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@timiambeing

HI - I currently have a budget to lower mid-range set-up and find myself with around £600-800 to splash out on an incremental upgrade to hopefully up the SQ a notch or two. My current set-up is:

Raspberry Pi 4/Allo DigiOne HAT running coax spdif → Soncoz la-qxd1 DAC → SPL Phonitor One headphone amp → Sennheiser HD600’s

Music listening on my headfi gear is exclusively classical, mostly symphonies - Mahler, Sibelius - I like big dramatic music!

@timiambeing

Opinions seem to vary as to where the best use of resources should be put, either streamer, DAC or Amp?

The is in the details. If you’re open to a new can instead – while keeping your current gear – my advice would be: be patient, save some more and get a HD800S. Period.

You may even get a second hand within your budget though.

BTW, please share us your favorite albums/tracks in this thread as well:

Classical Music Discussion

This is the thread to discuss Classical music, whether it be artists, songs, acoustic properties of a song, or even which headphone you find fits the genre Just remember keep it within the realm of Classical! By popular request, here’s a direct link to a popular post within this thread: @FLTWS Music Notes to MAHLER 7th SURVEY: Classical Music Discussion - #464 by FLTWS

Cheers.