Beta22 or GS-X.