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Headphone AMP/DAC Reccomendation (Noob here)

post #1 of 5
12/1/10 at 4:39pm
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Right guys I know already i'm gonna get flamed a lot for having the headphones I do but my girlfriend bought me them for my birthday and I really love the sound they produce for the type of music I listen to.

 

Which BTW is house/electrohouse/Fidget/dubstep.

 

My headphones are the Beats By Dr Dre Studio.

 

Not to be obnoxious but I'm not interested in how they are overpriced what better headphones I could get for XXX price etc.

 

Just want you guys from which I've been told are the Audiophile experts to reccomend me a desktop Headphone AMP/DAC to drive my Studio's.

 

I'd be willing to spend upto £160 thats $250 American.

 

It will be for desktop use only and I am after a sound upgrade over my current soundcard which is a Asus Xonar DS.

 

Thanks in advance guys.

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post #2 of 5
12/2/10 at 6:16am
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Nobpdy got any reccomendations ?

 

I've know somebody selling a Zero 24/192Khz DAC black 09'.

 

Would this be worth buying ?

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post #3 of 5
12/2/10 at 6:41am

Never tried Dr. Dre headphone but the Gilmore Lite on sale now is a very good amp.  You can get it now and get a uDac later.

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post #4 of 5
12/2/10 at 6:46am

I am pretty happy with my Little Dot 1+ amp with rolled tubes and Keces DA-151 D/A. I am using this setup with a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770/80 Pro's. 

 

The amp is inexpensive but gets good reviews here, is a hybrid so you have some flexibility in tuning it via tube rolling, and IMO it is a great budget desktop amp.

 

http://www.littledot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=819&sid=3609a38ecdd0139bc3854be6abd34aaf

 

The Keces DA-151 is about $250ish new. I think it made the most impact in my system improvement, especially since my source is my computer. 

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post #5 of 5
12/2/10 at 7:36am
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Just bought the Zero 24/192Khz DAC/AMP 09'

 

Got it for £75

 

Hoping it's good.

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