Nova40
New Head-Fier
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And you think that an AudioNote will be able to drive the HE-6 pretty well too? As well as work ok with my current 686s?
And you think that an AudioNote will be able to drive the HE-6 pretty well too? As well as work ok with my current 686s?
I'm driving a pair of B&W 686s and am currently using it with my Hifiman HE-500s as well. But I will be upgrading to the the HE-6 pretty soon. I'm looking for something that can compliment how resolving the HE-6s can be while also being able to power my 686s (and eventually Magnepan 0.7s). So I would say I want to make sure my amp isn't the bottleneck for my setup (or at least minimally) with emphasis on resolution.
Also, if it helps, my dac is the Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100.
Might consider running the HE-6 out of the speaker taps regardless of what amp you get instead of the headphone out. I heard a pretty large improvement doing this with a vintage Pioneer Spec system, which has ample power out of the headphone out yet is so much better out of the taps.
I have heard and or read somewhere that driving headphones through the speaker taps is not a good thing. It was supposedly bad for the transformer.
I have heard and or read somewhere that driving headphones through the speaker taps is not a good thing. It was supposedly bad for the transformer.
The output transformer.
I have heard and or read somewhere that driving headphones through the speaker taps is not a good thing. It was supposedly bad for the transformer.
Just to be clear, 99.9% of solid state amps and receivers do not have an output transformer and as such there is no issue using the speaker taps. There is the question of whether it is worth bothering, when in many cases there is more than enough power from the headphone jack.
Just to be clear, 99.9% of solid state amps and receivers do not have an output transformer and as such there is no issue using the speaker taps. There is the question of whether it is worth bothering, when in many cases there is more than enough power from the headphone jack.