$100 Dayton audio "headphone" amp?

Dayton makes some good speakers and subs, but never heard their amps. I use a Dayton reference H.O. 10" sub in my car and its one of the best subs I have ever heard.

That's just a typical t-amp that has been around for years with a headphone jack added. Wouldn't be my first pick for a headphone amp. You can get a Fiio E9 for close to the same and it was designed as a headphone amp, not a speaker amp.

well, the TK 2050 is a very nice chip...

i'm really not sure if I can recommend that amp.. because if you can check the internals of this amp you'll think twice buying one..

check out this site regarding quality inside of this amp.

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/class-d/163926-got-my-parts-express-dta-100-amp-today.html

crap...I just bought this amp...

yup, maybe you can also post the internals once you receive the amp. 

I plan too!

I can't say anything about the DTA-100a, but the DTA-1 is killer as a low power speaker amp.  It's a little bass-light with big speakers, but you can't exactly expect it to provide tons of current for thunderous bass from not so efficient acoustic suspension speakers.  It's as clean and detailed as my Adcom and Carvers are.

You could splice your own 1/8" or 1/4" female plug into bare wire and use the speaker amp portion of the DTA-1 as a headamp.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that should work with any common-ground amp.

The only caveat is to start with the volume at minimum and slowly work up with the headphones on, in order to avoid blowing the 'phones.  The amp is capable of putting out much more current than any headphones can take, but it won't do that if you keep the headphones on and at a reasonable volume.

I have their 150wpc speaker amp and I'm not crazy about it.

Well, I already bought the DTA-100a. It uses the Tripath TK2050 chip, which is pretty good and quite powerful. Tripath went bankrupt in '07, but I'm sure other companies make them.

Mike of Headfonia did a review on the Hifimeidy T2, which is a semi DIY amp with the TK2050 in it, and raved that is was better then the Meier Concerto, Hifiman EF5, and the M-Stage. Of course this is somewhat different from what I'm getting, but, fingers crossed!

I just got the DTA-100a today.  Those innards look grim, but I'm not going to open the case.  Makes some of DIY amps look textbook.

In place of a test bench, I played a mono CD source and didn't notice the 4dB channel shift.  I'm no audio expert, but I would imagine that kind of a discrepancy would pull my brain to one side with headphones, if it existed.  It didn't.

What's puzzling in the manual is the statement on speaker impedance. Using 4 Ohm speakers might damage the amp.  I thought some class T amps thrive on 4's.

I'm using the amp desktop setup with 2 vintage Visonik David 502 mini-speakers, the imaging doesn't seem that bad to my "tin ears."

I have had this amp for a few weeks- it replaced the original Sonic Impact T-amp in my computer system. Computer--> µDAC2--> DTA-100a--> KEF Q15 speakers. Sounds fantastic with strong bass, beautiful mids and very clear treble- terrific imaging to boot. I highly recommend this amp to drive speakers! I have listened to the HP amp a couple of times- nothing special. I prefer the µDAC2 HP amp, however I have not listened to the Dayton's hp amp very much.

Well i opened mine and internals are perfect I think the 4ohm limit is because of the headphone circuit being damaged to me small tradeoff for the best allround unit I have ever owned and I have the fiio E9 E7 combo which i have ni\ot used in ages because of the dayton