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
Companies make the cable long because it is much easier to deal with than if a cable is too short. If a cable is too long, you can braid it, cut and re-terminate it, tuck the extra length away, ect. If the cable is too short, than we have to get an extension cable as we cannot lengthen it easily otherwise.
while in real life, many people are using it in their room sitting at their bed/table with their amp 3 feet away from them.
worse still when we plan to use it with our iphone& portable amp.
how time has changed in the past 10 years, while fostex still in their sofa living room setting when hifiman has $1800 headphone for portable/iphone use :D
As i see the problem, it is just a conservative headphones market fault, thats all. For instance, none of the technological changes we saw in headphones for last 20 years were new. They just polished old orthos and electrostats tech...
And as an example of a somewhat understanding manufacturer - Audio-Technica had ATH-m50 (original) which got like a million complaints about non detachable cable. For a headphone that is used as portable in 50% of cases the stock cable was awful. So they did what they were asked to, without actually understanding WHAT it was. They released ATH-m50x model, with a detachable cable, but with a STUPID almost PROPRIETARY connector jack. Still props to them for trying :P