[talan7]

Yes, very well

 

[AudioNewbi3]

no, not good. Get the xduoo xd05 or creative soundblaster e5 for large cans

Ah I see I see Thanks for the reply mate!

 

[malachidjl]

no, not good. Get the xduoo xd05 or creative soundblaster e5 for large cans

Have you tried the Fireye HDB with the HD600 or something similar to? Just curious because Massdrop and their own website states this amp should be able to drive the HD600 "Headphone impedance: 16 – 600 ohm."

 

[talan7]

Have you tried the Fireye HDB with the HD600 or something similar to? Just curious because Massdrop and their own website states this amp should be able to drive the HD600 "Headphone impedance: 16 – 600 ohm."

I take it back. I just tested the fireye with my hd650 and lg v10. It drove it just fine. Granted I had my lg v10 cranked all the way up, but I got pretty good listening levels on med gain, high levels on high gain. Very open sounding, bass hit strong...no complaints here. As long as you have a good strong source, you should be ok.

 

[talan7]

Can these drive the sennheiser hd600?

They drive hd650 very well. I misspoke earlier before testing. I used lg v10 phone, cranked all the way up with the fireye and got very good results

 

[AudioNewbi3]

Thanks for the info mate!

 

[superuser1]

Is the HDB available anywhere online? massdrop doesn't have it anymore.

 

[LCMusicLover]

Is the HDB available anywhere online? massdrop doesn't have it anymore.

It's back on, $159 w/ free shipping to USA.

I received mine today from the last drop (expected ship date of June 5 was missed by 9 days).

Build quality is nice, but I'll wait for burn-in to express opinions on SQ. I will say power seems ... substantial for a portable amp. Listening @ ~25%/low gain with my Monolith m1060s via balanced connection. Certainly not a hard-to-drive set, but clearly lots of headroom.

One build comment: volume knob was loose, pulled off easily. There's a very small set screw that had to be tightened -- solved problem.

 

[talan7]

My knob came off almost immediately after I got mine. The screw came out. I re-screwed it back in with a touch of crazy glue. It's been fine since.