[asvestomix]

Hello guys,
 
 I recently bought a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50 for home music production but i am also using them as main headphones for my desktop.
I never owned before a good pair of headphones so i never used headphones amplifiers before thus i am not really aware how much improvement would have and what amp will be good for my case. I came here to ask  your advice for a good value for money amp that would be for low budged, would offer good sound quality and would be able to drive the m50 thought a pc or a portable mp3 player.
Also am not sure if it important but i would like to mention that since i am using them as monitoring headphones i wouldn't want the amp to colorizing my headphones, my first priority is a close to natural sounding.
thank you and i am waiting for your advices
 

 

[asvestomix]

hello again,
i did some research and i discovered Fiio 11 could be the perfect choice for me since it has good sound quality and it is good value for money, however i read somewhere that it may colourize  the sound by adding some trebles and more bass though i am not sure if it is colorizing or just bringing out some sound details that where hiding behind bad amplification.

 

[Allforheather]

I don't think you should be worried about the "colour" of an amp at this price point, the E11 does what it supposes to do brilliantly, for that price you can't go wrong with it. And when you get your second amp, naturally, you will have a better perception of the potential "colour" or any other difference of two distinct amps. You have to start with somewhere right?   

 

[asvestomix]

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I don't think you should be worried about the "colour" of an amp at this price point, the E11 does what it supposes to do brilliantly, for that price you can't go wrong with it. And when you get your second amp, naturally, you will have a better perception of the potential "colour" or any other difference of two distinct amps. You have to start with somewhere right?   

i think you're right, they cant be worse than with my desktop sound card
After all i just needed an advice before i proceed into a payment, i bought these good headphones for their natural sound and i wand to keep them that way.
 

 

[Allforheather]

I was wondering about one thing when you mention the Fiio E11
why do you want to buy a portable amp, when you are trying to replace the on-board sound card??

 

[asvestomix]

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I was wondering about one thing when you mention the Fiio E11
why do you want to buy a portable amp, when you are trying to replace the on-board sound card??

I just wanted to be able to use it with an mp3 player also, i am not sure do you have anything else to suggest?

 

[Allforheather]

Before you purchase the E11, make sure your sound card has a line out port, the last thing you want is feeding an amp with the headphone out of a sound card. No matter how good the amp is, a sub par signal is not going to get better, so clean signal from line out port is very very important to ensure SQ.