[Chris J]

Would adding the FiiO E9 desktop app suffice? or do they need an even beefier amp? Sounds like the [COLOR=004660]O2+ODAC Combo [/color]
might be a good option but that's another 300 bones.

I have an E09K, for the money, it is a great amp for the 600 Ohm '880s

 

[imackler]

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I have an E09K, for the money, it is a great amp for the 600 Ohm '880s

 
Do you like the E09K or M-Stage for the 880 more? 

 

[Chris J]

Do you like the E09K or M-Stage for the 880 more? 

The E09K.
I really can't recommend the M Stage for the '880s, the sound tends to blandness.
The M Stage certainly has enough power to easily drive any impedance of '880 or '990 though.

 

[Chris J]

In my experience of running them off an E10, you'll be OK so long as you don't play anything too 'challenging' ... play music with lots of dynamics or low bass, for example, and the E17 will clip and you'll hear distortion.  The E17 will certainly drive em loud enough, but the bass will go a bit farty on some tracks (the most obvious clipping effect I noticed, anyway.)

The 600 ohm 880s really do need a decent mains-powered amp to be driven properly. I use a matrix m stage and that seems to just about do the job ...

I agree with your comments WRT the E17..............it's almost good enough for most music most of the time!


Strictly speaking, the 600 Ohm DT880 needs an amp that can output enough voltage to drive it.
A battery operated amp like the O2 would do it, the O2 uses a pair of 9 volt batteries.

 

[sinnottj]

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I agree with your comments WRT the E17..............it's almost good enough for most music most of the time!


Strictly speaking, the 600 Ohm DT880 needs an amp that can output enough voltage to drive it.
A battery operated amp like the O2 would do it, the O2 uses a pair of 9 volt batteries.

 
Yeah, even out of my iPod with an E7 they can sound perfectly decent with lots of music, and then some track comes along and makes the bass go a bit mental

 
Fair enough about the O2 - I've not tried one - I was just going from personal experience and should have qualified my statement as such!

 

[zeinharis]

I get a smooth treble, get more body on the mid range (vocal), get a tighter mid-bass, and the imaging capability on the DT880 is amazing when i paired it with the Dacport.

 

[Chris J]

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Yeah, even out of my iPod with an E7 they can sound perfectly decent with lots of music, and then some track comes along and makes the bass go a bit mental

 
Fair enough about the O2 - I've not tried one - I was just going from personal experience and should have qualified my statement as such!

 
About the O2, headphones and driving them with a matching headphone amp is way too complicated........................

 

[runswithaliens]

Hi, sorry to interupt your current discussions, but I just had a quick dt880 question.  I need a full-size, comfortable set of cans for work, but they can't leak much sound (at easy listenning volume levels).  Is the dt880 a semi-open can that fits the bill?
- thanks in advance.
 

 

[derbigpr]

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Hi, sorry to interupt your current discussions, but I just had a quick dt880 question.  I need a full-size, comfortable set of cans for work, but they can't leak much sound (at easy listenning volume levels).  Is the dt880 a semi-open can that fits the bill?
- thanks in advance.
 

 
 
They leak like pretty much any opened headphones. I dont really get the "semi-open" thing about them. There's really not any significant difference in terms of leakage or sound isolation compared to DT990's.

 

[yokken]

The HE-400s (and presumably all planar headphones) leak so much sound it's not even funny. It's almost like they're putting more sound out than in! 

 
The DT880s leak a fair bit but if you don't crank it up, I can't imagine you'll really bother people too much... I work in a cube and I think it blocks enough sound to mitigate any offensive/annoying leakage from my KSC75s. But that's pretty dependent on your situation and how loud you'd listen at work. Personally I try to keep my music at a reasonable volume that doesn't get me too engaged in the music, preventing me from being as productive as I could be. They do leak, though, so if you're in a place where everybody likes it to be quiet (we're talking library during finals week) then you should go for the DT770s. Go for the 32nd anniversary ones if you can get your hands on them.

 

[bracko]

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Hi, sorry to interupt your current discussions, but I just had a quick dt880 question.  I need a full-size, comfortable set of cans for work, but they can't leak much sound (at easy listenning volume levels).  Is the dt880 a semi-open can that fits the bill?
- thanks in advance.
 

Hi. I'd look at the DT660s instead. They isolate extremely well.

 

[youra6]

I noticed that with the O2 amp set on 2.5x gain,  it doesn't seem to have "enough" juice to power DT880 600ohm. Anyone else with an O2 amp have similar experiences?

 

[Graphicism]

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I noticed that with the O2 amp set on 1.5x gain,  it doesn't seem to have "enough" juice to power DT880 600ohm. Anyone else with an O2 amp have similar experiences?

 
My solid-state desktop amp doesn't power the 600Ohm DT880s ~ I wouldn't think any portable amplification would stand a chance, certainly not too OTL tube amp standards.

 

[wolfetan44]

My O2 amps it perfectly and I only go half way.

 

[youra6]

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My O2 amps it perfectly and I only go half way.

 
Do you set it to low gain (2.5X) or high gain (6.5X)?
 
Thanks!