sarang
Skilled
I've finally settled into my new office and its a fabulous environment. Now I can think about getting a much needed personal audio overhaul.
So far the places I worked for were typical MNC/Indian IT orgs with a strict taboos for anything except intex/iball headphone with mics. :bleh:
So only way to audio nirvana was my IEMs with my iPhone (EP630, PL30, PL50, M2, S4i), that is history now. I can now freely carry my cans to the workplace
Enough of OT and coming to the point:
The cans will only be used in two places. (Home/Office) Everywhere else the S4i will serve the duty.
Budget: 10K (Lower the better)
Source:
1. At home on my primary rig with a Xonar DX.
Foobar->ASIO/KS -> Xonar DX
2. At office the 2011 Dell XPS 15 SNB (L502X i7/8Gig/GT540/FHD shamelss plug and one of the reasons I love my new workplace) with stock audio.
Foobar->ASIO4ALL -> Onboard
3. 80% FLAC/ALAC/APE 10% MP3 10% FPS Games
2. Both the home and office environments are noisy and I mean seriously noisy since its a "Open Office" that we work in with no cubicles/cabins etc. So the tighter isolation the better.
4. I will be using the cans close to 4-6 hours a day at the very least so a lighter set might be helpful.
5. I have a small brain resulting in a small skulls so our old SHP 8900 used to fall off my head
6. The content I listen to is mostly New Age (Enigma/Enya/Era/Govi/Delerium/Klaus Schulze/Schiller), Rock (Pink Floyd/ColdPlay/GreenDay/APsP/REM), Ghazals and Hindi/Marathi movies.
In other words decent Mids and Highs are welcome at the expense of some bass "Quantity".
PS: I love my AE2s and Paradigm Monitor audio signatures if that is a helpful addition.
7. As might be apparent from the "Source" point, I don't own a HP amp. A total noob when it comes to personal audio in spite of owning quite a few IEMs (all driven by apple PMPs/ iPhones) So a HP AMP/DAC if the gurus (damn you buggers ) deem fit might well be in order, just don't make me rob a bank and the smaller the better here too.
Over to you masters.
So far the places I worked for were typical MNC/Indian IT orgs with a strict taboos for anything except intex/iball headphone with mics. :bleh:
So only way to audio nirvana was my IEMs with my iPhone (EP630, PL30, PL50, M2, S4i), that is history now. I can now freely carry my cans to the workplace
Enough of OT and coming to the point:
The cans will only be used in two places. (Home/Office) Everywhere else the S4i will serve the duty.
Budget: 10K (Lower the better)
Source:
1. At home on my primary rig with a Xonar DX.
Foobar->ASIO/KS -> Xonar DX
2. At office the 2011 Dell XPS 15 SNB (L502X i7/8Gig/GT540/FHD shamelss plug and one of the reasons I love my new workplace) with stock audio.
Foobar->ASIO4ALL -> Onboard
3. 80% FLAC/ALAC/APE 10% MP3 10% FPS Games
2. Both the home and office environments are noisy and I mean seriously noisy since its a "Open Office" that we work in with no cubicles/cabins etc. So the tighter isolation the better.
4. I will be using the cans close to 4-6 hours a day at the very least so a lighter set might be helpful.
5. I have a small brain resulting in a small skulls so our old SHP 8900 used to fall off my head
6. The content I listen to is mostly New Age (Enigma/Enya/Era/Govi/Delerium/Klaus Schulze/Schiller), Rock (Pink Floyd/ColdPlay/GreenDay/APsP/REM), Ghazals and Hindi/Marathi movies.
In other words decent Mids and Highs are welcome at the expense of some bass "Quantity".
PS: I love my AE2s and Paradigm Monitor audio signatures if that is a helpful addition.
7. As might be apparent from the "Source" point, I don't own a HP amp. A total noob when it comes to personal audio in spite of owning quite a few IEMs (all driven by apple PMPs/ iPhones) So a HP AMP/DAC if the gurus (damn you buggers ) deem fit might well be in order, just don't make me rob a bank and the smaller the better here too.
Over to you masters.