[ytisawfulnow]

My audio source is a pretty cheap AV Receiver with some decent sounding speakers... The headphones i would like to drive are the Q701 and HE-500... Under $200 is definetily my preferred budget but if i have to go a little over i'd be willing to.
Thanks.

 

[Archerious]

Hmm.....amp for speakers. Umm.....maybe a Schiit Asgard or Little Dot MK2 or MK3? IDK about speakers though. Hopefully someone more experienced will be able to help you better.
 

 

[KG Jag]

You will probably need to spend more than $200 (new) to properly drive the HE500.  The Q 701 will do fine with the HiFi Man EF2A ($169 shipped).

 

[stv014]

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My audio source is a pretty cheap AV Receiver with some decent sounding speakers... The headphones i would like to drive are the Q701 and HE-500... Under $200 is definetily my preferred budget but if i have to go a little over i'd be willing to.

 
Some will disagree, but a simple JDS Labs O2 amplifier ($156 with AC adapter) is enough to drive these headphones. The HE-500 is much less inefficient than the HE-6.

 

[MattTCG]

The audio gd nfb 12 is right at the $200 price point and will drive tough hp's with the best of them. Also has a very clean dac.

 

[KG Jag]

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The audio gd nfb 12 is right at the $200 price point and will drive tough hp's with the best of them. Also has a very clean dac.

 
I thought that it was a bit more with shipping to the US from China.

 

[jsgraha]

Agreed with Audio-gd nfb-12 as I use it as 2nd dac/amp.