Hi everyone, thanks for reading, I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance. I recently purchased some new equipment and starting to get overwhelmed with the options since I'm mismatching alot of components. I'll list my system specs and what I'm trying to do, and hopefully someone can tell me the best way to accomplish that (without breaking the bank).
Tv: Sony XBR850d
PC: mother board m5a99x evo r2.0
Receiver: sansui c2101, single output split between amp and sub
Amp: sansui b2101
Speakers: 7.1 system hooked to the stereo amp in series (2x 6ohms, in three channels) yamaha nx-e130
Sub: yamaha sw-p130
Headphone amp: Little dot mkIII
Headphones: Massdrop Senn 6xx (Senn hd 650 comparable I think)
A very old turntable that hasn't been maintained very well with some vinyls. Some CDs, an old little sony stereo system (cd player). Spotify prem. on tv and phone. Alot of PC mp3s.
All in a small living room, obviously acquired alot of these components over the years so I'm trying to make it work with what I've got, I realize alot of this is mismatched.
I'm thinking I need a DAC for the headphones from PC or TV sources, for now I'll rely on what I've got not sure about the quality of the PC or TV dacs, maybe someone can shed some light on that. I do a bit of gaming with headphones but mostly concerned with music, what setup would give me the most use out of those sources. For optimal sound quality, can I hook up any cd player to the headphone amp using its LR output? Should I consider using the headphone amp as a preamp instead of the receiver? The turntable produces really low volume through the headphone amp and separately through the speaker amp, I think I need a new cartridge for it. Let me know what you think/ what would make the biggest improvements. Thanks.
Hi everyone, thanks for reading, I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance. I recently purchased some new equipment and starting to get overwhelmed with the options since I'm mismatching alot of components. I'll list my system specs and what I'm trying to do, and hopefully someone can tell me the best way to accomplish that (without breaking the bank).
Tv: Sony XBR850d
PC: mother board m5a99x evo r2.0
Receiver: sansui c2101, single output split between amp and sub
Amp: sansui b2101
Speakers: 7.1 system hooked to the stereo amp in series (2x 6ohms, in three channels) yamaha nx-e130
Sub: yamaha sw-p130
Headphone amp: Little dot mkIII
Headphones: Massdrop Senn 6xx (Senn hd 650 comparable I think)
A very old turntable that hasn't been maintained very well with some vinyls. Some CDs, an old little sony stereo system (cd player). Spotify prem. on tv and phone. Alot of PC mp3s.
All in a small living room, obviously acquired alot of these components over the years so I'm trying to make it work with what I've got, I realize alot of this is mismatched.
I'm thinking I need a DAC for the headphones from PC or TV sources, for now I'll rely on what I've got not sure about the quality of the PC or TV dacs, maybe someone can shed some light on that. I do a bit of gaming with headphones but mostly concerned with music, what setup would give me the most use out of those sources. For optimal sound quality, can I hook up any cd player to the headphone amp using its LR output? Should I consider using the headphone amp as a preamp instead of the receiver? The turntable produces really low volume through the headphone amp and separately through the speaker amp, I think I need a new cartridge for it. Let me know what you think/ what would make the biggest improvements. Thanks.