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
Down the line will also be changing out the main capacitor bank for higher capacitive rated ones... so will go from the stock 35,200uf configuration to around a 75k+uf configuration.
Was planning to go with the V4 (which has no such issues and are cheaper) but when getting ready to purchase, the V6 made it's appearance and decided to take a chance with them instead. I truthfully am a little uneasy with going with the Burson V6, it's brand new and somewhat similar to the V5 in form factor. But I am also willing to take a chance on them being my H10s will have a lot more cooling than stock and there is enough of a change from the V5 with the V6 that it seems they could be used in an H10. We will see in time.
I bought two H10s for a reason, one to be a standard and one to use as a testing platform - to see what kind of tailoring can be had for its sound profile. Both will get identical cooling mods, but only one will be used to try out different opamps. I will say though, stock the H10 is most excellent sounding amp, especially after it has quite a few hours run time on it.
The stock opamps are BB OPA134PA 4BW7NHB for the singles and Ti 96A35PM NE5532P for the duals.
I will be modding the second H10 to try passive cooling with it, basically just drilling the top with a strategic pattern of vent holes. Internally right now it looks the same as the one that will be actively cooled, just with the V6 Vivids: