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After spending the weekend with my new boa, using it with my 225's and PK2's (simply awesome). The question has come, will it drive those HD650's, or the HD600's, how about the AKG 701's. I have some D2000's closed cans coming which should be no problem for the boa, but how about the hard to drive cans. Any boa owners out there been using it to with the hard to drive cans. Thanks for your input.
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Source: HP dv6000, iPod Classic, Nano, Shuffle
Portable: PK2, PK1
Headphones: Wooded SR225, HD650, HD280
Amp/Dac: iBasso D2 boa, on order Pico.....expected delivery......October (maybe Sept.?)
After spending the weekend with my new boa, using it with my 225's and PK2's (simply awesome). The question has come, will it drive those HD650's, or the HD600's, how about the AKG 701's. I have some D2000's closed cans coming which should be no problem for the boa, but how about the hard to drive cans. Any boa owners out there been using it to with the hard to drive cans. Thanks for your input.
I am curious if you are getting the pico amp/dac or just the amp? I have been thinking about getting the pico and would be very interested in hearing what you think of the comparison between the 2 amps.
I am curious if you are getting the pico amp/dac or just the amp? I have been thinking about getting the pico and would be very interested in hearing what you think of the comparison between the 2 amps.
I'm getting the amp/dac, I just got sick of waiting for the Pico so I pulled the trigger on the boa, can't beat it for the price. Since it's my 1st amp/dac I can't believe the difference in sound compared with no amp. Now I'm wondering if the Pico is that much better then the boa. I know I can sell either one so probably going to go ahead and get the Pico and just sell one of them. I do most of my listening from my laptop and the Pico's dac is considered the best of most portables. That is why I'm still going to give the Pico a shot even tho I'm very satisfied with the boa.
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Team OAF
Source: HP dv6000, iPod Classic, Nano, Shuffle
Portable: PK2, PK1
Headphones: Wooded SR225, HD650, HD280
Amp/Dac: iBasso D2 boa, on order Pico.....expected delivery......October (maybe Sept.?)
I'm getting the amp/dac, I just got sick of waiting for the Pico so I pulled the trigger on the boa, can't beat it for the price. Since it's my 1st amp/dac I can't believe the difference in sound compared with no amp. Now I'm wondering if the Pico is that much better then the boa. I know I can sell either one so probably going to go ahead and get the Pico and just sell one of them. I do most of my listening from my laptop and the Pico's dac is considered the best of most portables. That is why I'm still going to give the Pico a shot even tho I'm very satisfied with the boa.
Nice position to be in. You are right in thinking that you would not have any trouble selling either of the amp/dacs. The boa is obviously such a great unit for the price and the pico has a lot of buzz behind it and it hard to get at least quickly. I was amazed at how fast the boa got to me all the way from China.
Like I said earlier, keep me posted on how the two compare. I am pretty sure that the pico will come out ahead as it should costing more than twice as much. From what I can tell the pico amp/dac combo goes for about $500. Is that about right from your experience?
After spending the weekend with my new boa, using it with my 225's and PK2's (simply awesome). The question has come, will it drive those HD650's, or the HD600's, how about the AKG 701's. I have some D2000's closed cans coming which should be no problem for the boa, but how about the hard to drive cans. Any boa owners out there been using it to with the hard to drive cans. Thanks for your input.
I tried it at a meet on the weekend with DT990's (don't recall which model). The room had a lot of conversation so I had the headphone volume quite loud. The Boa was getting near the top of its output range but seemed adequate to me. Depending on how loud you listen YMMV. I don't know how the DT990's and 701's compare in terms of difficulty to drive.
I also tried the DT990's with a Pico and it had a lot more headroom on the volume control, but I wasn't making any attempt to precisely match sound level, so the Pico seems like it has more drive.
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hey i ordered mine sunday from nj. how long do you think it will take?
i emailed monday morning, asking for a tracking # but no dice yet
I ordered mine on 2AM Friday morning and got it Monday. Also note that it shipped across non-business days. I'm not sure how that happened. Expect it tomorrow.
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