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This has probably already been asked, but I couldn't find one like it.  The amp is not my primary amp and will just be used when I am away from my Mk little dot II on my desk.  Like downstairs.  I would be using it with an iPhone 5 and a Kindle Fire HDX. Thank you

 

[PurpleAngel]

  This has probably already been asked, but I couldn't find one like it.  The amp is not my primary amp and will just be used when I am away from my Mk little dot II on my desk.  Like downstairs.  I would be using it with an iPhone 5 and a Kindle Fire HDX. Thank you

 
FiiO E11K, $60
cmoy amp, some of them sell with in your budget.

 

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I would rarely use it very much. is the Fiio E6 any good?

 

[PurpleAngel]

  I would rarely use it very much. is the Fiio E6 any good?

 
The FiiO E6 may not be powerful enough to fully drive the 250-Ohm T70 to it's best.

 

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Specs say up to 600 Ohm

 

[PurpleAngel]

  Specs say up to 600 Ohm

 
I tried using my Fiio E6 to drive some of my 250-Ohm Beyerdynamic headphones (DT-770?) and the E6 had to be almost maxed to get a decent volume.
So i doubt the E6 could drive 600-Ohm.
My E11 which has more power then the E6 was need to be at around 75% max volume to get a decent volume from my 600-Ohm AKG K240m headphones.

 

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The T70 are 250 Ohm. Ill probably go with the EE11K.

 

[Head Injury]

  Specs say up to 600 Ohm

For future reference, what an amp says it can drive means nothing. It means about as much as headphones claiming they have a frequency response of 5 Hz to 50 kHz, even though they're rolled off at 20 Hz and 20 kHz by -20 dB. It's just marketing fluff.
 
What matters is the voltage and power output of the amp, and the E6 caps out at about 1.8 volts compared to the E11K's 3.
 
The E6 will be fine for the T70, though, at least as far as volume goes. Despite its 250 ohm impedance, the T70 is a sensitive headphone at 104 dB/mW. It only needs about 1 V for earsplitting 110 dB volumes, enough for virtually any peak at normal listening volume. I don't know how well the E6 performs in noise and distortion compared to the E11K, but when driving a 250 ohm headphone they should both be plenty low.
 
Honestly, you can get by just fine with running the T70 out of your tablet or smartphone. I doubt they have so little power that you'd run into clipping. Anyone happen to know their specs?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

 
Honestly, you can get by just fine with running the T70 out of your tablet or smartphone. I doubt they have so little power that you'd run into clipping. Anyone happen to know their specs?

 
Just for reference, my iPad does well enough for my HD600 when I have to use them together (like during a power outage, or lightning storm). That's a 97dB 300ohm headphone. My Galaxy S3 from T-Mobile though isn't any better than my 5g iPod on those Sennheisers - dark and somewhat bloated.

 

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I got the T70 today they sound great with just my iPhone.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

  I got the T70 today they sound great with just my iPhone.

 
Make the most out of Tesla technology and don't spend on a portable amp. Better if you spend on music instead.