Amp for AKG K7xx
Mar 29, 2018 at 9:24 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 42
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Hi people, i'm thinking about buying the AKG K7xx on Massdrop, but it's not for now. I don't have the money right now to buy them. I just want know which amp could possibly go with the K7xx.

I heard that the Magni isn't sufficient for it, I'm not a pro in audio so I don't have much knowledge. I don't have any budget, but I hope that I don't need a 500$ amp to drive them.

Thank you !
 
Mar 29, 2018 at 11:21 PM Post #2 of 42
Darkvoice 336SE OTL tube headphone amplifier.
 
Mar 30, 2018 at 12:05 AM Post #4 of 42
Mar 30, 2018 at 12:10 AM Post #5 of 42
BackBoneCrusher said:
I heard that the Magni isn't sufficient for it, I'm not a pro in audio so I don't have much knowledge. I don't have any budget, but I hope that I don't need a 500$ amp to drive them.
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Magni3 is enough to drive them in terms of having enough power and low enough noise and distortion. The problem with them is that once distortion is starting to become audible that amp tends to get somewhat brighter, making the treble peaks on the K701 worse.

You still don't need a $500 amp though - there's the Asgard2. Or you can get the AudioGD NFB-11 which has its own DAC circuit, although it has no analogue inputs.
 
Mar 30, 2018 at 12:14 AM Post #6 of 42
ProtegeManiac said:
Magni3 is enough to drive them in terms of having enough power and low enough noise and distortion. The problem with them is that once distortion is starting to become audible that amp tends to get somewhat brighter, making the treble peaks on the K701 worse.

You still don't need a $500 amp though - there's the Asgard2. Or you can get the AudioGD NFB-11 which has its own DAC circuit, although it has no analogue inputs.
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What does the analogue input ?
 
Mar 30, 2018 at 12:37 AM Post #10 of 42
Mar 30, 2018 at 12:45 AM Post #12 of 42
ProtegeManiac said:
Magni3 is enough to drive them in terms of having enough power and low enough noise and distortion. The problem with them is that once distortion is starting to become audible that amp tends to get somewhat brighter, making the treble peaks on the K701 worse.

You still don't need a $500 amp though - there's the Asgard2. Or you can get the AudioGD NFB-11 which has its own DAC circuit, although it has no analogue inputs.
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+1 on the NFB-11.28
http://audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/NFN1128/NFB1128EN.htm
 
Mar 30, 2018 at 6:56 AM Post #14 of 42
Sonicears said:
Have you look at the Cord Mojo? It is a that DAC and amp in one unit. It have enough power for the AKG 7XX
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That's a USD$500+ amp/dac... OP has already said he hoped to avoid that price range.
 
Mar 30, 2018 at 7:26 AM Post #15 of 42
@BackBoneCrusher
Is there a particular sound signature are you looking for? The HP determines the majority of that, followed by the amp. The DAC contributes the least. So you should focus your decision making in that order.

From your old posts, you seem to have been pondering your purchase for quite a while now... I'd highly, highly recommend auditioning as many HPs and sources as possible to figure out what suits you.
 
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