Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
FYI, I currently own a LD I+ (hybrid amp, somewhat similar to the Bravo Ocean) and my next amp will probably be the LD MKII, because my main headphones are the Sennheiser HD6XX and they're supposed to sound better on tubes [long explanation about headphones impedance and tube amps vs solid state amps here].
Given the price tag of the Bravo Ocean, if you wanna introduce yourself into the tube amps it might be worth, and it'll drive most of your headphones without issues. On the solid-state side, maybe you should consider the Schiit Magni 3, one of the best price-performance amps in the market, very powerful and great sounding according to some ppl. It's up to you, I went for the tubes because I like to tinker and tube rolling seemed much fun, but if I had to buy just "one amp for everything" I guess I'll go with a Magni 3 right now.
O2 with sDAC was not the deal of the century, because of the low quality included power supply that basically forces you to spend an extra $20 buying a decent one (same as Massdrop O2). Also, having a DAC/amp combo might not be the best for the long-run, because probably later you'll upgrade your amp and you'll be stuck with the O2/sDAC combo (or you'll have to buy a new dedicated DAC). It's usually better to have separate DAC and amp, in case you upgrade/sidegrade/whatever, because it offers you the best flexibility being able to replace any component separately.