There is a recent thread about these headphones but his budget was pretty tight. My budget is about 520 USD/ 430 Euro. I want to go with something that will get a lot out of them. I will be mainly use these on my PC.
I have ofc looked at the Emotiva BasX A-100 but i don’t know what DAC to combine that with. Would love recommendations for that.
Any other ideas for AMP/DAC Combos highly appreciated.
I live in EU/Germany, but if its not availabe here and i will have to import it i will bite the bullet for this.
Thanks in advance!
A lake people g103s + an allo revolution dac (with their 15 buck psu) would be a really good combo and pretty flexible, should fit into your budget well and be avail where you are. It’s a more studio neutral combo, but with the allo you can tilt it a bit warmer organic or keep it neutral, still sounds fairly organic though and controlled without being harsh
Just read all the way through your and the thx 789 seems very appealing, i wasn’t able to find the dac you used anywhere for sale. Do you have another recommendation for a DAC?
The Enog DAC is from Geshelli Labs here in the US. They’re not selling that model anymore and it has been replaced by the Jnog, which I also have. https://geshelli.com/jnog
Curious if you’ve scrolled down a few posts in that other thread and saw my followup post where I tested a 4th amp the next day.
I know you’re in Europe, so I can’t reliably recommend any DAC’s to you, aside from what I have here, which are all from American companies. But I have no doubt others here can help you out.
Personally I just got a pair of 880 600 ohms myself, also in europe. I went with the Zen DAC/CAN stack. I don’t really have anything to compare to and I’m not an audiophile but the combo sounds fine to me. That said, I did modify the headphone to change the cable and use them in balanced mode. As far as I understood that gives them a little more juice than you would normally get.
Going by Amazon or even the Ifi reseller WOD Audio if in Germany you can probably fit both the amp/dac and headphones into your budget. In my case I added a cheap tube pre-amp as well, which only made a minor change but made the sound a little less aggressive and easier to listen to.
That said WaveTheory has put out a recent review here on the CAN that might make you reconsider the AMP at least: 🔷 iFi ZEN CAN Headphone Amplifier