[cck5]

just bought a pair of grado hf-2
 
 
can anyone suggest a good portable amp to match with these cans that im so excited for.
 
i was thinking of a headsix
fiio e7 or e11
 
or maybe something a bit more expensive like the alo rx or a rsa tomahawk or p51.
 
listen mostly to extreme metal and death metal with some classic rock.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Have you considered a desktop amp? I much prefer them to portables.

What is your budget?

 

[cck5]

around $200 can be used of course.

 

[cck5]

no love?

 

[trentino]

Grados own hp amp is supposed to be good?

 

[fabio-fi]

I think little dot stuff will work fine with grados. (not portable)

 

[eclipes]

Yup, Little Dot Tube amps do help grados shine and sound good. Also with a little light tweaking of tubes and opamps, it could really match your music preferences.

 

[Olias of Sunhillow]

When talking about low- to mid-priced amps, I recommend a SS amp with HF-2s -- the only Grado can that I think is better with SS than tubes. A used non-Caliente KICAS might be just the thing.

 

[dcpoor]

a dynalo/gilmore lite

 

[oldskoolboarder]

For portables, I've used an iBasso D10 and an RSA Green Hornet.  Even though the D10 is much more versatile w/ my Macbook, the RSA is hands down much better.
 
My best match (in my home) w/ the HF2 is the Bottlehead S.E.X.