Merkurio
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It has been a while (nearly three years) since I sold my last open over-ears, I’m mostly an IEM guy but I pull the trigger yesterday with the HE400se at $109 on Amazon, my first Hifiman and the second full-sized planar I buy since the Audeze LCD2C.
However, giving the fact that my IEMs don’t requiere tons of power and I use my AirPods Pro the most, I also sold my Topping DX3 Pro time ago (decision I admittedly regret) and now I just have the Apple dongle and my Mac mini M1 headphone output which I will use to temporarily amplify the HE400se.
My idea for a small footprint but powerful desktop setup is start by purchasing a Qudelix-5K for their hardware PEQ capabilities, using it mostly wired with my phone and as a desktop solution as well, connected to my Mac mini and then to a powerful amplifier like the Topping L50 using the later’s balanced inputs through a cable with dual 1/4 connectors to the single 2.5 mm from the Qudelix, in order to get the full 4V of output.
Do you think this is doable, giving the SINAD difference between both the Qudelix and the L50? Anyone has tried something similar? @JohnYang1997 anything useful to consider?
Thanks in advance!
However, giving the fact that my IEMs don’t requiere tons of power and I use my AirPods Pro the most, I also sold my Topping DX3 Pro time ago (decision I admittedly regret) and now I just have the Apple dongle and my Mac mini M1 headphone output which I will use to temporarily amplify the HE400se.
My idea for a small footprint but powerful desktop setup is start by purchasing a Qudelix-5K for their hardware PEQ capabilities, using it mostly wired with my phone and as a desktop solution as well, connected to my Mac mini and then to a powerful amplifier like the Topping L50 using the later’s balanced inputs through a cable with dual 1/4 connectors to the single 2.5 mm from the Qudelix, in order to get the full 4V of output.
Do you think this is doable, giving the SINAD difference between both the Qudelix and the L50? Anyone has tried something similar? @JohnYang1997 anything useful to consider?
Thanks in advance!