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Good ~$200 Amps for the HiFiman HE-400's?

post #1 of 29
10/7/12 at 11:05pm
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I'm looking towards purchasing a desktop amplifier that will work with: HiFiman HE-400's and the Sennheiser HD 598's. I would prefer if it stayed under $200, but I don't know what kind of amp will power them both. Other headphones that I might possibly use would be the Philips Citiscape Uptown (Which is highly unlikely as they do not require an amp), and the HiFIman RE-262's. They need to be USB amps as I use my computer for music listening.


Edited by JD1993 - 10/7/12 at 11:58pm
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post #2 of 29
10/7/12 at 11:47pm

I use the Little Dot MK III with HE400s and HD650s.  It seems to work well with both.  Cost is around 200 also.

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post #3 of 29
10/8/12 at 12:00am

For $49.00 more bucks get the Schiit Asgard, sounds great with the HE-400 and should be great with the other phones as well.

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post #4 of 29
10/8/12 at 11:32am
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I could not find the Schiit Asgard, and the Little Dot MK III is way too expensive. Is there any other Desktop USB Headphone AMP/DAC for around or under $200 that Isn't the HiFiman EF2A or a FiiO amp?


Edited by JD1993 - 10/8/12 at 11:50am
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post #5 of 29
10/8/12 at 12:15pm
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I could not find the Schiit Asgard, and the Little Dot MK III is way too expensive. Is there any other Desktop USB Headphone AMP/DAC for around or under $200 that Isn't the HiFiman EF2A or a FiiO amp?

Look at ebay, little dot MKIII they have "buy it now" for $189 and schiit asgard brand new from their website $250 probably cheaper on these forums for used asgard.

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post #6 of 29
10/8/12 at 12:31pm
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Look at ebay, little dot MKIII they have "buy it now" for $189 and schiit asgard brand new from their website $250 probably cheaper on these forums for used asgard.

this says it all, I would choose from these two depending on what you think you would like better, tubes or SS. 

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post #7 of 29
10/8/12 at 2:35pm
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Look at ebay, little dot MKIII they have "buy it now" for $189 and schiit asgard brand new from their website $250 probably cheaper on these forums for used asgard.

I'm not the biggest fan of eBay, and $250 is too high. I'll keep looking around for others.

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post #8 of 29
10/8/12 at 2:47pm

Well the fiio e17 might do the trick with these cans.

I personally do not understand how such a small thing can drive orthodynamics, but others give quite positive feedback's on this combo.

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post #9 of 29
10/9/12 at 4:53am
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Well the fiio e17 might do the trick with these cans.

I personally do not understand how such a small thing can drive orthodynamics, but others give quite positive feedback's on this combo.

 

It's honestly not a half bad combo, I still use said combo at work for until I eventually decide on a better DAC/Amp combo. 

 

OP could look at something like a NFB-12.1 which $215 for a pretty nice DAC/amp combo (I think the only negative review I've seen is Headfonia. Though they seem to kind of be all over the place.)

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post #10 of 29
10/9/12 at 12:06pm
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These are Planar Magnetic headphones, though. Don't those require special amps to run?

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post #11 of 29
10/9/12 at 12:09pm
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These are Planar Magnetic headphones, though. Don't those require special amps to run?

no

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post #12 of 29
10/9/12 at 12:15pm
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Oic, so maybe I'll just look around for some cheaper desktop usb amps.

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post #13 of 29
10/10/12 at 1:58pm

Aune T1 might fit your needs.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-NEW-AUNE-T1-24bit-96kHz-Tube-Amplifier-USB-Decoder-6N11-Standard-Version-/110889913288?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d18dcbc8

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post #14 of 29
10/10/12 at 5:10pm
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Aune T1 might fit your needs.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-NEW-AUNE-T1-24bit-96kHz-Tube-Amplifier-USB-Decoder-6N11-Standard-Version-/110889913288?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d18dcbc8

I don't use eBay. Is there an amazon link? I can't find one.

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post #15 of 29
10/10/12 at 7:27pm

You can order it through Rock Grotto.

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