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
Edit2: yes, the hd6xx and th610 use the same connectors (also hd600/hd650 and th900mk2), so this cable should work for any of those headphones.
https://www.head-fi.org/f/threads/new-fostex-th610-premium-reference-closed-back-headphones.798127/page-14
(I have tried a few different cables, all of which terminate into an unbalanced 1/4" jack and they makes the phones sound terrible so maybe it wouldn't make a difference if the connection was balanced I don't know for sure)
Inverted polarity sounds kind of strange as the phones are now moving sound waves reversed into the phone cups then reflect to your ears (<-Sound->) instead of directly into your ears (->Sound<-). In my experience it really kills the power you get out of your phone as the sound has to fight back through the moving driver to reflect to your ears.
I find my Th900MK II's really lack the power that they have when the polarity is correct.
This is my experience while using unbalanced cables. I have not tried using balanced cables with the polarity reversed so i am not sure if it would make a difference.
Sennheiser connector: the upper pin is slightly larger then the lower pin.
Official Fostex Connectors: the size difference is a bit more pronounced.