[baseball8793]

how many single sided Tungsten versions will be available each time they are for sale? what is the cheapest amp price about to drive these well?

 

[Erick Muller]

how many single sided Tungsten versions will be available each time they are for sale? what is the cheapest amp price about to drive these well?

For a dedicated headphone amp, from the research I've done, the cheapest you can get to drive them properly is a Topping A70 Pro at about $500 usd, it gives the 20v that Ryan recommended to drive his tungsten's properly, whatever you like topping's sound signature that's another matter.

 

[baseball8793]

i don't think i'll be buying than as i do not like always having to be connected to big clunky amps

 

[Erick Muller]

i don't think i'll be buying than as i do not like always having to be connected to big clunky amps

If you want a "portable" solution for the tungsten's, according to Zeos Pantera you can drive tungstens well enough with the xDuoo XD05 Pro and it seems other people here in this forum already had, you're looking at $800usd for that portable amp.

 

[baseball8793]

can't a good dap drive them?

 

[Erick Muller]

can't a good dap drive them?

I'm not aware of a DAP that can drive them properly but there probably is one... it probably is going to cost into the thousands of dollars tho and it's going to be a chunker like the Fiio M17, so at that point you might as well go for a dedicated desktop headphone amp to drive them.

 

[Dixter]

Torq added the Mod House Tungsten to his data.. some good reading/reference here.. https://headphoneresource.com/

 

[psy472]

how many single sided Tungsten versions will be available each time they are for sale? what is the cheapest amp price about to drive these well?

Not sure about the SS but the Schiit Jotunheim 2 is only 400 usd and can drive the DS version.

Anyone tried the Jot 2 with the SS?

 

[Erick Muller]

Not sure about the SS but the Schiit Jotunheim 2 is only 400 usd and can drive the DS version.

Anyone tried the Jot 2 with the SS?

Problem with Jot2 is that it delivers 18v, so you're still 2v below what Ryan has recommended for Tungsten, Ryan did used Jot2 and it said it drove them fine but you definitively are not gonna have much headroom with that amp.

 

[marsmellow]

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Not sure about the SS but the Schiit Jotunheim 2 is only 400 usd and can drive the DS version.

Anyone tried the Jot 2 with the SS

@gc335 posted a review on both versions of the tungsten and used the Jot 2. Check it out.

 

[dl95]

Problem with Jot2 is that it delivers 18v, so you're still 2v below what Ryan has recommended for Tungsten, Ryan did used Jot2 and it said it drove them fine but you definitively are not gonna have much headroom with that amp.

At one point Ryan recommended 12V. It probably really just comes down to listening volume. 20V is safer but lower could potentially be good too. The difference between 18V and 20V might be like 1-2 dB.

 

[Erick Muller]

At one point Ryan recommended 12V. It probably really just comes down to listening volume. 20V is safer but lower could potentially be good too. The difference between 18V and 20V might be like 1-2 dB.

That gives me hope that my current amp might be able to drive them just fine enough without having to buy a brand new amp.

 

[gc335]

Has anyone tried the SS Tungsten with the Centrance Hifi-M8 V2?

 

[streaml1ne]

If you want a "portable" solution for the tungsten's, according to Zeos Pantera you can drive tungstens well enough with the xDuoo XD05 Pro and it seems other people here in this forum already had, you're looking at $800usd for that portable amp.

My XD05+ drives single-sided fine in high gain, unless you're looking for ear splitting volumes.

 

[streaml1ne]

Not sure about the SS but the Schiit Jotunheim 2 is only 400 usd and can drive the DS version.

Anyone tried the Jot 2 with the SS?

Jot 2 works perfectly fine with SS, balanced in from Bifrost 2/64 as well so only 4V, if you have a hotter source it should be even better.