Showing posts with label best headphone dac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best headphone dac. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Headphone amp or dac?




Sophia


Hi, Im thinking on buying the Little Dot I+ Hybrid Headphone Amplifier and replace the tube and opamp, for the dac I might get the Super Pro USB DAC 707.
My question is which one would change the sound the most, because I can buy one of them now and the other in a few weeks, I currently have a Grado Rs2i and I use them with my laptop or ipod, and listen to just flac or wav files.



Answer
DAC.

DAC Amp for 8 ohm Headphones?




Sam


I recently purchased a pair of Sony MDR-XB 1000's and have since been on a quest to find an amp that can take advantage of them. My headphones have an 8 ohm resistance, and every headphone amp that I've looked into has been 16 ohms or greater. I know that running an amp against a lower resistance can be harmful to the amp/headphone, so Is there anything I can do mechanically to increase my headset's resistance? Is there even a DAC amp that supports an 8 ohm resistance?


Answer
A good short answer to this question is:

Whatever the manufacturer's specifications may say,
almost any heaphones rated betwwen 4 ohms and 600 ohms
will be compatible with almost any headphone amplifier ever made.




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