I’ve just impulse-bought a FiiO K5 (non-pro) for $60. I knew what it was, had checked it out before, but there wasn’t much time for thinking, as used headphone amps are really hard to come by here and importing anything in that price range is pointless (shipment+customs+VAT = might as well buy NIB from a local store). It’s supposed to drive 1.5W of wall juice @ 32 ohms. Should suffice for now. If I don’t like it or need to upgrade, it should probably make a decent hand-me-down. Has no DAC, which is fine by me for now, as in one step at a time. The Blaster supposedly has a semi-decent DAC. It also has an optical output, but I wonder if it still performs all the gaming DSP if its DAC is bypassed.
Probably not the best choice for neutral-like headphones, but we’ll see.