[hedmaster]

As the title says, I am looking at these amps. I will mainly be using it at home via my computer, but a smallish form factor doesn't hurt either.

Right now I have an EF-2 from HiFiMan, and my main phones are Shure 840s and for IEMs I have the REO 2s.

I am interested in running the dac out of the pc to the amp to my phones.

Major plus of the LD DAC is the balanced out, and the great service-stateside is a plus as well.

The others, I just don't know how they would compare.

My budget is $350.

I plan on spending some more time and money on this hobby, so I think its safe to say that I will try balanced in the future.


Thanks for any help guys,
Matt

 

[kchui999]

Cambridge Audio's DACmagic also has balanced outputs. Might be worth looking into, as I've read some great reviews on this site.

 

[koven]

i have an ef2 also, used the ef2's dac+amp for a while and then added a pico dac.. it was a very noticeable improvement.. i also have the srh840 which sounds great with the combo