I donāt doubt they sound good on something like the heresy, but I have to question if you are really getting the most out of the headphones tbh. A more extreme example would be the he6. You could get buy with an emotiva a100 and it will sound fine, but to actually get what you paid for and more you want a much higher quality amp. The hedd seemed to respond well to the higher end amps, so I am making the assumption that it wouldnāt be as satisfactory on a more budget amp. Of course though I have to go and confirm this myself
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Well i have a Sp200. Which i think is better than all the 100$ amps. But im thinking seriously about getting this amp. Ive been looking at upgrading my amp for a while. a lot of people have been talking about it. its full balanced. i can get it with a built in dac. and its got a cool little feature called āMatrixā where it can sound more like speakers in a room.
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Oh, for the sure the Phonitor is better. The person making the recommendation owns the X, but they were just making a recommendation based on cost.
By all means get a Phonitor. Itās one of the best solid state amps made. 
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Yeah, was hoping for something cheaper though. something under 1000$ lol
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The cayin iha 6 would be pretty sweet then imo, that might give it some real great impact too. Fairly neutral
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You got to rember that your amp does 6 watts at 16 ohms where gsx mini does 4 watts at 50 ohms. A spl amp is doing 2.7 watts at around 50 ohms. Your 6 watts is cut down on 50 ohms.
The sp200 is about 2.5 watts at 50 ohms if I calculated it correctly
well what about the spark and other one? They are less power hungry then 1266 as Iām using less volume on the heddphone.
Those are even less power, itās like 1.5 watts on the spark and 1.6watts on the heresy at 50 ohms. Iām less concerned about power output and moreso the quality of the amp as a whole
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Currawongās review of the new Schiit Magni 3+, and Schiit Heresy.
He seemed to be impressed by them.
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Oh yeah I like them too, they are pretty nice amps for the price. The atom and heresy sound super similar, and the 3+ is more a refinement of the schiit sound thatās actually pretty good
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Just note that the āmatrixā stuff isnāt like a crazy drastic change in the sound and itās only really good for like recordings where they āhard panā instruments to the hard right or hard left. Like Rolling Stone albums.
Most of the time the effect is pretty subtle. Itās not REALLY going to make headphones sound like speakersā¦ itās just a crossfeed that lets you change and move the sound-stage. It wonāt widen it or make it sound larger or more distant or anything.
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Aw, well the main reason im getting spl is to bring out the most in my headphones. Zeos not hearing the quality of the Focal Clear cause hes using THX amps really impressed me. I also hear this amp is detailed and analytical and uncolored. Which is what im looking for. The Rupurt Neve amp seems to be the opposite of this. When i hear a amp is musical or warm or full or fun its a bad sign for my tastes.
The rnhp isnāt really that tbh, itās just natural, I would just call it natural neutral, but I would say that the spl amps would most likely be more up your alley sound wise
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Honestly, I think you would really like the Rupert Neve ampā¦ but I do think you would like the Phonitor E even moreā¦ based on your history on these forums. lol
I have no idea about the Phonitor mini thoughā¦ i know itās older and was considered their first attempt at a more consumer ampā¦ but from what Iāve read, itās not the most highly regarded.
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Natural is another keyword i dont like lol
Iām disapointed about hearing that the spatial recreation, imaging and soundstage suffer on these. i was thinking of getting them but know i think iāll wait
You know what you might really enjoy? You might like the Raal sr1a, itās got excellent soundstage and imaging and a very neutral studio signature. Itās got a ton of detail and can be pretty crazy. You could either get a speaker amp (too expensive for a good one imo) or the schiit jotunheim r
Yeah i was very interested in those. But wil have to save my money for a while to get them lol
Gotcha, I do see them go for around 2.5k at times, so perhaps wait until they start dropping to closer to 2k