Name your choice of the 5 ultimate dynamic headphone amps
Apr 20, 2006 at 8:58 PM Post #16 of 19
Singlepower SDS-XLR
Singlepower SDS
All others I have heard were no where near the quality of these two.
 
Apr 21, 2006 at 2:12 AM Post #17 of 19
Zana Duex Can't really think of anything else. Lets see here.
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Hummmmm hummmmm hummm. No, nothing else. The Zana Duex is the only one that comes to mind.
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EDIT Hold the presses. I just thought of some more. The Moth/EC variations of the 2A3, the EC Dual Mono, and the HD25.
 
Apr 21, 2006 at 5:11 AM Post #18 of 19
Lets see .... the Singlepower Supra 392 is the current#1.


But a modded Supra-X is in the works.
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I am still smitten with the Singlepower SLAM's .... either the MPX3 SLAM or the PPX3 SLAM as #2 / #3.

The EC Zana Duex is an excellent tube amp and my favorite non- Singlepower amp at #4.

I think I will throw in one of the Gilmore designs for my solid state amp choice .... either the GS-1 or the Dynahi at #5.
 
Apr 21, 2006 at 5:36 AM Post #19 of 19
I picked up a Portal Panache to use the speaker taps for K1000s - it did not disappoint, it sounds fantastic.

The bonus is the headphone jack with my HP-2s - it puts any other headphone amp I've tried to shame.

I agree with those that say this is a bit silly, though - I haven't heard all of the top headphone amps, and most people probably haven't either, and even rarer for someone to have spent significant quality time with all the top contenders!

On a more modest note, for the price, the Headroom Micro Amp (desktop module) is pretty inspiring, and killer at the price - it works great with Grado RS-1s, that seems to be a killer match, I prefer it to my Earmax Pro and Grado headphone amps.

But the Portal is seriously rocking my world, an incredibly powerful, dynamic, clean, and musical headphone rig.

-- Gordie
 

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