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Since I don't have much choice but to do a lot of my mastering with headphones and my computer, I think I might need a better headphone preamp than the built-in on the Macbook Pro... I also don't want to spend a ton of money.This http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/headroom-total-bithead.php looked like a pretty good solution. USB powered, small footprint, etc.Anyone used one, or something similar?
Quote from: acidjack on August 12, 2010, 04:03:26 PMSince I don't have much choice but to do a lot of my mastering with headphones and my computer, I think I might need a better headphone preamp than the built-in on the Macbook Pro... I also don't want to spend a ton of money.This http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/headroom-total-bithead.php looked like a pretty good solution. USB powered, small footprint, etc.Anyone used one, or something similar?whats your budget? I think some of the ibasso or pico line that are likely to beat those, but they cost slightly more (the ibasso line averages around $210 or so).
Any other comments on the FUN?It looks too good to pass up. I'd like to run my office system - USB out from my computerto either bookshelf speakers (Usher 520s) or powered monitors (M-Audio Bx-5a)
Quote from: Todd R on December 17, 2010, 05:19:36 PMQuote from: KenH on December 17, 2010, 09:57:15 AMTopping models have some with USB for a few $ more.I have one of the topping amps with USB in my computer playback system. USB DAC, Headphone amp, and Class T speaker amp all in one. I love it -- sounds great, very flexible. It has RCA inputs, but I usually use the USB DAC input, and then I use it both as a headphone amp with my Grado SR225's or my A-T ATH-M50 cans (really getting used to those for post-production work!), and also use it for speaker playback with my Soliloquy's.More expensive than what Chuck is looking for, but a great box!I just got one a couple of weeks ago (Topping TP-30) for computer playback & I concur. It sounds great as a headphone amp powering my Sennheiser HD 650's and does a great job powering my Polk bookshelf speakers. I use the USB input for computer playback (although I had to do some research to find out how to get Adobe Audition to use it as an external DAC) and have a radio plugged into the RCA jacks for when I want to listed to the radio when working at the computer (the quality of internet radio is a disappointment to me in most cases). At around $100, this was one of the best purchases I've ever made. It took about a month to arrive from China, but well worth the wait. Now I see you can get one for $90 shipped here:http://www.hifidiyshop.com/topping-tp30-class-t-digital-amplifier-usb-dac-ta2024_p221.html
Quote from: KenH on December 17, 2010, 09:57:15 AMTopping models have some with USB for a few $ more.I have one of the topping amps with USB in my computer playback system. USB DAC, Headphone amp, and Class T speaker amp all in one. I love it -- sounds great, very flexible. It has RCA inputs, but I usually use the USB DAC input, and then I use it both as a headphone amp with my Grado SR225's or my A-T ATH-M50 cans (really getting used to those for post-production work!), and also use it for speaker playback with my Soliloquy's.More expensive than what Chuck is looking for, but a great box!
Topping models have some with USB for a few $ more.