[furyagain]

I am currently with little dot dac1/ MKVII+
also a concerto
and the HE-6 really make me think to get a new amp.
 
 
and my budget is around 700-800, what is my best option???
can someone give me a hand here?
 
Thanks

 

[Elanzer]

 
Check out the NFB-10WM by audio-gd.
 
The DAC section should be better than your LD DAC1, and the amp section is plenty for HE-6 - roughly 4.5x more power output than the MKVII+.
 
http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/NFB10XLR/NFB10WMEN.htm

 

[furyagain]

ok but how will this dac/amp compare to
 
little dot MKVI+? or the audio-gd ROC??
 
i kind of want to have standalone dac and amp.

 

[Elanzer]

Either of those stand alone amps should be better than the amp section of the NFB-10WM/ES, but I think upgrading the DAC portion along with the amp in the NFB-10WM would bring the bigger overall upgrade.

 

[furyagain]

i rather do it seperately
 
two way to go...
 
Little dot DAC3(should be early next year) + MKVI+
 
or audio-gd  NFB-1 + ROC
 
still deciding which way to go...
but i will be getting the amp first once
 
I sold my concerto and the A100 headphones

 

[nigeljames]

The Roc sounds very good with the HE-6's

 

[furyagain]

 
How about the t1and LCD-2??
Will roc drive them nicely too?

 

[nigeljames]

I am very happy with the sound of the LCD-2's out of the Roc s/e still waiting for my balanced TWAG cable to arrive.
Haven't heard the T1's yet but possibly my next headphone purchase
 
Could you let me know how the T1's compare to your Lcd's and HE6's in Sound Quality & Sound Character. Can't seem to work out which one, if any, the T1 more closely resemble.
 
Thanks.

 

[furyagain]

To me T1 sound much much closer to HE-6 then to LCD-2
 
it is also a headphones that can use some warm from the amp.
Used to have the little dot MKIVse, it does sound pretty good using that amp.
but once balanced it , i just want to do balanced.
 
too bad the HE-6 is really under powered, this is why i wantto get the ROC sa