[kimvictor]

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C&C BH or O2 amp for Sennheiser HD650?

I say O2, but for portable use, BH.

 

[mpawluk91]

I say O2, but for portable use, BH.

Plus it'd be hard to piggyback the 02 because of its weird whiskey flask shape

 

[mpawluk91]

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[leadbythemelody]

But the BH is still capable of driving the HD650's right? haha

 

[leadbythemelody]

I mean is there a big difference of performance between the O2 and BH?

 

[kimvictor]

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I mean is there a big difference of performance between the O2 and BH?

IDK. I don't own a BH. However, I'm guessing that there is a rather big difference. A reviewer rated O2 to be reference class. It's like entry level portable vs normal desktop amp(although O2 is kind of portable). BH will make 650 loud enough, but it won't "properly" drive them. If portability and price isn't a issue, I'd go with O2.

 

[audioandy]

The plot thickens.
 
If I go computer > amp > headphones I hear the radio.
If I go phone (line level konnector) > amp > headphones I don't.
If i go computer > headphones I don't.
 
It's like the computer + amp becomes an antennae of some sort. Talk about synergy! It wasn't displayting this behavior when I first bought it.

 

[mpawluk91]

IDK. I don't own a BH. However, I'm guessing that there is a rather big difference. A reviewer rated O2 to be reference class. It's like entry level portable vs normal desktop amp(although O2 is kind of portable). BH will make 650 loud enough, but it won't "properly" drive them. If portability and price isn't a issue, I'd go with O2.

Bh drives upto 300 ohms

 

[mpawluk91]

The plot thickens.

If I go computer > amp > headphones I hear the radio.
If I go phone (line level konnector) > amp > headphones I don't.
If i go computer > headphones I don't.

It's like the computer + amp becomes an antennae of some sort. Talk about synergy! It wasn't displayting this behavior when I first bought it.

ALIENS man freakin aliens

 

[Dark Helmet]

C&C BH or O2 amp for Sennheiser HD650?

Get the O2! BH is excellent as well. I own both amps.

 

[leadbythemelody]

Thank God! So you have both amps and the HD650? I've been dying to ask someone because I ordered the C&C BH two weeks ago and getting them next week. Plus I just ordered the HD650's today and I've been kind of regretting my decision of ordering the C&C BH because of all the posts saying the O2 amp is superior to the C&C BH. What are your thoughts and impressions of pairing the HD650 with the C&C BH vs. O2?

 

[leadbythemelody]

Anybody else with first hand experience with sennheiser HD650 paired with C&C BH?

 

[Dark Helmet]

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Thank God! So you have both amps and the HD650? I've been dying to ask someone because I ordered the C&C BH two weeks ago and getting them next week. Plus I just ordered the HD650's today and I've been kind of regretting my decision of ordering the C&C BH because of all the posts saying the O2 amp is superior to the C&C BH. What are your thoughts and impressions of pairing the HD650 with the C&C BH vs. O2?

I don't own the HD650 but I do own hard to drive DT770's and I felt that the O2 had something more to offer, gave the 770's what they needed (I couldn't stand these phones until I got the O2 and now I love them).  For easier to drive loads though the BH is a no brainer with all of it's features.  It is plenty capable of driving the HD650's just not like the O2.  I bring the O2, to and from work, with me in my back pack.  Definitely not a pocket portable, but for my needs plenty portable.
 
For what it's worth I plan on getting the HD600 soon to go with my Bottlehead Crack with Speedball Upgrade aas well as my O2.

 

[jaycee1]

How well does this amp work with bright headphones such as grado sr60i?

 

[leadbythemelody]

Thank you for the advice. I decided to get the O2 and use it in home with my senn HD650 while I take my C&C BH outside and use it with my Westone 4r's. Cool beans..