ChristianL_Mtl
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Hello,
I'm new on the forum, but I've been reading Amir's review for quite a while !
Right now, I'm looking for two possible upgrades, but I have a technical question related to one of those paths.
Here is my current setup:
Acoustic Energy AE309 (Sensitivity = 89 dB, "warm" sounding speakers, good for jazz and vocals, at least for my ears !)
Atoll DAC with Apple Music + Thorens TD160 turntable (I enjoy listening to Jazz records on LPs, but I don't pretend it is superior by any mean)
Simaudio Moon 220i/i.5 (40W per channel at 8 ohms, 80W at 4 ohms)
BeyerDynamic DT250 headphones (bought a while back)
I live in an apartment, so nothing special in terms of listening room (9 feet ceiling, around 30x30 feet in the living/dining room space)
I was wondering if I should/could upgrade headphones with something like Dan Clark's Noire headphones or adding some power to the amp with something like Class-D Purifi/Hypex system (either stereo power amplifier or maybe even affordable mono blocks).
So my question is, for normal listening habit and for mostly jazz music, would more amplifier power would be noticeable and worthwhile ?
Better headphones seem quite obvious, but I'm not sure if increased dynamic range and maybe less distortion would be a noticeable upgrade worth the investment in my scenario.
Thank you for your help !
I'm new on the forum, but I've been reading Amir's review for quite a while !
Right now, I'm looking for two possible upgrades, but I have a technical question related to one of those paths.
Here is my current setup:
Acoustic Energy AE309 (Sensitivity = 89 dB, "warm" sounding speakers, good for jazz and vocals, at least for my ears !)
Atoll DAC with Apple Music + Thorens TD160 turntable (I enjoy listening to Jazz records on LPs, but I don't pretend it is superior by any mean)
Simaudio Moon 220i/i.5 (40W per channel at 8 ohms, 80W at 4 ohms)
BeyerDynamic DT250 headphones (bought a while back)
I live in an apartment, so nothing special in terms of listening room (9 feet ceiling, around 30x30 feet in the living/dining room space)
I was wondering if I should/could upgrade headphones with something like Dan Clark's Noire headphones or adding some power to the amp with something like Class-D Purifi/Hypex system (either stereo power amplifier or maybe even affordable mono blocks).
So my question is, for normal listening habit and for mostly jazz music, would more amplifier power would be noticeable and worthwhile ?
Better headphones seem quite obvious, but I'm not sure if increased dynamic range and maybe less distortion would be a noticeable upgrade worth the investment in my scenario.
Thank you for your help !