Solrighal
Headphoneus Supremus
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I have the Fiio e18 and although I dont have extensive amp experience I find these sound great using Flac music from my Note 3 connected by usb to the e18 through to the HD 650's. Clarity is superb with plenty of quality bass, lush mids and detailed highs. The soundstage and 3d placement of instruments is great with this set up. Well worth considering imo. I've been very happy with the capabilities of this amp through a number of different cans.
I have exactly the same set-up here if I want and you're right, the E18 drives the HD 650 very well. It doesn't do subtlety though, in my opinion. With folk or jazz, anything more restrained, it's a tad too strident. Still great as a portable solution but even then, it's eclipsed by my Sansa Clip+ & my PX100II's.
I don't know if I'm unique but I have a completely different set of tunes on my walkabout device than I'd normally listen to at home.