midnightsun
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Hi!
as some of you who helped me in my other thread might already know I currently have the Hifiman Ananda headphones. I drive them with a RME ADI-2 DAC FS and am getting a Motu M2 in a few days and see how I like it. Eventually I would consider getting a dedicated DAC and Amp in case I'm not happy with the ones in the M2 which right now seems unlikely.
I REALLY like the sound of the Hifiman Ananda. My biggest issue (apart from the fact that I would enjoy a little more of that fantastic bass) with it however is the "impracticality" of open back headphones on a day to day basis.
I can neither use them in the office nor on a plane or even just at night at high volumes if my girlfriend sleeps next to me (I sometimes have to work late and have a desk/workstation in the bedroom).
From what I can understand and have read on the internet and here at least one feature (the wide soundstage) is definitively achieved due to the open back design and the high performance at a "relatively low" price point might also benefit from it.
Now. I am already almost sure that I'm gonna keep the Ananda. However I think that if there was a closed back alternative or also an IEM with a similar sound characteristic, of similar high performance and at a similar price point I might regret not at least considering that option. In the end it is a lot of money and I would like to be able to really enjoy the product it gets me as unrestricted as possible and wherever I want. I think both IEM's and closed back headphones would make it easier because they reduce the impact of the factor environment in the equation.
any ideas or recommendations you can give me?
as some of you who helped me in my other thread might already know I currently have the Hifiman Ananda headphones. I drive them with a RME ADI-2 DAC FS and am getting a Motu M2 in a few days and see how I like it. Eventually I would consider getting a dedicated DAC and Amp in case I'm not happy with the ones in the M2 which right now seems unlikely.
I REALLY like the sound of the Hifiman Ananda. My biggest issue (apart from the fact that I would enjoy a little more of that fantastic bass) with it however is the "impracticality" of open back headphones on a day to day basis.
I can neither use them in the office nor on a plane or even just at night at high volumes if my girlfriend sleeps next to me (I sometimes have to work late and have a desk/workstation in the bedroom).
From what I can understand and have read on the internet and here at least one feature (the wide soundstage) is definitively achieved due to the open back design and the high performance at a "relatively low" price point might also benefit from it.
Now. I am already almost sure that I'm gonna keep the Ananda. However I think that if there was a closed back alternative or also an IEM with a similar sound characteristic, of similar high performance and at a similar price point I might regret not at least considering that option. In the end it is a lot of money and I would like to be able to really enjoy the product it gets me as unrestricted as possible and wherever I want. I think both IEM's and closed back headphones would make it easier because they reduce the impact of the factor environment in the equation.
any ideas or recommendations you can give me?