s0ny
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A better DAC and a good amp does make a difference. When I use my SE846 on my Sony XA50ES with Little Dot MKIII tube amplifier, it sounds much much better than the SE846 on my iPhone 5S. When I plug the SE846 directly on the headphone out of the XA50ES, the iPhone sounds as good. The SE846 is only 9 ohm. It should't need an amp at all, but for some reason, the LD MKIII significantly increases the sound quality. It's not placebo, because the difference is huge. I heard portable amps don't make a difference for the SE846, but my desktop headphone tube amp certainly does.Does dac/dap really make a difference. I. Hear something like ak240 needs a high end unemployment, to really shine. I have 846, and noticed that listening on my iPad mini retina is better than my 5s, so it got me yo perusing would picking up a high end dac/dap really improve sound quality?