Telin
100+ Head-Fier
Heya,
I'm on the look for a decent/good DAC/HeadAMP in one solution to able to easily plop down insert power cord and headphones and ready to go.
It doesn't have to be portable (battery powered) but it must be one box so it's easy to bring and setup in another room or bring on one of my travels. It needs to be able to drive my planer magnetics headphones properly.
There are a lot more options when you take stacks in consideration but that's not really what I'm after. It would mean two boxes with two power cords, or even worse wall warts and/or adapters, interconnects, just too messy for what I have in mind to use it for.
Topping DX3 Pro looks nice but the AMP is super weak
SMSL M500 Nice specs and more powerful AMP then the DX3 Pro but still not convinced that it is powerful enough to drive my headphones comfortably. I'd like a bit of headroom if possible and don't have a good feeling about it if I need to have the AMP at >90% volume all the time just to get some decent sound out of it.
Burson Audio Playmate 2 Ticks all the boxes, even got an ADC. But it costs about 200 more than I want to spend on this little project not including the shipping and taxes.
Audio-GD NFB-11.38 Seems to have everything I need although a bit big and heavy.
Anyone else has some suggestions for a good AIO?
There's a lot to choose from but when you look at the output power of the included AMP and I want about 500mW @ 64 ohms the choices are getting a lot less.
I'm on the look for a decent/good DAC/HeadAMP in one solution to able to easily plop down insert power cord and headphones and ready to go.
It doesn't have to be portable (battery powered) but it must be one box so it's easy to bring and setup in another room or bring on one of my travels. It needs to be able to drive my planer magnetics headphones properly.
There are a lot more options when you take stacks in consideration but that's not really what I'm after. It would mean two boxes with two power cords, or even worse wall warts and/or adapters, interconnects, just too messy for what I have in mind to use it for.
Topping DX3 Pro looks nice but the AMP is super weak
SMSL M500 Nice specs and more powerful AMP then the DX3 Pro but still not convinced that it is powerful enough to drive my headphones comfortably. I'd like a bit of headroom if possible and don't have a good feeling about it if I need to have the AMP at >90% volume all the time just to get some decent sound out of it.
Burson Audio Playmate 2 Ticks all the boxes, even got an ADC. But it costs about 200 more than I want to spend on this little project not including the shipping and taxes.
Audio-GD NFB-11.38 Seems to have everything I need although a bit big and heavy.
Anyone else has some suggestions for a good AIO?
There's a lot to choose from but when you look at the output power of the included AMP and I want about 500mW @ 64 ohms the choices are getting a lot less.