[Arion]

I am going to be buying the A900X soon but before I do I want to know a good Amp that I am going to be purchasing along with the A900X. I know the A900x doesn't need a amp as it's only 42 ohms but I want to get the best experience out of the headphones with an amp. This is my first pair of "Audiophile" headphones so I dont know a good amp to get it can be a desktop or portable I would say my budget is around $300. I have been looking at the Matrix M-Stage but I would really appreciate it if I could get some more suggestions for amps.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

 

[Arion]

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[Graphicism]

Something like this Tianyun Zero DAC would be perfect.

 

[PurpleAngel]

Fiio E10 USB/DAC/Headphone amplifier, gets it's digital feed from a USB port.
Fiio E11 portable headphone amplifier.
 
Audio Technica ATH 500/700/900 series headphones usually do not benefit greatly from headphone amplifiers.
ATHs usually sound good with whatever they are plugged into.
Personally I would use a headphone amplifier with them or any headphone.

 

[Arion]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have also heard about the matrix m-Stage and was wondering how that is also the maverick audio tubemagic d1 I am curious to how that is as well

 

[Graphicism]

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Thanks for the suggestions. I have also heard about the matrix m-Stage and was wondering how that is also the maverick audio tubemagic d1 I am curious to how that is as well

They're all pretty much identical given that they share the same op-amp which is easily replaceable. You won't start to hear a sound quality difference until you move up to something completely discrete like the PS Audio DLIII, W4S DAC and possibly the new Bitfrost.

 

[Arion]

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They're all pretty much identical given that they share the same op-amp which is easily replaceable. You won't start to hear a sound quality difference until you move up to something completely discrete like the PS Audio DLIII, W4S DAC and possibly the new Bitfrost.

 
Do you mean I wouldn't hear a sound quality difference in the Headphones with either of those or are you saying the Amps sound practically the same?

 

[Graphicism]

The amps sound practically the same. When you read reviews on these not only are they embellished but the described sound is that of the $5 op-amp and not the amp built around it. To reiterate I'm saying buy the cheapest desktop amp/DAC going and upgrade when you have more demanding phones.

 

[Arion]

 
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The amps sound practically the same. When you read reviews on these not only are they embellished but the described sound is that of the $5 op-amp and not the amp built around it. To reiterate I'm saying buy the cheapest desktop amp/DAC going and upgrade when you have more demanding phones.

So is the amp that you recommended the best for the amount of money? Or should I go for a Fiio amp?
 

 

[Graphicism]

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So is the amp that you recommended the best for the amount of money? Or should I go for a Fiio amp?
 

Again very similar but I'd take the full-size desktop amp with the larger transformer.

 

[Arion]

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Again very similar but I'd take the full-size desktop amp with the larger transformer.

 
And for that what would you recommend? And sorry if I am asking a lot of questions it's just that I am quite unknowlegable when it comes to Amps

 

[Graphicism]

Well I have experience with the Zero amp/DAC so I recommended that. I've since moved on to an $800 DAC and honestly there isn't a great deal between them, so you're definitely getting a lot for the money with the Zero or similar priced hybrids.