What would be a good portable Dac/Amp to use with my HD6xx and Sony Xperia 1 V cell phone?
I am new to this hobby. I purchased a HD6XX and plan to use it with my Sony Xperia 1 V cell phone, that has a 3.5mm jack. I was wondering if I needed a portable dac/amp or just a portable amp and if so what would one recommend? Any assistance one could provide, would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Haz
Mar 7, 2024
After a while, I started doing more research and found that the output impedance of my sound card (Asus Xonar Phoebus) is 10 (or 10.5 measured independently).
Following the rule of 1/8, will this alter my sound significantly? or should I be fine? I will be primarily using these for music (Rock, Rap, EDM, Reggae, Synth, etc) and gaming (PUBG, R6 Seige, etc). Coming off of Astro A50's.
Thanks,
In like almost all cases the base response is poorer with weak dampening (caused by high output impedance). I typically like my low end exaggerated. But like I said, I probably would struggle to hear the exact differences anyway. A little bump in EQ would fix the issue for me.
You might be able to hear the subtle differences more so than me. But just knowing there are slight changes may bother you regardless of what you hear or don't hear (knowing it biases what you hear).
So yeah, technically it should be audible but perhaps not easily noticeable -especially if you've never heard the 7xx before.
Thanks for the response though! I'll settle for now and if they don't sound as good as I'd like, then I'll start looking at external solutions