SenorFrank
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Hello All,
I'm new to this world, and feeling a bit out of depth. I could use some help either in what to research or what are some recommendations on what to buy.
My goal is to have a nice little music listening corner where I can swap between headphone and speaker listening as I feel the need.
Things I have:
Debut Reference DBR62 Bookshelf Speakers
Massdrop Sennheiser HD 6xx
HIDIZS S9 Pro
Sources:
Phone - right now just Spotify, will experiment with other sources after I have a system to experiment with.
Record Player - My old record player broke in a recent move, not including this in this budget right now. Planning on spending about $500.
TV - Streaming from PC to tv. I'm not as worried about having a home theater or audio quality from the TV as I hardly watch tv, but it would be nice to be able to play the audio from the speakers and not just from the TV speakers.
Outputs:
Debut Reference DBR62 Bookshelf Speakers [for my space I think they are fine, I will likely add a sub-woofer later]
and
Massdrop Sennheiser HD 6xx
Amplification/receiver/confusion:
This is the part I need help with. I'm getting lost in all the components. I know I need an amplification to drive the speakers and according to amirm's review "However, note the area I have circled. Impedance is high at about 8 ohms but the phase angle is quite acute at nearly 50 degrees. This means the speaker will ask for current when the output voltage is very low. So you better have a beefy amplifier to drive this speaker." So I know I need a "beefy" amp. My question is over some of these nice receiver's I see an whether it is enough to drive the speakers. Additionally, if I get a nice receiver, do I still want a dac for my phone source / TV source? Would the headphone port on some of these receiver's be nice enough to not have a separate headphone amp? When I see pictures of peoples Hi-Fi "Stack," is it a amplifier, receiver, dac, headphone amp, phono pre-amp and is that the kind of end goal? All in all, I feel like there are just too many components to research here and I need some help on narrowing what to research.
Budget - flexible 2k
Questions/help/recommendations:
I'm new to this world, and feeling a bit out of depth. I could use some help either in what to research or what are some recommendations on what to buy.
My goal is to have a nice little music listening corner where I can swap between headphone and speaker listening as I feel the need.
Things I have:
Debut Reference DBR62 Bookshelf Speakers
Massdrop Sennheiser HD 6xx
HIDIZS S9 Pro
Sources:
Phone - right now just Spotify, will experiment with other sources after I have a system to experiment with.
Record Player - My old record player broke in a recent move, not including this in this budget right now. Planning on spending about $500.
TV - Streaming from PC to tv. I'm not as worried about having a home theater or audio quality from the TV as I hardly watch tv, but it would be nice to be able to play the audio from the speakers and not just from the TV speakers.
Outputs:
Debut Reference DBR62 Bookshelf Speakers [for my space I think they are fine, I will likely add a sub-woofer later]
and
Massdrop Sennheiser HD 6xx
Amplification/receiver/confusion:
This is the part I need help with. I'm getting lost in all the components. I know I need an amplification to drive the speakers and according to amirm's review "However, note the area I have circled. Impedance is high at about 8 ohms but the phase angle is quite acute at nearly 50 degrees. This means the speaker will ask for current when the output voltage is very low. So you better have a beefy amplifier to drive this speaker." So I know I need a "beefy" amp. My question is over some of these nice receiver's I see an whether it is enough to drive the speakers. Additionally, if I get a nice receiver, do I still want a dac for my phone source / TV source? Would the headphone port on some of these receiver's be nice enough to not have a separate headphone amp? When I see pictures of peoples Hi-Fi "Stack," is it a amplifier, receiver, dac, headphone amp, phono pre-amp and is that the kind of end goal? All in all, I feel like there are just too many components to research here and I need some help on narrowing what to research.
Budget - flexible 2k
Questions/help/recommendations:
- What is the ideal hi-fi "stack" made of? I need some help separating it out to better grasp what to research.
- What is the best use of the 2k at this stage? Should it go purely towards a receiver with thoughts of adding further components later? Is the receiver even the most important component at this stage?
- Does anybody have any recommendations on what to buy with a budget of 2k for the amplification/receiver/confusion stage? What would you buy with the main goal of listening to music while swapping between a record player, a phone, speakers, and headphones?