#Schiit stack with surround sound Pc#
#Schiit stack with surround sound plus#

#Schiit stack with surround sound plus#

My iPad does a fine job with my HD600 when the power's out for example, but that's considering also that I don't really have much of a choice even if it has to struggle with a higher noise floor (neighbors are more likely on their yard chairs fanning themselves and drinking beer than inside with their wall, a lot of empty space, plus my wall blocking the sound off their conversations or their TVs). That last part is crucial, because it might be audible to others, but nevertheless it can still be at a point that these undesirable changes are still low enough. Or maybe my hearing just sucks.īasically you might be listening at a low enough volume that noise and distortion on the iPhone aren't audible enough to you. So apparently the iphone 5 has some sort of built in amp and can drive these just fine, or at least as good as $250 of schiit. Interestingly, I also did an A/B comparison between the schiit stack and just my iphone 5 plugged in and also noticed no difference at all, which I found strange because everything I read about these headphones told me that they would sound like crap if I just plugged them into an iphone. This leads me to believe that the amp and dac on the soundblaster z is doing a pretty good job powering these headphones and that someone looking to buy the 650's does at least need an amp as it made a pretty huge difference. However, if I take the magni out of the equation and just use the DAC and compare, the bass drops off considerably. I cannot tell any difference at all between the schiit stack and the soundblaster.

#Schiit stack with surround sound Pc#

Used my laptop hooked up to the schiit stack as one source and my PC with the soundblaster as the other, made sure no EQ or effects were on, started both at the same time and adjusted to get a seemless transition from one source to the other. I have an A/B switch that lets me switch between two different sources. OK, so I did some comparisons between the schiit stack I ordered and the soundblaster. There's no real benefit to this (as far as I'm aware) other than you can use the EQ and the 5.1 surround, which to me was worth it since I play with the EQ all the time. If I desire more bass, I'll just swap out the 650s for my Fidelio X2s, which btw are also notably improved by the schiit stack (certainly better than plugged into the SBZ).ĮDIT: I'll add that I actually used an optic cable to plug the schiit stack into the SBZ. It overall makes each 'component' of a song sound very clear and audible, as opposed to being blended together.īottom line, I'll be keeping my 650's plugged into the schiit stack. The schiit stack has a more refined and toned-back bass that allows all of the detail of the song to come forward - I noticed a lot of tiny things revealed in songs I hadn't noticed before.

However, it pushes out some of the detail of songs.

SBZ directly to the 650s has more rumbling bass, the kind that you feel vibrate in your head. I've only been using the schiit stack 2 U since earlier today. Sounds like we have pretty similar situations, gerry.