Peter_S
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Who has heard this upcoming product at any of the headphone shows with Stax 007's or 009's, and what are your impressions? Thanks, Peter
No - it needs an external amp. Either the Pro iCAN (via dedicated link), a speaker amp (via speaker inputs), or a very powerful (at least 7V output) HP amp (via 4 pin XLR).Does anyone know whether or not it actually needs/uses the power from an external amplifier? Or is it simply pulling the voltage changes?
For example, could I take the standard balanced outputs from a DAC and connect them (with appropriate adapter) to the balanced input? I'd much rather not have the balanced cable going from the output on the front of my normal HPA to the back. Or even just use my Emotiva DC-1, which has normal balanced outputs, but not a balanced headphone amp out.
I am wiring up an Emotiva BasX A-100 to the iESL today. I want to see if it is better driving the HE-6 and Stax via the speaker inputs on the iESL vs the iCAN. The A-100 is about $225 on Amazon. It is 50 wpc so about the ideal amount of power for driving inefficient headphones via speaker link.