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How do you feel about spending the same amount of money or less to drive the HD-600 optimally, or at least better?
Would you pay less money for better sound?
If less expensive and better sounding alternatives exist, why bother?
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I drive my home phones with a Millet Starving Student being driven by an Alien Dac from my pc, most of the time. Or i use my Adcom PreAmp on my home stereo.
None of my phones are over 100 ohms, and the hardest one i have to drive is a MB Quart 55x, so i can actually get away with some portable amps for some of my phones.
My Grados dont need much to drive them. Yes they sound better on my Millet than on my portables, but theyre fine on just my Zune with no amp at all,also.
I dont look to spend as much money as i can. If i can spend cheaper and get better sound, i do.
My Millet was half the price of any of Rays portables, and will drive home phones better than any of Rays portables. The Millet is a decent amp for the money. A perfect starter tube amp.
I have a Realistic 2100D reciever that sounds better driving headphones than most headphone amps. The thing just has a great headphone output on it.
It cost me hardly anything.
Im not from the camp of, a portable can drive any phone optimally.
I realise a home amp will sound much better than a portable amp for fullsized home phones.
But, if you happen to have a portable amp, and do not own a home amp and youd like to use your fullsized phones, a portable amp will work better than just a portable music player for most home phones and is better than nothing.
It depends on what you can afford, what you need, and what works for you.
Im saving for a WooAudio 2 amp for use as a preamp for my home stereo, as well as my home headphone amp. I dont think ill have a problem driving any headphones that i would own, with that.