I recently got this headset, and wow is it good. My only issue is when certain people talk on discord, I can hear a really high pitched ringing. I fiddled with a bunch of settings, computer audio and discord, and nothing seems to solve the issue. It is primarily if not all in my right ear only. Is there something wrong with my headset, or was that ringing always there I can just hear it cause the headset is THAT good? I haven't had any issues with any other application, though I have yet to test if I can hear the ringing on a different version of discord, say on my xbox instead of my pc. Only other issue I've had is occasional static, but I can't tell if it's from the headset or the show/game/etc.
Apr 24, 2024
I'd also add the JDS Labs Objective2+ODAC amp/DAC to your list of considerations if you want an "all in one" box. There are lots of solid options to choose from. Cheers!
I don't have hands-on experience with the Jotunheim and it looks good on paper but, being an all-in-one box, you are limited with the DAC that's available for it. It only has USB input and, at present, you don't have the flexibility of swapping out a different DAC like you're able to with separate components. Not that there's anything wrong with the DAC in the Jotunheim, it uses a very good chip and perhaps you only need a USB interface; just pointing out the limitations with this device.
The FiiO devices are decent as well but, in my experience, they top out with headphones in the 250-300 ohm range. Anything with higher impedance than that and you'll require a more powerful amp.
Regardless of all this, the Fostex TH-X00 are low impedance and efficient headphones so any one of the amps mentioned in this thread, or even available here on MD, will easily drive them. It mostly comes down to how much the OP wants to spend and if they want to future-proof their playback system for any other headphones they 'might' purchase in the future. Cheers!
The Jotunheim, Magni 2, and Grace, among others, all have sub-1 ohm output impedance so I'm not sure where you're going with that in regards to the 25-ohm Fostex headphones? General rule of thumb is that you want an amp's output impedance at least 1/8th that of the headphone's impedance (some say 1/10th), so the damping factor is more than sufficient on these amps. Cheers!