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Best headphone amplifiers to go with headphones?

post #1 of 3
9/2/10 at 12:17pm
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Hi

 

Fellow-HeadFiers 

 

For many years I have listened to music through my Sony headphones but after listening to a pair of Beyer headphones I found that while my Sony headphones were very good the Beyer's were better still, as naturally technology has moved on since those days then after listening to them on a friends dedicated headphone amp I decided I needed a proper amp as the headphone out on my Onkyo AV Receiver  wouldn't drive them loud enough...

 

I am looking for a solid state amp, I don't mind if some recommends a used amp but only if the product quality must be Mint or Close.

 

What i am looking for:

 

 

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Please suggest in what your best amps are for these headphones: 

 

Beyerdynamic DT880 PRO 250 Ohms

 

Beyerdynamic DT990 PRO 250 Ohms

 

Audio Technica ATH-AD700 32 Ohms

 

AKG K701 62 ohms

 

Sennheiser HD600 300 Ohms

 

My list so far is as follows:

 

Monitor II Headphone Amplifier

 

Maverick Audio - Tube Magic A1 Hybrid Intergrated Amplifier 

 

Matrix m-stage Headphone Amp

 

Audio-Gd Fun version B 

 

FireStone Audio Cute 

 

Graham Slee Novo

 

CREEK OBH21 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER

 

Little Dot MK  III

 

Music genera's:

 

RnB

 

Hip Hop

 

Jazz

 

Drum and Bass

 

Also, if you know of more amps not on my list I should look into, and links or reviews, feel free to post them.

 

Just a few thoughts...

 

Thank you

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post #2 of 3
9/25/10 at 12:46pm

I'll just say the Maverick Audio A1 amp isn't solid-state. The headphone output is pure tube driven (plenty of volume and great sound). The part that is solid-state (er, hybrid) is the speaker outputs, they're pre-amped with the tubes and then powered by a solid-state chip. I really like the A1 amp with my DT770's, it really makes them shine.

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post #3 of 3
9/25/10 at 12:55pm

Put a specific budget.

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