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Audio Technica M40x would be an excellent low budget option, despite being closed back their soundstage is surprisingly wide - they massively benefit from deeper pads, though - and they punch far above their weight on music listening. No amp required. Last edited: Dec 8, 2020. , , and 5 others.
Unfortunately powerful portable amps are non existent at this point. Everything is a dac amp and don’t output the same as they used to. the dac I linked a few posts up allows you to output tempest over optical if you have a wired amp you want to try it with since the usb out on the ps5 is so underpowered.
Soundbars in general aren't 'audiophile' and I am willing to bet the internals don't output great quality sound. But, the best way to find out is to try it out yourself. For gear: maybe start on the low-end, with a Schiit Modi & Magni combo. If you want a DAC & Amp in one, FiiO makes great entry-level gear (same for Schiit).
Headphones are important. You can spend a lot of money on them and get a real and big difference. Of course, 100$ headphones can be reasonable, but say the ones I have is 95% of max, then the 300$ are about 80% and 100$ about 60%. It's quickly an exponential price increase for performance.
Sure, overdone bass is just as bad but not many headphones are doing this for years now. The studio reference bs is so much hype, it is actually hard to find a proper fun sounding headphones. I had quite a lot and Pulse 3d is my main now. It actually sounds really similar to koss porta pro. Just a bit more detailed and with lower sub capability.
The Dualsense audio was designed to deliver tempest 3d to everyone as conveniently as possible. As long the ohm is low enough there’s no reason most headphones won’t sound good. Most headphones are low impedance anyway. If it works well on your phone it will be fine for dualsense.
I've been listening to a lot of classical music on headphones lately, and these $50 Sony headphones I'm using just aren't cutting it. In pieces with large orchestras the brass drowns out everything else; cellos and basses sometimes get lost in the mix altogether; when listening to opera sopranos...
The sound quality on them isn't the best out of all headphones of all time of course. But they are pretty great! I think you have to be a pretty big audiophile to really think the A40s are shitty ( I have been through multiple 500$+ pairs of headphones through the years from Sony, Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic, etc.. ).
The Elgato might not have enough power, but I'm happy to be corrected. As such, my thoughts are to buy this RCA male to 1/4th female adapter, then this DAC. From my understanding, this will allow me to use the XLR for the mic-input, then the 1/4th (& RCA adapter) as the audio-output. Again, many thanks for any input.
The most dramatic possible fidelty improvement comes from a good pair of headphones. Over-ear, in ear, open or closed, it doesn't much matter. They don't even need to be expensive, though expensive headphones can be worth the money. Keep in mind that some headphones are expensive because they're well made, durable and sound great.