[martycat]

Hi all DT880 owners, what are your sources and amps for the lovely cans? Feel curious about that and would like to take as reference for my own setup upgrade.

 

[joelongwood]

My DT-880s, when used, are hooked up to an RKV MKII tubed amp with a Sony 333ES SACD player. I prefer these cans with tubes. With SS, to my ears, they can tend toward sibilance........not quite sibilant, but just on the edge. Tubes tend to soften it quite nicely.

 

[Solude]

Agreed, I found the Gilmore pretty good match for the Beyer until I got my Rudi. The tube input section really makes the top end pleasant. No detail loss in fact I'd say its more revealing but no etch.

Source is really a personally preference more than headphone synergy. I presonally like a clean, dynamic presentation with weight so the MF A324 fits the bill as would a BC DAC2 but it looks dinky so I got the MF

 

[BillyC]

Rotel 1072 -> Kimber Hero -> Singlepower PPX3-6SN7(Solen 1) -> DT-880s

The DT-880s sound really good with the Gilmore Lite. In my opinion it is the best amp under $300.00. They really started to blow me away with the added warmth of the PPX3-6SN7.

The Rotel is very nice, if a little bit forward. But matched with the PPX3 I'm getting great bass and mids with well defined highs. If I was to upgrade one thing in the system it would be the CDP. But that is a long way off.

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[martycat]

Thanks for your input guys! Sounds that tubey is the way to go with DT880...

 

[ivandal]

yeah tubes > ss w/ the 880s imo

 

[KarmAbe]

that's great!

i'm waiting for dT880s too in the mail!
and I have a Little DOT 2 tube amp in the mail too.... great great i can't wait argh!!!!!!!!

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Caio!
KarmAbe