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're asking a relative question, "can somebody reliably hear a sound quality improvement in a blind test", which isn't particularly helpful without a basis of comparison. If you want to respond with something to compare to, I can give some thoughts if I'm familiar with the product.
I'll say in my 10+ years as a member of the audiophile community, I haven't heard a cleaner, more revealing amplifier at any price. I wouldn't have had our team work on this project otherwise.
I think you would be doing a great service to the community by testing these things properly. By that, I do mean blind testing.
Back in the start of my audiophile progression I had a similar experience with the Matrix M-stage. Bought it with my hard earned cash, waited for it to arrive with visions of audio transcendence playing in my head. Set it up and..... nothing. No noticeable impact. Huge disappointment. Turned out, I was feeding it with the headphone out from my desktop, which means the amplifier was amplifying the output from the garbage amp in my computer. On top of that, I was using 32 ohm DT990s, which couldn't take advantage of the amp.
After switching to an HRT Music streamer II and 250 ohm dt880... finally got the impact I was reading about.
Now, I'll tell you what did make a difference was Sonarworks EQ. Absolutely huge improvement. I cannot go back to the stock HE400i sound now.
Your 400i is designed for sources like a MacBook.
If you can, try borrowing an HD6 series headphone (600, 650, 6XX) and compare between your headphone jack and the amplifier. Should be a pretty broad delta.
You send your products out to third party reviewers all the time, so why not have this one sent out to one who will conduct an independent, credible blind test? If the difference is as obvious as you say, then you have nothing to lose. You could even increase your sales by convincing the sceptics like me to jump on board.
For the inquiring minds; It did not leave burn marks on the table or try to spontaneously ignite... today I heard they banned Winnie the Pooh... and the also notably nasty & notorious letter 'N'; https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/asia/china-censorship-xi-jinping.html
Just for you, if you aren't already in one of these paradises: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-process-to-become-a-Chinese-citizen , or you can live in Ayn's old home: https://waytorussia.net/RussianVisa/Status.html
Needless to say, or is it,, that I read this as an excellent selling point, as will many others, if you want to bend/twist it that way... pick another forum for your political chatter.
- 1936 We the Living
- 1943 The Fountainhead
- 1957 Atlas Shrugged
Other fiction:- 1934 Night of January 16th
- 1938 Anthem
- 2015 Ideal
Non-fiction:Oh and the answer is none (completely). I have completely not read a single Ayn Rand book. Are they any good? I'm never going to read them, but feel free to answer.