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
In my mind though, I would argue the 4XX is the best of the group since it resolves some durability issues from the original design without having the shortcomings of the new headband design (I'm looking at you, plastic yokes!), but benefitting from a newer driver that could be the same or at least similar to the one in the 400i. I kind of like the older more classic style though I would have considered getting a 400i due to aggressive pricing on Amazon if HIFIMAN had made the thing with metal yokes.
There is a YouTube video that compares all four version of the 400 series . According to that reviewer, the sonic signature in terms of treble/mid/bass performance, detail, and soundstage is somewhere between the 400i and 400s; that is to say it has some sonic characteristics similar to one or the other and NOT meant to imply that overall sound quality indicates an overall good-better-best ranking between the 3 newer models (400s, 4XX, 400i).