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Heed Canamp with orthodynamics?

post #1 of 10
10/26/11 at 7:06am
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Hmm, the Heed Canamp seems to have fallen out of favor in Head-Fi land of late...

 

I can't find the specs on the manufactuer's page - is it powerful enough to drive Hifiman and Audeze orthodynamics with ease?

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post #2 of 10
10/29/11 at 2:42am
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bump - no-one has tried the Heed Canamp with orthodynamic models?

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post #3 of 10
10/29/11 at 2:44am

I have one and it works great with all the orthos out there that I have tried except for the HE-6.

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post #4 of 10
10/29/11 at 6:53am
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Originally Posted by LFF View Post

I have one and it works great with all the orthos out there that I have tried except for the HE-6.



the Heed Canamp doesn't have enough juice for the HE-6? Or it has enough juice doesn't sound good with it?

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post #5 of 10
12/25/11 at 4:58pm
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bump - can someone try the Canamp with the Hifiman HE-6 and let me know how they get on?

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post #6 of 10
1/6/12 at 12:48pm
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bump

 

where can I get the specs for the Heed Canamp?

 

Specifically how many W it puts into 50ohms?

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post #7 of 10
1/6/12 at 1:01pm

It's been ages since I've had a Heed CanAmp, but I call it being good with relatively power-needy cans that could stand a bit of mellowing at the top end (like the K70X) but too subdued with the already relaxed HD650.

 

I'd assume that it's not suitable for the HE-6. It would likely drive the LCD-2 (though it might lack something in the high end) and the HE-500 reasonably well.

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post #8 of 10
1/6/12 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by Olias of Sunhillow View Post

It's been ages since I've had a Heed CanAmp, but I call it being good with relatively power-needy cans that could stand a bit of mellowing at the top end (like the K70X) but too subdued with the already relaxed HD650.

 

I'd assume that it's not suitable for the HE-6. It would likely drive the LCD-2 (though it might lack something in the high end) and the HE-500 reasonably well.


sounds like the HE-6!!

 

It would be GREAT if someone could actually pair these 2 up and see if they work. People always assume the HE-6 needs to be plugged into some $50,000,000,000 headphone amp in order to make so much as a squeak, so you never get to hear if cheaper amps are even capable of driving it.

 

By all accounts, the Heed Canamp was beastly powerful and suited to driving low-impedance, low-sensitivity headphones, hence my interest in it. It also has that big, bassy signature I like.

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post #9 of 10
1/6/12 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by cactus_farmer View Post

 

People always assume the HE-6 needs to be plugged into some $50,000,000,000 headphone amp in order to make so much as a squeak, so you never get to hear if cheaper amps are even capable of driving it.



That's because for the most part, they aren't capable of driving it.

 

Case in point: my Purity Audio KICAS. It's pretty similar to the CanAmp in power and sound signature, though I slightly prefer the KICAS. I've used my KICAS occasionally recently as an always-on monitoring amp for very short listens when I don't want to power up the Liquid Fire. In short, the KICAS/HE-6 combination makes music, but it's never something I would recommend to anyone. Reports of the HE-6 being shrieking, sibilant monsters with no bass are surely based upon unfortunate combinations like this.

 

The CanAmp is not "beastly powerful" by any stretch, BTW. It's a nice amp for the money, but it's "legendary" suitability with the K70X has much more to do with compatibility of sound signatures than it does with power.

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post #10 of 10
1/6/12 at 10:41pm

I use my canamp with both Senn 650's and 30 yr old Yamaha hp-1 orthodynamic phones. Would like to re wire my hp-1's and looking to replace my hard wired AC cord on the heed with a C8 chassis mount so I can use either C7 PC or adapter from c7 to IEC

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