Who claimed what now?
Fact of the matter is that a speaker amp built like the Emotiva can drive headphones, the relatively high bias-current will be audible in the headphones though.
This the 5 year warranty and the fact they routinely sell used for new from emotiva price (even more in a few cases factoring shipping) itâs just a no brainer unless you desperately need the $200. I think if Emotiva ever stops making them abruptly then it could even increase is value some. Itâs a novel beast, itâs kind to have so much raw power and carefully and nervously hookup other sets of cans to temporarily enjoy it or compare itâŠ
Wish the non jumper power scheme made a bit more sense on the low end though.
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Seems like you just claimed it as well, sorry but without even a dac my high quality HEDT mobo has no audible hiss on the DT990ohms or Sundaras anywhere close to listening level for either, Zeos has the same experience with the DT880âs as well.
Guess I am lucky and got a prime unit.
:^)
Initially had the jumpers on, but removed it as I wanted to use the system with lower z headphones.
To be honest, I donât really miss it. My headphones are the dt880 600, t1.2, and an x2hr.
Also had it running a pair of speakers for a bit but felt they were a bit too âthinâ for my speakers, hope that makes sense. Now I just run them as an HP out with my rega brio r.
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Hey has anyone ever experienced an issue with the amp causing your speakers to pop during playback, and what did you do to resolve it.
I can totally relate to this. Emotiva sounds extraordinary with DT 880s in 600 ohms (in direct mode), Iâll buy 990 in 600 ohms too as soon as they go on sale. There is no noise, not even on a max volume in the quite room at night with no music playing. With other headphones with 30 or 50 ohms impedance, the noise is there, but you are not supposed to use such headphones with eMotiva in direct mode. That being said, I have old Cambridge Azure integrated amp - basic model and Iâm using itâs headphones out which drives 880s with the same quality as eMotiva, I donât know the measurements for Cambridge, but they must be not far off, since I can only get up to 11 oâclock on the volume knob.
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Looking to buy a BasX A-100âŠanyone?