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
You can do that with the combined unit but you can't filter between the amp and dac as it's internal. You can filter it on the outside ports of course but it's always nagged me on the low end equipment as they just tend to be a bit more "dirty" due to no shielding.
I've always gone with "separation of church and state" on dac's and amps even on the high end.
My list of upgrades would be:
1.) Buy a Jitterbug - stick it in the USB port of your computer attach the usb cable to it and the DAC. 2.) Buy a better audio grade USB cable (as in $40'ish .. maybe $60 but that's overkill). 3.) Buy a iPower wall wart ($50) in whatever voltage your amp is in.
I have a O2 amp from a drop from a couple of years ago and I just got my new Grace DAC a few days ago. I've ordered #1 & #2 on my list just to see if the low end distortion I hear is a computer and/or cable artifact. They should be arriving Tuesday so I'll update my mini-review accordingly.
Overall this is very nice DAC for the price.
I've tested it quite a bit with tracks that have reverb/bass and those without. It's all neutral and crisp until one of those two things happen. I'm not convinced yet it's the dac itself doing it but hopefully I'll know more next week.
I'm not sure what you mean by the "Aune" I have the stand alone O2 amp it's just a standard 9v wart and the O2+SDAC says it's a standard 12v wart. The standard and balanced Grace DAC's are USB powered. I'm unfamiliar with any budget friendly amp that has a "proprietary" cable in the sub $300 range that would take to much engineering and add overhead.
That's not a wall wart just a xlr power cable in ether 4 or 6 pin's. You can get 3rd party cables on amazon. But yes the iPower is a low volt wall wart replacement so it wouldn't work with the Aune products.
Please do not spout rubbish about a product you've obviously never tried. The Jitterbug does what it is supposed to do. Way to many independent audio industry people have verified and tested it for it to be a conspiracy hoax.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/digital-audio-jitter-fundamentals.1922/#post-50607
" I have tested the Jitterbug it does absolutely nothing. "
" Stereophile made their measurements with the same results (no difference to speak of). "
As you say, the Jitterbug does what it is supposed to do: make you spend unnecessary money to fool yourself into imaginary improvements. Congratulations, you got played.