[fozi]

Hi there,

I should be receiving a second hand pair of HD 650 tomorrow (exchanged for my A-T A900) and surely I would like to get "better kick" out of them than my AV-reciever's or CD-player's headphone jack can offer.

Being a Second-Hand-Believer (only my speakercables has been bought as new) and also because I don't want to spend too much on the headphone amp, my present finds are following:

1. Creek OBH-21 for about 120€
2. Corda Headfive for about 150€

I couldn't find too much information from the jungle of Head-Fi about mentioned amps played with HD 650.

My CD-player is a Sony SCD-XB770 which produces dry and little bit bright sound.

So one simple question: which one of the mentioned amps would you choose to play HD 650?

 

[Zorander]

Go with the Creek. It controls the HD-650 very nicely, especially if you upgrade its stock PSU to a regulated model. The Headfive is inferior to the OBH-21 and too bassy (and less powerful) a partner for the HD-650.

Cheers!

 

[mchang]

I did not find the HD-650 and HeadFive a good pairing (driven by iPod). Sounded slow and muddy. I'm not sure how much more a CanAmp would be in Euros, but I really enjoyed that combo.

Asr in his six-way comparison review described the CanAmp as slow (compared to GS-1 and GLite), but powerful and bassy. Paired with the HD-650, it probably wouldn't win any studio reference competitions, but it was REALLY FUN!

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by mchang /img/forum/go_quote.gif I did not find the HD-650 and HeadFive a good pairing (driven by iPod). Sounded slow and muddy. I'm not sure how much more a CanAmp would be in Euros, but I really enjoyed that combo. Asr in his six-way comparison review described the CanAmp as slow (compared to GS-1 and GLite), but powerful and bassy. Paired with the HD-650, it probably wouldn't win any studio reference competitions, but it was REALLY FUN!

It wasn't fun-sounding to me. Agonizingly ponderous, more like it.

 

[mchang]

Hmm. Interesting. Different ears, I guess.

Also my comparison point at the time was the HeadFive and DT-990.

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Originally Posted by Zorander /img/forum/go_quote.gif It wasn't fun-sounding to me. Agonizingly ponderous, more like it.

 

[fozi]

What about Pro-ject Headbox Mk II? It costs 139€ as new.

I would figure though, that Creek (costing 270€ as new) would be a better investment. And it has two jacks which might be a plus in the future use.