Beginning Headphone Amp (AKG K271 MKII and Grado SR80i) - Page 2

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Originally Posted by Sploosh67 

No clue. It's a laptop, so I doubt it. Just a 3.5mm jack in.

unless it's a mac, then the answer is no.

I guess what you need is a good dac/amp combo with USB in.

I would look at these companies then:

http://www.ibasso.com/en/home/

http://nuforce.com/

http://tamaudio.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=92

http://tamaudio.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=55 (310 but has a good amount of fanfare)

http://tamaudio.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=68 (seems ideal and it's cheap)

As always, you can always hound the for sale forums and you might stumble on to any of these or better for a good price.

good luck!

Based on what I've read - I think a uDac2 would be the perfect start for you. I use mine primarily as a dac/amp combo out of my Macbook Pro (or iPad) with my k271s and think it drives them perfectly. I've used a host of other amps that have come and gone (incl Matrix M-Stage, LD MKIII, LDI+, iBasso D10, Total Bithead) - the uDac2 has IMO been the equal or near equal to most of them with my k271s. The benefits other than the performance is price, and when you are ready to upgrade to another amp (like a nice OTL tube amp maybe) it can function as a nice entry level dac feeding the new amp.

just take a chance and buy something already.

Sometimes you have to close your eyes and jump in.

No one is going to give you a perfect answer.

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Originally Posted by roker 

just take a chance and buy something already.

 

Sometimes you have to close your eyes and jump in.

 

No one is going to give you a perfect answer.

I've gotta agree - you've received a boatload of suggestions - time to pull the trigger and tell us what "you" think!