jonno41
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Has anyone else tried the Eximus DP-1 DAC/Headphone amp.Superb detail and soundstage.A bit expensive but absolutely magic with Sennheiser HD800`s
Could you compare it to, say, Burson Conductor? or HDVD800? I listen to trance and classic via HD800. I like the sound of the Conductor, but that DP-1 review from 6moons always make me think I should hear it, but in Barcelona there's none!!
There’s a few good dedicated headphone amps out there for that price ... depends on the rest of your system and how it’ll be hooked up ...?I need my first headphone amp for US 500$. I have found some of amps, and a pre-owned Eximus DP-1 in an auction.
If I use as a headphone amp, is Eximus DP-1 better than other 500$ amps?
There’s a few good dedicated headphone amps out there for that price ... depends on the rest of your system and how it’ll be hooked up ...?
I’ve had mine for around 5 years and used as a dac and headphone amp plus as a preamp for a mobile system with powered speakers when needed,I bought a SMSL SU-8 and hook this up to my PC.I need a headphone amp to use it.
I was given Denon AH-D9200 by my friend recently and I am trying to make a reasonable system now.
When I look for amp under 500$, an auction sells DP-1 near 500$.
DP-1 was priced at over 2000$, so I thought DP-1 may have better amp than new and dedicated but under 500$ amps.
I’ve had mine for around 5 years and used as a dac and headphone amp plus as a preamp for a mobile system with powered speakers when needed,
only recently upgraded the digital front end to Chord Qutest/MScaler and still use the DP1 as a headphone amp, powers both Sennheiser and a newly acquired Quad ERA-1 very well ... even though your SU-8 is a much newer design I wouldn’t be surprised if you ended up just using the DP1, it has balanced and rca outs, headphone out on the front panel plus normal RCA input on the rear as well as a 3.5mm input for phone/tablet output ..
uses the XMOS USB chip and has spdif, toslink, AES and i2s digital inputs .. only downside is no remote ...from the reviews at time of release the headphone amp side was always praised and stated as being discrete class A rather than using a simple op amp chip ...
but again, a lot of the $$ went into the dac as well as a proper internal power supply so there could be better headphone only options for the money,
your Denons are under 30ohms, similar to the Quad headphones so you’d need to check the specs on any potential amps and how they drive low impedance loads ..
Google the 6moons review as they compared the headphone section with several other amps ...
Don’t let the size fool you it’s a pretty good headphone amp..Thank you for your advising! I found the picture of inside of DP-1 on 6moon. How small the headphone amp section is…
This couldn't be a good headphone amp for me, but I get to be interested in DP-1 as a DAC when I read your reply.
So I will buy this and compare DP-1 with SU-8, and I will buy another amp someday.
BTW, do you plan to change your DP-1 to another amp?
If you do, please tell me your new amp.