C.44
New Head-Fier
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Hi all, I recently bought a DT 770 at 80Ω and have been loving it to bits. Connected directly to my iPhone 6S+ set to max volume it is loud enough. However, I mostly use it connected to my PS4 controller and that's where it just doesn't quite get loud enough. In a quiet room it's mostly fine but I'd still like a bit of amplification for when said room isn't that quiet.
Initially I had been looking at the FiiO E11K / A3 but Amazon(.de) suggested the Topping NX1 as an alternative. I found a enormous thread on that very amp right here on Head-Fi praising it sky high and I was about to buy one on Amazon when I saw that new stock would arrive on the 4th. Then on the 9th. And now on the 16th. I'm impatient, I hate waiting. So I started looking for the Topping amps on local classifieds sites and found the NX2. Now, the price I've found it for isn't too bad, in fact it's rather cheap, but from what I remember reading is that the amp part of the NX2 isn't all that spectacular or even almost non-existant. Now, I'm aware that this depends heavily on the type of headphone those people are trying to drive so that offers me little to no real info.
Is there anyone that has any sort of experience with the NX2 in combination with 80Ω headphones that can tell me if the NX2 can actually drive the volume up a little louder than what the PS4 controller can? I'm also open to suggestions for other portable amps in that price range btw.
Thanks in advance =)
Initially I had been looking at the FiiO E11K / A3 but Amazon(.de) suggested the Topping NX1 as an alternative. I found a enormous thread on that very amp right here on Head-Fi praising it sky high and I was about to buy one on Amazon when I saw that new stock would arrive on the 4th. Then on the 9th. And now on the 16th. I'm impatient, I hate waiting. So I started looking for the Topping amps on local classifieds sites and found the NX2. Now, the price I've found it for isn't too bad, in fact it's rather cheap, but from what I remember reading is that the amp part of the NX2 isn't all that spectacular or even almost non-existant. Now, I'm aware that this depends heavily on the type of headphone those people are trying to drive so that offers me little to no real info.
Is there anyone that has any sort of experience with the NX2 in combination with 80Ω headphones that can tell me if the NX2 can actually drive the volume up a little louder than what the PS4 controller can? I'm also open to suggestions for other portable amps in that price range btw.
Thanks in advance =)