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
What are you trying to drive with it?
Also, are you on the 3.5mm jackless iphone or do you actually have onboard audio gear? If not you'll want something that has a DAC in it as well.
Always more details to keep track of.
You could use the included dongle as your decoder and not have to worry about lightning compatibility to drive something like FiiO A5 or A3.
If you want a DAC in the same unit, the FiiO Q1 mkii should work.
I suppose since we're here, on Massdrop, I should also point out that they do drop amps like the ones we've been talking about periodically. If you're patient you can get a great deal on something here.
Examples: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/aune-b1s-portable-headphone-amp https://www.massdrop.com/buy/topping-nx1s-portable-headphone-amp https://www.massdrop.com/buy/bluewave-get-wireless-dac-amp
Spend most of my time on full sized cans near a desk, so no need really. Every now and again I find myself on a trip somewhere that it would be nice to have for though. So far I've enjoyed my CEntrance DACPort Slim driven by my absurdly huge battery pack phone case for the same purposes though.
So, not sure where the Oppo really fits in to my sitch--guess I'll have to keep trying to find some way?