Itās really cool when you are trying to compare headphones. I was going back forth multiple times today checking out sounds from two VERY different headphones. Cool idea.
I have never heard it. It is made by the same company that makes Violectric and that is how I know the technology. @Hazi59 may be able to comment on the comparison?
Nice. Thatās the idea I was going for. G105 looks faux-balanced like the SP200 though. The G111 seems like it might be a balanced amp but with SE headphone outputs:
Might be a more useful feature on the G111?
Also this is a DT880 thread. These amps will do great with the DT880 600 ohm!
Not sure. When you go discrete over integrated, you can tune circuits to have negative (or positive) be equal to ground. If that is what LakePeople did, it would explain why they have so high power numbers compared to other SE amps.
Edit: I might have a G103-S soon, if it shares more than the name with the G103-P, I might have answers soon
I think I can chime in on this. I have the G109 at 590mw at 600 ohms. I use it for my sundaras (I ended up buying them theyāre so good). Power is way more than enough. Sundaras have low sensitivity even if they are listed at 37 ohms. I donāt go past 12 oāclock to get really loud.
The two jack thing, at least for me, is useful for ABāing headphones and of course for listening with someone else. Itās also much cheaper I think than the G111 of course, which I have no experience with. But I have no complaints at all. I bought mine for 190 euros open box new (used once).
Engineering detail and precision is second to none. No corners cut, as far as my understanding allows.
As far as the DT880 goes, I used to own one and really enjoyed it and I think I might buy it again once I have more funds. I think it will work great on the G109 --> especially in smoothing out the treble but also in raising the volume of the details the 880ās are capable of presenting without raising the noise floor at all. Itās an extremely quiet amp as far as my hearing can tell. Iāve never heard it distort at any volume, even max.
Iām not so sure that itās just raw power that the DT880 600 ohm headphones need.
Beyerdynamic recommends their A2 amplifier, and one youtuber was impressed with it,
so I think the headphones might just need a lot of voltage swing (explaining why balanced works so well.)
Iāve ordered the Beyerdynamic A20 amplifier (which has similar specs to the A2) so I will see how that compares to my Magni 3+ in the coming weeks.
But also a pretty definitive statement from a maker of 600ohm headphones that 100mW is enough power to make their products perform what they consider to be their best.
Zeos a reviewer who says you need a nuclear power plant to power these or the actual developer themselves of the very same headphone who claim their amp is plenty powerful and makes their headphone sound good.
Pretty sure I will have to give that one 100% to the actual developers as I would assume they know exactly what they are doing regarding their own equipment
hmm, iām gonna give it to Zeos. Heās tested a LOT of amps and headphones over the years. And from what ive seen manufacturers of headphones dont usually make better amps than companies where that is there thing.
They bundle the two together even https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/wynton.html so I think it goes without question that beyerdynamic believes it can bring the dt 880 to itās best