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In Reply to: RE: Easy test of Belt theory posted by Nirmala on March 22, 2008 at 16:08:21
I have reinvented my headphone system to allow me to easily carry it outside. I bought a Dell laptop with Vista and Burwen Bobcat to use as a music server, and then replaced my home headphone amp with a portable Lisa III amp. I am using a simple Trends UD10 as a USB DAC, and I may eventually try some other options for a higher quality DAC, although I must say the DAC in the Trends is not bad at all.
My initial experience reinforces my earlier test in that the music sounds richer and clearer when I take my rig outside. It is easy to do the A/B testing with the music playing continuously, by just getting up and walking inside while carrying the laptop with me. I have the DAC and amp in a plastic box that the laptop sits on.
And it is also simply inspiring to be out there with the trees and the blue sky. We have a beautiful backyard in a fairly quiet neighborhood, so what a treat to be listening to incredible sounding music in a such a setting. Even if the sound quality had not improved, I think I would still love this change.
The next thing I am going to try is a pair of in ear monitors for their sound isolation effect. Even though our neighborhood is relatively quiet, there still are planes overhead, dogs barking and other noises that can interfere. The bird songs are not so hard to take though. My current Audio Technica W1000 closed headphones block some sounds but not all of them.
Again, I would love to hear if anyone else tries this experiment.
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