Haha yeah schitt has literally nothing in stock.
The arcam is very rare on the used marked. Have only seen one used in quite a long time. There are actually new ones up to buy, but they cost about 550⏠which is too much.
The Lake people go for around 250, maybe a bit more on ebay.
Good to hear its @M0N approved 
Maybe I am thinking uk availability, thatâs probably it lol
Itâs a very solid amp, really nice with the 880 (and most headphones)
For the 880 in particular 
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Wasnât that replaced by the G111?
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Yes but i aim to buy used g109 because its roughly 200⏠less.
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@MONâs one true love in the under $500.00 is the RNHP. 
Depending on the headphones lol
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Hi hope everyone is great today! I just purchased the Beyerdynamic A20 specifically for running the 600 ohm 880. Iâm starting to maybe have a little buyer remorse lol has anyone listen to this combo? Will be using bit frost 2 for my dac. Also have the T1.
Itâs pretty solid, I donât think you will be disappointed imo, itâs a good pairing
Thanks that eases my mind a bit lol. The power for 600 ohm was really what was worrying me.
Yeah you shouldnât have any issues with that imo
Is there pads for these that doesnât change the sound signature too much (I donât mind if they tone down the highs a bit though)? The pads on these are definitely not for me; my ears are too damn big.
There are definitely deeper pads - Dekoni or ZMF Ori come to mind - but you might have trouble finding pads with a larger radius that fit snugly. Brainwavz oval pads fit fine, though I havenât really compared the sound signatures.
Hot take lol
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Just saying lol
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After listening to these for a good while, Iâd say overall these are pretty great for the price. Iâd say they sound more like $300+ cans rather than $200. But I wouldnât describe them as mind blowing like Zeos did lol.
Regarding tonality, I see why DMS compared them the HD800 in his review. They are neutral-bright with lean sounding bass. For my preferences, theyâre a bit too bright for most of the music I listen to. But otherwise the tuning is quite good. I find they work best with your typical well-mastered audiophile stuff rather than heavy metal or pop (in my case).
For amps I mainly used the Asgard 3. I also tried them on the Hagerman Tuba for a bit. But I only found it to be a slight improvement over the Asgard 3 if at all. I wish I had an OTL tube amp to test it with.
When I bought them, I was hoping they could fill some niche in my collectionâor that they would be good for poorly mastered stuff like a HD600. That wasnât really the case mainly due to its brightness. For my own headphone use-case categories, these fall into the same group as my HD800S and Clear. So I will be selling them since I donât have much reason to keep them.
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The black 250 ohm versions are different. A bit more bass and not as sharp treble which works more with the music I listen to which is heavy and extreme metal and hip hop. You may like those more.
Thatâs interesting. I thought everyone preferred the 600 ohm version. Aside from a bit different tonality, did you notice any other differences?
I donât have a pair of 600ohm to compare. My main issue with the 600ohm beyers is that they distort and this is when plugged into the asgard 3. Iâve had 4 different pairs of 600ohm beyers, 2 of them dt880, the other 2 were T1.2 and all of them had distortion when driven off of the asgard 3. The dt1990 (which is 250ohm) and my current pair of dt880 donât have any distortion issues.
The gray pads are thinner than the black pads on my pair. I think the thickness has an effect on the sound signature. Iâll swap my gray pads on later to see if there is any change in its sound.
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