[semaniaci]

hello, i want to ask you for a piece of advice about what amp is a good solution for sennheiser ie8. is RSA tomahawk a good choice? or you could recommend better portable amp? my budget 200dollars, 300 is maximum. i want to connect it with imod

thanks

 

[milford302009]

maybe ibasso D2+/D10? i used D10 with my IE8, sounds great~~

 

[Gbjerke]

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Originally Posted by milford302009 /img/forum/go_quote.gif maybe ibasso D2+/D10? i used D10 with my IE8, sounds great~~

well doesnt make sense to get that if hes gonna use it with his imod

 

[charlie0904]

D10 sounds wonderful with IE8. maybe P3+ if you don't need the DAC section.

 

[883dave]

Do the IE8's really need an amp?

 

[Gbjerke]

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Originally Posted by 883dave /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do the IE8's really need an amp?

no

 

[semaniaci]

someone told me that headsix is better amp than ibasso

 

[wagen]

IE8 will increase by 150~200 ohm impedance of the sound after the more beautiful.

iBasso P3+ very good.

 

[Del Griffith]

IMHO the Ie8 doesn't improve much with amp. When I had ie8, I had it paired with Corda xxs/headsix. I felt that volume was about all I gained with it. The ie8 sound great right out of ipod classic imo. There was maybe a very slight improvement with amp..but not worth the bulk/$. Can't comment on the ibasso amps however.

 

[semaniaci]

@ Del Griffith: do you have lossless in your ipod or simple MP3 files? could you compare sound from ipod (not imod) with mp3 files and lossless music if is there a huge difference if any.

thank you very much for all posts

 

[Del Griffith]

Most all of my music is done in 320 ripped from my own cd's in itunes. The others are 256 bought from itunes. Both ways are aac not mp3. I am one of those people that don't have the stellar discerning ear as some others here do. I couldn't tell a huge difference with lossless compared to 256 or 320. Not enough to warrant ten times the space of lossless. Therefore I just use 256 and 320...plenty happy with it. Sorry I couldn't help more. Someone else could maybe though??? Good luck.

BTW: 10 times bigger with lossless was just a guess-t-ment...don't know the real size diff...just know it's alot.

 

[semaniaci]

thanks i was aksking for this because of which capacity of ipod to buy

 

[Gbjerke]

P3+ works good. Use the BUF634 to tighten the bass.

 

[semaniaci]

is someone able to compare P3+ and HEADSIX with IE8?

 

[Gbjerke]

im not sure if the head6 can, but the p3+ can change both L/R G/V and buffers, which can fix some of the sound issues that you MAY have with an IE8