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
On the non-Schiit side of things, you can also get something like the Audio-GD NFB-11. I haven't used it but for $325 and how people talk about it (and Audio-GD in general), it seems like an incredible package. And it's a combo amp/dac. But it's also shipping from China so shipping cost will be a little up there.
There are plenty of other options for amps and dacs, but if someone tells me that they don't have either then those are my first recommendations. I am also not a headphone doctor.
It seems like getting the integrated DAC for you is not an ideal situation. you woudl be running cables from your main amp to the Jot. Then if you wanted to play music from your computer on your main speakers, you woudl have wires running back from the Jotunheim back to your main amp. Seems annoying. I would rather think you having a DAC hooked up to your speaker amp directly makes the most sense.
However, here is what I would have done if I had CDs and Vinyl. I would get the Jotunheim with the vinyl preamp inside and then I would get the modi 2 multibit. Hook up the cd player and pc to the modi and hookup the record player to the jotunheim.