opinions on the DT770 '05 600 ohm? - Page 10

Any suggestions of some OTL Tube Amps? Not framiliar with OTL at all, only tube amp I have ever had has been my Little Dot mkII

What price range?

well about $200-250 max I guess, I would consider selling my LD mkII if this amp would be superior which would add maybe another $120 or so I think.

In that case I will suggest the Darkvoice 336 - works well with those headphones, and is in that general price range (that's about the lowest you will find for a decent tube amp).

Around $200 only? Hrm... maybe some Darkvoice amps would be in that range, but you should save up and go for a OTL Woo Audio amp of some sort.

I heard the DT880's on the MKII and did not like it's sound at all. It sounded off to me. Maybe the MKIII would be better buy I have not heard my phones on it so I can not comment.

For a taste of tubes, get a PHENIX G3 or G7. Both are sub $200 and will drive them nicely (but don't expect them to be driven to their full potential). I had the G3 version and it sounded great with my DT880.

EDIT: Fixed typos.

I can certainly vouch for the MKIII.   Pair these up with the right combination of Mullard/Sovtek tubes, and any 600ohm beyer models will sing. Frank_1 and Marouzen have no problems running their T1's off the Mark II,  you might wanna tube roll a bit to see if the sound becomes to your liking. Getting a better source helps as well.   

Thanks for the advice so far everyone, more than anything I was just trying to get some background info on possible amps for the dt770 assuming I got that route which is dependent on my dt990 250ohm selling. I might give some tube rolling a shot with the mkII, wouldn't mind a new amp but at the same time there isn't anything I find clearly wrong with the mkII. So far it has been awesome aside from the included RCA cable dying a very early death for no real reason aside from it seemed to feel like it.

As for source, I'm considering/looking into budget cd player's right now, hoping to find something solid for around $100, if that is possible I will jump on it no question.

Get an Oppo universal disc player, I think they sound very good for the money. There's one out there for $169 I believe. It's in my MusicDirect catalog.