Post by rvsixer on Apr 7, 2018 19:05:05 GMT -5
Okay as a lifelong hater of cans, a couple of years ago my living situation changed to needing them for both background and or somewhat serious music listening, as well as nighttime TV watching. So I bought some Massdrop AKG K7XX cans to get my feet wet, using the built in headphone amp on my XSP-1 (one SWEET preamp love it).
Turns out the AKG's are SO comfy and can be worn for hours at a time with absolutely no physical or listening fatigue, and I finally got used to sound coming straight into my ears instead of from the front, that I kind of like cans now
. So time to start experimenting with new and different headphones and amps. Remote volume/mute control is an absolute requirement (combo music/HT/home office/hobby room, so I move around a lot, can manage the headphone cord and a remote; but moving a wired headphone amp with volume knob AND a headphone wired to it would just be too much). Budget is $200-300.
So I come up with these scenarios:
1) Headphone amp with remote, running off XSP-1 loop processor output (can't find one with good measurements in my price range)
2) Non-remote control headphone amp running off XSP-1 main outputs (using the XSP-1 remote for volume).
Is the second solution possible? Or do I run into gain structure/distortion/impedance/other issues with two volume controls? How to set each volume control (I assume fully clockwise on the headphone volume knob?)? Ideas and recommendations (with good/excellent actual objective measurements, so no Schiit please).
If the BasX A-100 had a switchable second L-pad resistor for better support of headphones with low impedance, it would be ideal and on its way to me right now (hint?)! Or maybe it's not a real worry, just how much does a 220 ohm output impedance affect the FR of a 62-ohm pair of cans?
Turns out the AKG's are SO comfy and can be worn for hours at a time with absolutely no physical or listening fatigue, and I finally got used to sound coming straight into my ears instead of from the front, that I kind of like cans now
. So time to start experimenting with new and different headphones and amps. Remote volume/mute control is an absolute requirement (combo music/HT/home office/hobby room, so I move around a lot, can manage the headphone cord and a remote; but moving a wired headphone amp with volume knob AND a headphone wired to it would just be too much). Budget is $200-300. So I come up with these scenarios:
1) Headphone amp with remote, running off XSP-1 loop processor output (can't find one with good measurements in my price range)
2) Non-remote control headphone amp running off XSP-1 main outputs (using the XSP-1 remote for volume).
Is the second solution possible? Or do I run into gain structure/distortion/impedance/other issues with two volume controls? How to set each volume control (I assume fully clockwise on the headphone volume knob?)? Ideas and recommendations (with good/excellent actual objective measurements, so no Schiit please).
If the BasX A-100 had a switchable second L-pad resistor for better support of headphones with low impedance, it would be ideal and on its way to me right now (hint?)! Or maybe it's not a real worry, just how much does a 220 ohm output impedance affect the FR of a 62-ohm pair of cans?
