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Looking for a 700 dollars Balanced SS amp for HE-6

post #1 of 9
12/28/10 at 8:28pm
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I am currently with little dot dac1/ MKVII+

also a concerto

and the HE-6 really make me think to get a new amp.

 

 

and my budget is around 700-800, what is my best option???

can someone give me a hand here?

 

Thanks

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post #2 of 9
12/28/10 at 10:41pm

 

Check out the NFB-10WM by audio-gd.
 
The DAC section should be better than your LD DAC1, and the amp section is plenty for HE-6 - roughly 4.5x more power output than the MKVII+.

 

http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/NFB10XLR/NFB10WMEN.htm

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post #3 of 9
12/28/10 at 10:48pm
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ok but how will this dac/amp compare to

 

little dot MKVI+? or the audio-gd ROC??

 

i kind of want to have standalone dac and amp.

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post #4 of 9
12/28/10 at 10:54pm

Either of those stand alone amps should be better than the amp section of the NFB-10WM/ES, but I think upgrading the DAC portion along with the amp in the NFB-10WM would bring the bigger overall upgrade.

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post #5 of 9
12/28/10 at 11:21pm
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i rather do it seperately

 

two way to go...

 

Little dot DAC3(should be early next year) + MKVI+

 

or audio-gd  NFB-1 + ROC

 

still deciding which way to go...

but i will be getting the amp first once

 

I sold my concerto and the A100 headphones

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post #6 of 9
12/29/10 at 3:44am

The Roc sounds very good with the HE-6's

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post #7 of 9
12/29/10 at 11:05am
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How about the t1and LCD-2??
Will roc drive them nicely too?
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post #8 of 9
12/29/10 at 12:36pm

I am very happy with the sound of the LCD-2's out of the Roc s/e still waiting for my balanced TWAG cable to arrive.

Haven't heard the T1's yet but possibly my next headphone purchase :)

 

Could you let me know how the T1's compare to your Lcd's and HE6's in Sound Quality & Sound Character. Can't seem to work out which one, if any, the T1 more closely resemble.

 

Thanks.


Edited by nigeljames - 12/29/10 at 12:38pm
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post #9 of 9
12/29/10 at 2:15pm
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To me T1 sound much much closer to HE-6 then to LCD-2

 

it is also a headphones that can use some warm from the amp.

Used to have the little dot MKIVse, it does sound pretty good using that amp.

but once balanced it , i just want to do balanced.

 

too bad the HE-6 is really under powered, this is why i wantto get the ROC sa

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