Hi there folks,
I’ve got a brand new setup consisting of Laptop -> Apple USB-C to headphone -> Geshelli Archel2 amp -> Sennheiser HD6xx. And I’m loving it so far! This is an upgrade over my previous laptop -> HD598. For music, I’m mostly listening to Apple Music (classical), although now with this setup I’m probably going to start going through my dad’s CD collection to see if there‘s a difference there. I also have enjoyed this setup for Netflix.
That said, I’ve currently got Windows volume set to 100, the amp on Low Gain, and the volume knob on the amp varies between about say 40-60% depending on the source media. I guess I’ve got a couple questions:
I’ve got a brand new setup consisting of Laptop -> Apple USB-C to headphone -> Geshelli Archel2 amp -> Sennheiser HD6xx. And I’m loving it so far! This is an upgrade over my previous laptop -> HD598. For music, I’m mostly listening to Apple Music (classical), although now with this setup I’m probably going to start going through my dad’s CD collection to see if there‘s a difference there. I also have enjoyed this setup for Netflix.
That said, I’ve currently got Windows volume set to 100, the amp on Low Gain, and the volume knob on the amp varies between about say 40-60% depending on the source media. I guess I’ve got a couple questions:
- Is this better than switching the amp to High Gain and turning down Windows volume? Does it matter?
- Any advice on setting bit/sample rate in Windows?
- Any other advice for optimizing this setup? I’m totally new to the world of headphone amps/DACs, I’ve been browsing this forum for the past month but definitely have a lot to learn.