First question, why would I want to get a headphone amp rather than a regular amp, assuming they both have headphone outputs?   Second question, I own a TEAC A-H01 DAC/amp combo, it has a headphone output, would this unit be likely to power something like the ATH-AD2000x well? Or would a...

Looking for a pair of full-size cans for home listening, will be driven off of a TEAC A-H01.   Budget is around £300, and I'm ideally looking for something sounding similar to ESW10. ESW10 is great for portable listening, but gets uncomfortable quickly while sitting at the computer working &...

I've got a TEAC A-H01 connected to my computer for driving a pair of Tannoy V1 speakers, and I'm happy with the sound they produce together (low-range ~£380 setup). I bought it in order to have a speaker set that can match my AT-ESW10 headphones for listening.   Now I'm considering getting...

Hi all,   Firsly, a bit of background story, as I'm pretty much just a lurker around here: I've owned a pair of ESW10's pretty much since they were released, imported from Japan via a friend. They've been trough their paces, and I must say that rather than treating them as a collectible...

  Suddenly sound stopped coming from the left cup, after a while I figured it was because the wiring inside the rubber broke by the male connector. I opened the cable and found out that was the case. Unfortunately it happened so close to the connector that I had to buy a new one to attempt to...