I am primarily a stereo guy. Have loved them since forever and; with passage of time have assembled a decent sounding set up. I generally prefer tube amplifiers for their general organic sound and spaciousness. However, I do value clarity and seperation and don't like muddy sounding kits, even if they sound warm/cosy or romantic.
Since months, due to expanding family, lack of time and other responsibilities etc, stereo listing has reduced.
In this backdrop, I request forum members to help me set up my first headphones set up.
Budget 1 lakh (streamer, DAC, headphones and amp)
The set up should be relatively compact.
It will be great if a tubes can be introduced in the whole chain.
I use bose quit comfort Gen 2 ANC Ear buds (through BL fed from my smartphone). So that is my reference as far as my headphone experience is. For me, it's sound really good.
None of my tube amp/DAC/Streamers have headphones out. Only my SS amp i.e Marantz PM 8006 has a headphone out, which I haven't tried. So, let me know if I need only the headphones and than everything else in the stereo set up can be used. This option, I want to rule out, only if separate headphones amps will outperform the Marantz's by a big margin.
Thanks in advance.
Since months, due to expanding family, lack of time and other responsibilities etc, stereo listing has reduced.
In this backdrop, I request forum members to help me set up my first headphones set up.
Budget 1 lakh (streamer, DAC, headphones and amp)
The set up should be relatively compact.
It will be great if a tubes can be introduced in the whole chain.
I use bose quit comfort Gen 2 ANC Ear buds (through BL fed from my smartphone). So that is my reference as far as my headphone experience is. For me, it's sound really good.
None of my tube amp/DAC/Streamers have headphones out. Only my SS amp i.e Marantz PM 8006 has a headphone out, which I haven't tried. So, let me know if I need only the headphones and than everything else in the stereo set up can be used. This option, I want to rule out, only if separate headphones amps will outperform the Marantz's by a big margin.
Thanks in advance.