headwhacker
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Hello Music friends!
I just stepped in this thread. I'm planing to buy a Violectric Amp to pair with Senn HD 800.
I just cannot figured out in there are any real differences between V280 and V281.
I saw that the 281 has a little more power in 300 and 600 ohm.
But those differences in be audible in different sound signatures?
I cannot test those amp cause a live in Brasil.
So, it's a lot of money ( 1 dollar = 3,3 Brasilian Real)
Almost forgot. I use my HD800 with a lyr1 since 2014. Sometimes I feel this a good match, and sometimes i just cannot end the music tracks (lack of bass and excessive treble)
Any help its very welcome!
happy new year for all
david
All violectric/lake people amps even the cheapest one should have no problems driving HD800. It's not a difficult load to drive and violectric amps have more than enough voltage swing. They all have very good noise and distortion measurements.
Between V280 and V281. The difference as you said is the power which you will definitely not use with HD800. However, if you think you are going to need the pre-amp features of V281 and by all means go ahead go big with V281.
Another thing to consider, is both V28x amps are fully balanced topologies. Unless you use them in balanced setup then either of them is overkill. You need a DAC that has balanced output and need to terminate your headphones balanced.
If you don't care too much with balanced topologies then perhaps you should look at V200 instead. Still overkill imo for HD800.