that fantasia cable was for the 400i not the 1990. Can’t use balanced cabling on 1990 without modifications.
yeah, you need a 3 pin male to female balanced cable two of them as I mentioned previously
1990’s plugin on the headphone itself is a 3 pin mini xlr as I mentioned earlier when I was talking about the mod. It terminates to 3.5mm or 1/4" with the adapter and plugs into an amp or pc
yes go with the module
I don’t bother with stands I keep mine in cases so nope
Awesome, so let me explain what I think I need and how I would connect them from my perspective and you can correct me so that there is no confusion.
I Buy the DT 1990 Pro, I buy the Periapt Type 5 Pro 3.5 Cable and connect it to my motherboard for the time being.
When I saved up more money, I buy both the JNOG DAC(with USB Module) and the Archel2.5 Pro AMP. After that, I connect the DAC to my PC through the USB port, then connect the AMP with a 3.5mm to 2-Male RCA Cable.
After I connect the DAC and AMP, I buy a 1/4" Stereo Output Adapter and plug that into the Periapt Type 5 Pro 3.5 Cable’s 3.5mm connector. Then I plug it into the AMP.
Jnog is limited edition right now not sure what they plan to do regarding that. Others may know.
Not going to run the balanced cabling? Alright then. Think I paid like… $13 for my cabling balanced. Monoprice cables.
All of it sounds good and will work so you should be just fine. Recommend you search on the used markets for a 1990 though. Can get one mint at like $400 instead of new at $600.
I’m super confused, can you explain how I should connect the AMP and DAC with balanced cables? I’m really confused on this part and I would love to look it up but I’m also at work right now haha 
He means using a pair of 3 pin XLR cables like these between the DAC and Amp.
Oh, on the DAC. I don’t see the XLR cable. Is it just not shown in the picture or am I just blind O_o
Ah, I was looking at the store page, not the info page. Sorry haha
Hi, sorry to bring up an old thread but what do you think of the HD 6XX with the setup from this thread?
If you are still planning on getting the Geshelli amp, then yes that should work (I love the 6XX). If you want to drive the 6XX from your MB, probably not going to get loud enough or produce clean sound (besides noise from the MB, the 6XX likes having more power than any onboard audio will deliver).
not a good idea trying to use the 6xx on the motherboard… but works fine for the 6xx… personally, I would say I am more of a fan of like the ifi amps for something such as 6xx or tube amps… but geshelli works well enough
incorrect as this depends on the audio codec… the higher grade ones such as from asus are rated up to 600 ohms… while they struggle at 600 ohms they power anything underneath that quite well enough to not need the amp… granted the amp will definitely provide more headroom and a better sound.
For shits and giggles I plugged into my DT 880 600 ohms plugged into my Asus x570 Tuf Pro. Completely maxed volume out, it’s not loud. Less bass and the rest of the FR sounds grainy, less clear. They sound much, much better in my A90. Can you run high impedance cans on onboard audio. Sure. Is it a good idea? Not if you want to do them justice.
thats the 1200a audio codec from asus… not the 1220a which is rated for the 600 ohms.
Interesting. If you can keep EMI under control (e.g. I’ve never seen a shielded front audio cable, “HD” on board audio has been shit on every computer I’ve used in the last 25 years), that could work then. Still sounds like a bad idea if good, clean audio is what we’re pursuing.
I can agree on that, I did say that earlier that you will definitely gain better sound quality and headroom out of using an amp… ampless is good for headphones without much on the scaling if the motherboard can drive them… 58x Jubilee comes to mind… it responds well to an amp yeah but not by too much… I use them from my phone even which is nice.
Well, I don’t mind going ampless for a little while. I think I’m gonna pull the trigger on it
Less you have the current highest grade audio codec on your board, mentioned it earlier, your almost guaranteed to not be able to run 6xx ampless. Wont hurt to try if you are okay with grabbing an amp later though
I have the SupremeFX S1220A right now
Wow! It’s been a while. Just had a follow up question. If i can get the HD660S for 200, that’s definitely something i should get?
