Headphone amp

[DiCe!]

Budget £50ish

Got some Senny 595's and want to give them just a little kick, any ideas people? ive never ventured this way before.

Many thanks

 

[AbsenceJam]

Do you not have a integrated stereo amp already? If you have a decent one there might be no point in getting a headphone amp since on most the headphone output is part of the main stage so worth using.

 

[Shamrock]

You can get a FiiO E11 for under £50 or E7 for ~£60 or E5 for £20.

But yeah, to echo what AbsenceJam said, the HD595s don't need anything more than a soundcard or stereo amp can provide IMO.

 

[DiCe!]

Do you not have a integrated stereo amp already? If you have a decent one there might be no point in getting a headphone amp since on most the headphone output is part of the main stage so worth using.

Headphones only get used with my PC and at the moment they are coming out of a razer barracuda sound card, nothing else.

 

[Shamrock]

You could replace the sound card with a Xonar DG which has a built in HP amp or get a cheap FiiO to sit between it and the Barracuda.

I don't really think the HD595 gains much from amping though.

 

[Martynt74]

Do you not have a integrated stereo amp already? If you have a decent one there might be no point in getting a headphone amp since on most the headphone output is part of the main stage so worth using.

I seemed to find that most of the better stereo amps don't include a headphone out.

 

[AbsenceJam]

I seemed to find that most of the better stereo amps don't include a headphone out.

Are you looking just at power amps? Because near every integrated amp from the likes of Cambridge Audio, Arcam, NAD, Marantz, etc has one. Actually CA sometimes add a separate circuit but not a poor one.

 

[Martynt74]

My old Primare didnt have one, nor have any of the Densens or quite a few others around that level.