what headphone amp for DT990 Pro?

[Mr. Zonk]

This will be my first dedicated headphone amp and I came here to seek your help with this choice. At the moment I connect my headphones thru a small Behringer mixer. The headphone output on it can drive them but it is very noisy. Not looking for anything very expensive, up to US $250 perhaps. It is for various music but usually classical (dynamics!) and jazz.
My sources are computer audio and Marantz 5001 CD player.
what do you recommend?

 

[holland]

CKKIII. Look at Rockhopperaudio.com

I built one a while back. It's nice. It'll run you right around $250 to buy from a builder.

 

[BushGuy]

Traditionally, dt770 variations, and dt990's have functioned best with Meier amps. In my case I use both of the last of his German-built amps for my Darths, and Dt990/600. The dt880/600 works very well with a tube amp (in my case ASL MG Head OTl MkIII w/ NOS tubes)...........you can interp. that some of his later amps are appropriate...........I'll also say that the ASL is not near as good for that pair of dt990/600.

 

[druelle]

Bushguy: Is the ASL not good specifically for the 600ohm DT990s or the 250ohm ones as well? Can you offer some insight as to why it's not nearly as good? Much appreciated.