You need a set of speaker taps to connect to the amp speaker outs, and a balanced cable for your cans to attach to the speaker taps.  You could make one cable that connects directly to the amp, but then you would have to unhook the 4 wires from the amp and rehook different ones each time you...

 You might want to browse this thread:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/649107/speaker-amps-for-headphones   There's a whole amplifier universe for you to explore, if you are bold enough...

Folks:   Just a quick note to let you know that my experiment with my Nikko NA-890 continues, and I love this thing.  Periodic age-related noise aside, I think it is actually better than the Odyssey Cyclops in driving the LCD-3s. I'm running it through my Mills resistor box (another source of...

The HD600 and 650 should behave pretty much the same, since I think they use the same drivers, just damped/tuned differently.    As I recall, there are some precautions to be taken if you use resistors with certain kinds of amps, (bridged vs, unbridged???) but the experts on here need to...

I got mine off Amazon from Shenzen:   http://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-Version-balance-ZY-002-2-5M/dp/B00A2QJLY8/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1406087641&sr=8-11&keywords=hd650+cable   It's a really nice cable.  I have to believe Shenzen will ship one to Australia for about the same price (in USD).

Straight off the taps, nothing in between except wire.  Easily controllable with the dial between 7:30 and 8:30 on the Cyclops (110 wpc into 8 ohms).  Brings the HD650s to life, definitely not "dark" particularly using the Nikko (70 wpc into 8 ohms).  Listening to RHCP on the Cyclops right now. ...

Duckman:   Usable volume on a normal track is between 7:30 and 8:30 on the dial.  Not much range, but the dial is pretty big, so there's enough control.  I tend not to crank on volume the way I used to -- I'm old, after all -- but even on Red Hot Chili Peppers there should be enough control...

I use HD650s directly fed (no resistors... resistors are futile) from both my Odyssey Cyclops and ancient Nikko integrated amp, with no hiss, excellent sound.

Ummm... they might BE the noise in asynch mode...

Anybody interested in a pair of ESP-950s with maybe 100 hours on them and no issues last time I tried them (7 months ago) for $600 shipped anywhere in the continental US should PM me.  I like them, but prefer my LCDs, and need the cash to feed my other habit -- orchard equipment.  Any of you who...

"Just wanted to mention that after placing my order they took nearly a week before shipping it out. They said that they thoroughly check their DC-1s for international order. Not sure what they check for."   Ahhh.. that's just the NSA adding a listening device to your listening device... no big...

Folks:   I figured I'd give you an update on the Nikko NA-890 after about a month.  I still love the thing, most of the time.  I tried it without the resistors in the chain (I just connected the tap into the input jacks of the resistor box where the speaker wire was already attached) and it...

You want an eye-opening education?  Read the following thread:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/649107/speaker-amps-for-headphones   There will be a test...(which I would fail...). 

  Honoured (or "honored" to translate for those in the US)?  Thanks, but all I did was spend my holidays listening to DACs, writing wordy posts and getting abused for it.  Anybody could have done that.   In any case, you might find the "analog" sound you are seeking in Metrum products.  The...

  My side-by-side testing indicated that nothing out there is going to "blow the DC-1 out of the water" as a DAC.  As folks have posted here recently, the differences in modern DACs are very subtle once you get to the DC-1's capabilities.    I agree that the HP amp in the DC-1 is pretty...