hyperreal
New Head-Fier
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I have owned a NuForce Icon Mobile since just after they came out. I used it for a while pretty faithfully until I spent a lot of time and effort on my home 2-channel system. I just recently started using it again and the USB DAC portion is no longer functional but it still functions as a headphone amp. I blindly believed there was no way for my iPod Classic's internal headphone amp to match the performance of the Icon Mobile but now I'm thinking it's exactly the other way around. Has anyone had this experience?
I've been using Sennheiser HD-280 Pros as my main headphones and the bass I'm getting out of the iPod vs. the Icon Mobile is just so much thicker and more textured, if not just more apparent. I don't feel that I'm giving up anything like image specificity or stereo separation or any of those other audiophile things.
Is the Icon Mobile a thing of my past? Do I really need a headphone amp with the 280s?
I've been using Sennheiser HD-280 Pros as my main headphones and the bass I'm getting out of the iPod vs. the Icon Mobile is just so much thicker and more textured, if not just more apparent. I don't feel that I'm giving up anything like image specificity or stereo separation or any of those other audiophile things.
Is the Icon Mobile a thing of my past? Do I really need a headphone amp with the 280s?