i’m trying an Ananda, Focal Elegia, HD800s, and LCD-XC

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the xduoo ta-03s tube amp only has the 1/4" plug and my xduoo xp-2 pro has the 3.5mm but it has been sometimes flaking out or running out of battery

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so i considered Schiit Magni or Magni Heretic

and i’m wondering for now until i get an adaptor to plug the 1/4" from the Sennheiser and Audeze into the portable amp

how i can test them properly, and consider an integrated amp

because this OTL tube is giving low volume and the bass is wonky maybe until it heats up

and more so because these are low impedance except for the…Sennheiser?

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how much does an LCD-XC with Creator’s package case go for? and the stock pads are good enough, no need for ZMF or Dekoni?

haven’t managed to find ZMF headphones to try yet. there’s a few A-letter names that tend to go under $1k USD (the name of the headphones start with A for a few of them).

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The main thing today is there’s no way to properly test these LCD-XC until I find an adaptor for the portable amp or use a desktop amp. Or mini-xlr headphone cable with 3.5mm plug.