This is a little more than $150..but well worth it, I have one myself ; A Basshead's dream !!, they are a bit heavy but well padded,I also changed the ear pad to thicker ones..I had mine imported from Japan JVC HA-SZ2000
EnforcerTIJVC LIVE BEAT HA-SZ2000 no need for an amplifier, the cord is short though;Not good for things with lots of detail..movies and bass heavy music is its forte..changing the pads are a must
copperlocks1I do have the little brother to Ha-SZ2000, and I would say that if the SZ1000 needs amp to shine then the SZ2000 will need an amp to shine. With an amp and some EQ'ing these headphones really are great. If you want bass from these headphones, get the cayin C5 amp. They will give BASS.
GuseeI agree that using an amp with EQ shaping plus some burn in time will make the 'phones really thump..but at 16 ohms even without an amp it sounds great; the person asking the question said he/she did not have an amp.. so for portability it is fine (kinda heavy though) ; the cord they put on the thing is so short so it is aimed at portability... I use mine with my receiver on a 25' extension for movies..and plug it directly to the desktop when web surfing.
Though it's tiny, it manages to power even high ohm headsets with amazing accuracy. It works great with the drop usb-c to usb-c and my Phillips shp-9600. Soon enough I'll be using the Akoustyx...
I have an external amplifier with no integrated DAC and I only have an xduo xa10 as a dac/amp can I use the xduo xa10 as a dac only with an external amplifier?