[DarkMoonDan]

I have a pair of Sennheiser HD25 1-iis which have been upgraded with an Oyaide cable and the Custom Cans mass loading and damping set. I love these headphones, they sound great and I use them every day.

I'm looking for a music player (and amp if needed) that will match well with these. I mainly listen to Rock and Metal nice and loud, thrash/black mostly. It has to have a decent amount of memory or an SD card slot and must be significantly better sounding than an iPod touch.

I'll be using it on the go for up to a few hours at a time. I don't really have a set price; if I think it is worth it and I can afford it then I will buy it.

Thanks!

 

[ProtegeManiac]

http://www.head-fi.org/t/743704/the-fiio-x3-2nd-gen-ex-x3k-x3ii-thread-192k-24b-cs4398-native-dsd-usb-dac-with-lo-and-inline-remote/135

 

[michaelgordon]

You wont be disappointed with the X3ii.  Its a really good player i have this and good for all type of metal nice spacious sound and instrument separation is also very good.

 

[Ventace]

Fiio X5 will do you wonders.
If that's too expensive, then the X3ii is indeed a good choice as well.

 

[EagleWings]

Fiio X3ii (2nd Gen)

 

[identitymatrix]

You may also want to check IBASSO DX90

 

[roadcykler]

Sansa Clip+. Small. Micro SD slot. Plays .flac and the best part, about $50 instead of hundreds. Also, you can add Rockbox and have even more flexibility. 

 

[Zankes]

  Sansa Clip+. Small. Micro SD slot. Plays .flac and the best part, about $50 instead of hundreds. Also, you can add Rockbox and have even more flexibility. 

If price is issue I would go for Fiio X1.

 

[Tail]

I have a pair of Sennheiser HD25 1-iis which have been upgraded with an Oyaide cable and the Custom Cans mass loading and damping set. I love these headphones, they sound great and I use them every day.

I'm looking for a music player (and amp if needed) that will match well with these. I mainly listen to Rock and Metal nice and loud, thrash/black mostly. It has to have a decent amount of memory or an SD card slot and must be significantly better sounding than an iPod touch.

I'll be using it on the go for up to a few hours at a time. I don't really have a set price; if I think it is worth it and I can afford it then I will buy it.

Thanks!

Thing is that significantly better sounding player than iPod touch doesn't exist, differences are small and mostly due to more powerful built in amp (if iPod can't feed some hard to drive headphones that's where the "better" player will shine), so you might as well just get external amp and save yourself from extremely bad UI of most of those other players, since iPod touch is a lot better there. I speak from personal experience since I've tested quite a few players and own and use FiiO X3.  

 

[jkross22]

What about the AK jr?