Hi everyone, many greetings from Croatia!
My first post here :) and It has to do with both PC audio and headphones. I am posting here because I think headphones are secondary to my questione(s).
I have "some" knowledge about hi fi so am not a total rookie but for years I was out of the game and need a quick update. I would like to put together a PC/headphones solution to enjoy music both at home and at work.
- Output device: I have my heart set on either used Sennheiser 580 headphones or new Grados 60/125. Pricewise - this would be similar. Any tips here?
- Source of music: my Macbook Air, 1.7 Ghz processing power and 4GB RAM. I would feed FLAC files or highest quality WMA.
- Type of music: mostly classical (actually baroque but lets leave correctness out of it ;)), but also blues, rock and heavy metal.
What else will I need? As I have read on this site, it seems that usb D/A converters are what I am looking for? Music plays on the computer, D/A converts it to analogue signal, then I'm guessing I need headphone amplifier and finally headphones, right?
My budget is quite limited, so, for the suggested listening type, what D/A converter should I shop around (if any) and what headphone amplifier?
Thank you so much and sorry for the ramble, English is not my mothertongue! Cheers all,
Alex
Hi everyone, many greetings from Croatia!
My first post here :) and It has to do with both PC audio and headphones. I am posting here because I think headphones are secondary to my questione(s).
I have "some" knowledge about hi fi so am not a total rookie but for years I was out of the game and need a quick update. I would like to put together a PC/headphones solution to enjoy music both at home and at work.
- Output device: I have my heart set on either used Sennheiser 580 headphones or new Grados 60/125. Pricewise - this would be similar. Any tips here?
- Source of music: my Macbook Air, 1.7 Ghz processing power and 4GB RAM. I would feed FLAC files or highest quality WMA.
- Type of music: mostly classical (actually baroque but lets leave correctness out of it ;)), but also blues, rock and heavy metal.
What else will I need? As I have read on this site, it seems that usb D/A converters are what I am looking for? Music plays on the computer, D/A converts it to analogue signal, then I'm guessing I need headphone amplifier and finally headphones, right?
My budget is quite limited, so, for the suggested listening type, what D/A converter should I shop around (if any) and what headphone amplifier?
Thank you so much and sorry for the ramble, English is not my mothertongue! Cheers all,
Alex