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
I bought a FiiO DAC/AMP for use with my Samsung Galaxy. There was no improvement in the sound - it merely needed an amp to drive the cans I was using. Live and learn.
You can't convince people not to spend too much money on audio gear :)
(to be fair, I think he may not speak English. He clearly did not understand what I was saying about mobile devices not needing a DAC because the output is already analog and does not require converting....to..analog. never mind. It's probably wasted on him.)
I got the 32 ohm as a part of a portable setup with a portable usb powered amp and DAC. I use it when I am out of town at the villa. I have a DT990 600 ohm as well for my main setup at home but thats driven by an Arcam IR dac 2 and a tube amp utilizing phillips e288c tubes.
I have listened to mp3s, Flacs, Dsd256 etc. I am not a big fan of mp3s. I was simply pointing out that there is a variation of quality between mp3s. The same is true for Flac. I have flac files that sound worse than mp3 320k. Now this is an exception not the norm. I mostly use flac files because they work best with my software audio player. DSD256 are huge files and are not for me...