[Colin0317]

Would I benefit a lot from this amp? I use these headphones on my laptop (Sony Vaio) and iPhone 4. I do find the output on my laptop a bit low, but they still sound great. I keep hearing an amp makes headphones sound a lot better...
 
SPECS :
 
Transducer type
Dynamic neodymium magnet 
Driver size
40 mm 
Sensitivity (1kHz)
102 dB/mW 
Impedance (1kHz)
44 Ω 
Max. input power (1kHz)
1000 mW 
Frequency range
5 Hz - 25 kHz


 
 
Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

 

[SONIC BOOM]

for me it would be worth buying a amp for the 840s just for the bass bost, but my friend has 840s and a e6 and he said it works ok.

 

[nerv]

Why not get an E7 or E17 for the USB DAC which has a decent amp amp built-in?  I have the SRH-840 and it sounds great with the E7.

 

[Papander]

The changes in sound are very subtle, if you are expecting a huge boost you will be disappointed. I'd advise you to not buy it.

 

[Colin0317]

Is it because I don't need an amp for these or the E6 is just not good enough?

 

[Papander]

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Is it because I don't need an amp for these or the E6 is just not good enough?

- Your expectations to having an amplifier is that it would improve the sound quality by a lot. This is false, any possible changes to sound will be really subtle, in some cases not even audible.
- Your Shure SRH840 headphones are easy to drive, they don't need amplifier.
- Biggest changes to sound comes from headphones. It's better to save the money and upgrade to better headphones than spending hundreds of dollars on amps. For example buying 150$ headphones and then spending another 150$ on amp, when you could have had 300$ headphones instead.
 
My opinion is that it would be waste of money to buy amp for those headhpones. But if you are that curious about it, you could always buy the amp and then return/sell it if you didn't like it.

 

[Colin0317]

I will pass on buying the amp. I thought it would give me a little tighter bass and more volume.
 
thanks for the help!

 

[Papander]

Amps do give more volume, but the effects on the sound quality are subtle.