Hi,
Thanks to lurking here I've gone from playing my music through tiny computer speakers (chosen because they fit under my monitor stand) to listening with AKG K371 headphones connected to a Topping D10s DAC and JDS Atom headphone amp. As much as I like that setup, I don't want to listen using headphones all the time, so I've been looking at upgrading my speakers.
That's proven to be a much more difficult decision. I originally planned to simply upgrade my computer speakers and rearrange my desk to fit them in. Then I decided to rearrange my room instead, allowing the use of larger floor standing speakers. That just left me procrastinating about whether to get active speakers, e.g. well reviewed studio monitors, or passive speakers and a separate amp.
It's the latter option that I've finally decided on, mainly as I've seen a good deal on a pair of Revel Concerta2 M16 speakers, so that just leaves the amp.
The simplicity and money saving of a no-frills power amp is more appealing to me than an integrated amp with features and inputs I don't need. I'm in the UK and don't want to import, so I was thinking of something like a IOTAVX PA3, or maybe one of the Hypex NCore amps from Nord. Please feel free to tell me that this is a stupid idea if you think I'm making a mistake!
The main issue I can see with using these products is simply that there's no volume knob. My understanding is that the JDS Atom can act as a pre amp if I connect its RCA output to the power amp, allowing me to use it to control the volume. I know I'd have to unplug the headphones whenever I wanted to play through the speakers, but that doesn't really bother me.
Before I put in an order and potentially make a silly mistake, I thought I'd better check whether there's anything I'm missing?
Thanks to lurking here I've gone from playing my music through tiny computer speakers (chosen because they fit under my monitor stand) to listening with AKG K371 headphones connected to a Topping D10s DAC and JDS Atom headphone amp. As much as I like that setup, I don't want to listen using headphones all the time, so I've been looking at upgrading my speakers.
That's proven to be a much more difficult decision. I originally planned to simply upgrade my computer speakers and rearrange my desk to fit them in. Then I decided to rearrange my room instead, allowing the use of larger floor standing speakers. That just left me procrastinating about whether to get active speakers, e.g. well reviewed studio monitors, or passive speakers and a separate amp.
It's the latter option that I've finally decided on, mainly as I've seen a good deal on a pair of Revel Concerta2 M16 speakers, so that just leaves the amp.
The simplicity and money saving of a no-frills power amp is more appealing to me than an integrated amp with features and inputs I don't need. I'm in the UK and don't want to import, so I was thinking of something like a IOTAVX PA3, or maybe one of the Hypex NCore amps from Nord. Please feel free to tell me that this is a stupid idea if you think I'm making a mistake!
The main issue I can see with using these products is simply that there's no volume knob. My understanding is that the JDS Atom can act as a pre amp if I connect its RCA output to the power amp, allowing me to use it to control the volume. I know I'd have to unplug the headphones whenever I wanted to play through the speakers, but that doesn't really bother me.
Before I put in an order and potentially make a silly mistake, I thought I'd better check whether there's anything I'm missing?