hollowman 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 Hi! I'm currently saving up for my desktop rig. 1) Is it advisable to build my rig in stages i.e. CDP 1st, amp 2nd? Headphones wise, i'm sticking to my ESW10 at the moment 2) Is there such thing as an amp built specifically to suit a certain player, such that certain amps works better with certain players? 3) I'm looking at the Marantz CD6003 once i get my paycheck, any comments on this player and any suggested retailers with good service? Thanks a lot!! Happy Lunar New Year!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uberburger101 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 Hi! I'm currently saving up for my desktop rig. 1) Is it advisable to build my rig in stages i.e. CDP 1st, amp 2nd? Headphones wise, i'm sticking to my ESW10 at the moment 2) Is there such thing as an amp built specifically to suit a certain player, such that certain amps works better with certain players? 3) I'm looking at the Marantz CD6003 once i get my paycheck, any comments on this player and any suggested retailers with good service? Thanks a lot!! Happy Lunar New Year!! I'll just give my two cents. Before I started on my home rig journey, I bought the ESW10 on impulse (good deal). I was then thinking of building a home rig around it because of all the comparisons with full sized cans. However, after trying it with everything from an iPod to a Yamamoto, I realised that the ESW10 does not scale as well as full sized cans. For me this wasn't really a bad thing, because I could still use it with my iPod and even my laptop's headphone out and have it sound way above acceptable. I then built my home rig after a full-sized can (Grado RS-1) and no regrets whatsoever. Different purposes, I guess. 1) Normally it's quite tricky to audition different sources because the rest of the components in the chain differ depending on the shop you go to. What I did was start with the amp that paired the best with the headphone you like then work on the source. If your amp+headphone is a warm smooth combination you might want to pair it with a clean, detailed source etc. 2) Yes, the Stello stack is one such example. (Correct me if I'm wrong) but I believe this happens more often with Hi-Fi equipment than headphone rigs. Like I mentioned above, I would go about matching an amp first before going with the source. If they sound good together, no one is stopping you from making the pairing. 3) No comments on this player, haven't heard it before. But you can get it from Alpha Audio or KEC at Adelphi, pay in cash and bargain hard (heard this from a fellow forumer kchew). Hope this helped. Best of luck. YMMV as usual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hollowman 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2010 thank you uberburger!! haven't tried out many full-sized headphones, think i'm gonna take my time with them i need a while to save up money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uberburger101 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2010 No hurry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hollowman 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2010 curious, anybody here tried Denon's DCD-710 before? any comments? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmk 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) curious, anybody here tried Denon's DCD-710 before? any comments? Dunno about that specific Denon DCD, but I'm using their DVD2930 (universal player - SACD, DVDA, etc) and can highly recommend it. Right now, my favourite combo is: DVD2930 > AudioMagic Sorcerer IC > Consonance Cyber30 > Denon D7k Edited February 27, 2010 by cmk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites