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
I bought these on the previous drop. I absolutely love them.
I was in the market for new headphones and could not decide on what to get. I don't have a huge budget but I needed some good quality headphones for gaming and music. I was considering the Sennheiser Game one headphones. I looked through a bunch of reviews on all kinds of headphones. I saw a few youtube vids on these and the drop happen to be active at the time so I went for it. My first purchase on Massdrop and I was not disappointed.
I was a former car audio SPL basshead running 18in DC lvl5 sub on 5k watts RMS paired with rockford power series componet mids/highs, then slowly moved toward SQL. then I dropped out of the audio game for a few years. I may be new in the Hi-Fi world, but I do know a thing or two about good quality audio.
Out of the box, yes the highs are really REALLY up there, but they do mellow out after break-in. the low end is nice and balanced. I'm accustomed to hearing lows from a sub and I didn't think headphones could go that low. these headphones won't disappoint. Some reviews say the clamping force is very strong, however it never bothered me. I played games 3 hours straight the first day and didn't have issues. I never had open back headphones and never really noticed sound staging before I tried these on. I think they do a great job in sound staging. I played a bunch of acoustic songs and i could hear clearly the separation in the instruments (piano at 10 o'clock, violin at 1 o'clock). That blew my mind headphones could do that. I was able to clearly hear which direction footsteps were coming in games. I paired this with a modmic for voice chat in games and I love it.
TL:DR *well worth $99+shipping *sounds great. but they do need break in *good soundstaging
I just thought I'd mention, my <$7 monoprice 8320 does this just fine too. It almost feels like cheating compared to stereo speakers, doesn't it?