Phonio Maximus
New Head-Fier
Morning all,
New owner of Sennheiser HD6xx headphones. Being used with PC with built in sound card, so I know there will be a benefit in purchasing an external DAC.
The volume levels I get from the PC to the headphones is more than enough. My listening level is around 45% of the available volume that is able to be provided by the PC alone.
Just wondering, if there are benefits of a headphone Amp in my situation? I know that a lot of DACs have an amp built in, but I guess my question is, does an amp simply increase the volume to headphones whose volume is too quiet, or are there other benefits also (such as the quality of the amplification of an external device, being of a better quality than what a PC alone can do? - resulting in better sound from the headphones even if I don't need them to be louder than what they currently are).
New owner of Sennheiser HD6xx headphones. Being used with PC with built in sound card, so I know there will be a benefit in purchasing an external DAC.
The volume levels I get from the PC to the headphones is more than enough. My listening level is around 45% of the available volume that is able to be provided by the PC alone.
Just wondering, if there are benefits of a headphone Amp in my situation? I know that a lot of DACs have an amp built in, but I guess my question is, does an amp simply increase the volume to headphones whose volume is too quiet, or are there other benefits also (such as the quality of the amplification of an external device, being of a better quality than what a PC alone can do? - resulting in better sound from the headphones even if I don't need them to be louder than what they currently are).