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[ask] The best desktop ampli for my headphone

post #1 of 10
9/30/10 at 5:03am
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hi...

i am nubie here and need some advice bout ampli..

 

my headphone is ATH AD900

and i use Onkyo SE-200pci Ltd as my soundcard

 

so, what is the best ampli for my headphone and soundcard?

 

after read some review, i thnk indeed G2 is a good ampli.

but is the ampli's character will match with my AD900 and soundcard character ???

 

 

and G2 has 20 - 600 ohm output impedance, and my AD900 has 35 ohm only

so, is it ok to pair my AD900 with small impedance to ampli which has big output impedance...?

 

or maybe any advice for another ampli?

 

my budjet is $50 - $100

 

thx before for the answer 

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Audio-Technica ATH-AD900
post #2 of 10
9/30/10 at 5:58am

Mate save yourself the $100. You don't need to amp that thing, they perform great without an amp. Amping them will yield very little performance increase, you might even detect none at all. The AD900s are known for not needing to be amped.

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post #3 of 10
9/30/10 at 6:21am
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oh, are u sure?

 

so i dont need ampli, right?

sure?

 

very happy to hear that,hehe...

 

i think the SQ will get big improvement if using ampli,hehe

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post #4 of 10
9/30/10 at 6:22am

For some headphones it would be, but not the AD900s, they're great without it smily_headphones1.gif

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post #5 of 10
9/30/10 at 6:24am

it certainly wont get a big improvement with any amplification in that price range.

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post #6 of 10
9/30/10 at 6:39am
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Originally Posted by matthewh133 View Post

For some headphones it would be, but not the AD900s, they're great without it smily_headphones1.gif





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Originally Posted by wmf View Post

it certainly wont get a big improvement with any amplification in that price range.



oh, thx for the answer friends

 

but, my best SQ if i use analog (RCA) output from soundcard, so?

i have to use connector cable, right?

 

but, if i use connector, it will decrease SQ or not?

 

thx

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post #7 of 10
10/1/10 at 5:59am
Thread Starter 

little bump....

 

hope someone can answer my questions

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post #8 of 10
10/1/10 at 10:43am

I don't know anything decent at that price range. I've also never heard (I think) the AD900 before. Even though AT headphones are said to be not very amplifier sensitive, it makes quite noticeable differences to me as far.

 

What is this G2 amp that you're talking about? I tried searching but only came up with Randall (guitar) amps and the Yuin G2 headphones.

 

By the way, "20-600 ohm" is not the output impedance of the amp. It is likely that the info you read is trying to tell you that the amp can drive headphones with impedances (not output impedance also) ranging from 20ohm to 600ohm.

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post #9 of 10
10/1/10 at 3:02pm

I believe the INDEED headphone amp is called the G2. This is the in proved version of the little Bravos. To make sure I looked at mine and I two and both are called G2's

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post #10 of 10
10/2/10 at 6:29am

you can try xu-7. the sound quality is satisfying.

only 99.99USD.

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