cornishgiant
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Hi guys, I am hoping that you can advise me on my predicament. In my living room I have my Hifi which consists of:
- Tidal playing via a
- Blusound Node 2i into
- Arcam A75 into
- Fyne F501 speakers
I would, at some point soon, like to upgrade the Amp as I think there are improvements to be had here but I love this set up - it sounds great to my ears. But thats not the problem right now. (Not relevant to this discussion but I also have the matching Fyne center and other surround speakers fed by a Marantz 7009 - using the Arcam via HT Bypass for F&L).
My problem is basically my wife. And that she is an early to bed person and I am not - and she is not happy when I play my music at night as it stops her sleeping. Divorces are expensive and, well, I'm not much of a catch so I probably need to keep hold of her. So I figure my future was headphones, at least for post 9pm.
From the Classifieds I bought a set of Seinheisser HD580s. I've plugged them into the Arcam and had a listen. Well colour me underwhelmed. Not in the slightest bit whlemed. No whelm to be found anywhere. I really love the room filling aspect of stero speakers and the 'feeling' of the air moving. I know I am not going to get that from headphones but I wasn't expecting to be this far away. I've tried it direct into the Bluesound (muddier sounding than the Arcam) and via a DragonFlyblack attached to my PC (Best out of all of these, but still not something I can accept as an alternative to my HiFi set up).
Bascially it lacks bass, 'movement' in the music, 'space' in the music and even stereo imaging. If that isn't a load of subjective BS? I'm just not as engaged or transported into the music.
So whats wrong with this scenario? Have I bought Headphones not in the same 'league' as my speakers? Do headphones stand a chance of giving me something that will keep me from needing to hire a solicitor? If so, like what and how much am I going to need to spend? Are the sources the issue? Should I be looking at a headphone amp?
Ladies and gentlemen - help me keep my kids parents living under the same roof. How do I get something that I am likely able to live with out of headphones? Obvs, going to my local stereo dealer (Senso systems in Truro) isn't an option with covid. And my sanity needs saving through this lockdown.
- Tidal playing via a
- Blusound Node 2i into
- Arcam A75 into
- Fyne F501 speakers
I would, at some point soon, like to upgrade the Amp as I think there are improvements to be had here but I love this set up - it sounds great to my ears. But thats not the problem right now. (Not relevant to this discussion but I also have the matching Fyne center and other surround speakers fed by a Marantz 7009 - using the Arcam via HT Bypass for F&L).
My problem is basically my wife. And that she is an early to bed person and I am not - and she is not happy when I play my music at night as it stops her sleeping. Divorces are expensive and, well, I'm not much of a catch so I probably need to keep hold of her. So I figure my future was headphones, at least for post 9pm.
From the Classifieds I bought a set of Seinheisser HD580s. I've plugged them into the Arcam and had a listen. Well colour me underwhelmed. Not in the slightest bit whlemed. No whelm to be found anywhere. I really love the room filling aspect of stero speakers and the 'feeling' of the air moving. I know I am not going to get that from headphones but I wasn't expecting to be this far away. I've tried it direct into the Bluesound (muddier sounding than the Arcam) and via a DragonFlyblack attached to my PC (Best out of all of these, but still not something I can accept as an alternative to my HiFi set up).
Bascially it lacks bass, 'movement' in the music, 'space' in the music and even stereo imaging. If that isn't a load of subjective BS? I'm just not as engaged or transported into the music.
So whats wrong with this scenario? Have I bought Headphones not in the same 'league' as my speakers? Do headphones stand a chance of giving me something that will keep me from needing to hire a solicitor? If so, like what and how much am I going to need to spend? Are the sources the issue? Should I be looking at a headphone amp?
Ladies and gentlemen - help me keep my kids parents living under the same roof. How do I get something that I am likely able to live with out of headphones? Obvs, going to my local stereo dealer (Senso systems in Truro) isn't an option with covid. And my sanity needs saving through this lockdown.