HD800 Sennheiser - Top SOLID STATE headphone amps - Page 3

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Originally Posted by Lil' Knight 

^ Worth it or not depends on your source. Is it fully balanced or just SE?

Good point, assuming a DAC1 or something with both balanced and unbalanced outputs, so that we talk only about the beta22.

grace design 902 (i have a 904). If you.ve heard one and compared, you already know that this is it.

Hows the Violectric V800 DAC

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Originally Posted by purk 

If you can find one, the Gilmore Reference is a great amp to use with the HD800.  It is the same as the GS-1 but with much better parts such as blackgates, vishay dale resistors, and DACT stepped attenuator.

 

Purk

that sounds basically like my gilmore v2-se.

and i'll second an earlier poster's recommendation of a top of the line headroom amp. headroom amps tend to do very well with sennheisers. i've heard their top shelf amps as parts of terrific sounding systems that have powered a number of cans including hd800s. the buda can run from either a single ended or balanced source and run your cans single ended or balanced. the big senns sound even better balanced.

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