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
ok, enough of me entertaining myself... I imagine it does have at least an onboard ADC and computer in there, because of the Dolby processing and the fact that the front proudly displays “Digital Cinema Sound Processing,” twice. Also, the manual mentions digital input and 75 Ω inputs, which to me mean “Coax Input.” It’s like my Polk Audio subwoofer... it can take analog inputs, but the white “left channel” RCA is also a coax input.
I’m honestly NOT entirely convinced it has a DAC with a Coax or S/PDIF (Sony Phillips Digital InterFace, I believe) input. If it did have a coax input (and you have something with a Coax out to try with), then I guess this closet creature has nothing to lose by trying it out, an the white DVD RCA input would be my best guess. DACs are one thing that HAVE steadily been improving over the years (unless you count the tricky multibit DACs from Theta and the like, which were better than most DACs for a long time till they were ursurped by the Schiit Yggdrasil and multibit DACs from other companies like Audio GD), so even if your Sony Does have a DAC inside, getting a newer one would sound better.