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Originally Posted by fenixdown110 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
If your amp costs less than your headphones, it's probably not enough to drive them properly.
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Originally Posted by Necrolic /img/forum/go_quote.gif
For the most part true, but not so for some brands such as Denon and Grado. Denon and Grado's can be driven fully off of a $200 amp. Of course sound will improve as the amp improves, but there's no need to spend $900 to get amazing sound out of them, it'll just be incremental improvements after a point.
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I really agree with this point. One of the things I've found to be really true about this is, most 32-64 are entry level headphones, so it makes sense for amplifiers designed for headphones at this point should also be entry level priced. Sure, some exceptions to the rule exist, in fact some of the most expensive headphones on the market would sound really good coming off my current amp, an LD I+... but I'm sure it still needs a lot of tube rolling, and opa rolling to make me happy.
At any rate, the one thing I meant to say is, some low impedence headphones are really expensive, and that is not the norm... and I know in my situation, my amp is cheaper than my cans... sort of.
If you think about it, LD I+ (140$ shipped), (tube, opa replacement, usually no more than 40), herbie's tube dampers (around 55, but I paid a lot less) so already my amp if you think about it the right way is more... but it's not more expensive when I bought it. But that still only brings me to about 250$ on the high end, and my cans cost me about 320$. Still seems like a good combo, already really tired of stock opa, though.
