You’re going to get a bunch of “amp/DAC don’t matter!!!” replies here. I’d suggest going to an actual headphone forum like head-fi or SBAF and using the search feature there.
Furthermore, you really need to post a budget. Are you looking to spend $200 or $20,000?
Yes , exactly.
I wonder how people come up with that nonsense…
I have owned 15 pairs of headphones, and they certainly come alive from Decent amplification and DACs, owned a few of different values. Yet on here you will find someone buying a 2 k headphone and trying to get the most out of it from a £200 amp… Normally asking if the cheap product will be enough to power the expensive one.
Then you get these clowns that say there is plenty of volume 😂 it’s night and day a good dac/ amp over a cheap one. Everything opens up, bass quality and separation greatly improves. You could almost be listening to a different headphone in some cases
Example I had a beyerdynamic t-90, didn’t sound good on meridian explorer, Cambridge dac magic, sounded ok off fostex hpa8, but stunning from icon audio hp8 valve amp through the fostex dac. Synergy is everything.
You’re going to get a bunch of “amp/DAC don’t matter!!!” replies here. I’d suggest going to an actual headphone forum like head-fi or SBAF and using the search feature there.
Furthermore, you really need to post a budget. Are you looking to spend $200 or $20,000?
Yes , exactly. I wonder how people come up with that nonsense… I have owned 15 pairs of headphones, and they certainly come alive from Decent amplification and DACs, owned a few of different values. Yet on here you will find someone buying a 2 k headphone and trying to get the most out of it from a £200 amp… Normally asking if the cheap product will be enough to power the expensive one. Then you get these clowns that say there is plenty of volume 😂 it’s night and day a good dac/ amp over a cheap one. Everything opens up, bass quality and separation greatly improves. You could almost be listening to a different headphone in some cases Example I had a beyerdynamic t-90, didn’t sound good on meridian explorer, Cambridge dac magic, sounded ok off fostex hpa8, but stunning from icon audio hp8 valve amp through the fostex dac. Synergy is everything.