DAC Headphone Amp Recommendation Please
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Unless badly implemented even Realtek chips drive it past hearing safe for longer listening volume.
About five years ago tried 250 ohm DT990 in ALC892 equipped basic motherboard and was actually surprised by result.
With its closed design DT770 should be apparently slightly more "sensitive".
About five years ago tried 250 ohm DT990 in ALC892 equipped basic motherboard and was actually surprised by result.
With its closed design DT770 should be apparently slightly more "sensitive".
Get a FiiO E10K from the jungle site for about £60. Try it and if it does a better job than your onboard audio, it'll be a decent cost effective choice. If you notice no difference compared to your onboard audio, then send it back.
If there is no difference, then maybe time to look at different headphones.
If there is no difference, then maybe time to look at different headphones.
It's surely possible that "Supreme Fx" hyping of Asus is just marketing BS and actual implementation is worser than what Realtek codec alone in reference design would do.
Because DT770 certainly shouldn't be flat with its strong rumbling bass of closed design and likely some "Beyerdynamic treble".
What's the use (gaming/movies/music?) and do you have for example also speakers in PC?
Because DT770 certainly shouldn't be flat with its strong rumbling bass of closed design and likely some "Beyerdynamic treble".
What's the use (gaming/movies/music?) and do you have for example also speakers in PC?
Hi
I use it for Music and i don't have any speakers. At the moment i am playing some AC/DC and it just sounds dead with no volume to it
Hi
Just had a look at the FiiO E10K and it says its Suitable for headphones impedance between 16 - 150Ω Will that work for 250 Ohm
E10K's ~2,6Vrms is enough for clearly past hearing safe volume.
(that peak-to-peak voltage is total marketing BS)
(that peak-to-peak voltage is total marketing BS)
As above; it can drive headphones with higher impedance than the rated 150 Ohms. FiiO are quite conservative when it comes to power output of their devices.
I've got a FiiO X1, which specifies headphones of 100 Ohm, but it does a pretty decent job of powering my 300 Ohm HD600's.
The DAC-X6 does have optical input as well, which might be useful, but there aren't that many reviews in comparison to the well reviewed E10K. Unless optical were needed, then I'd go for the E10K; but it is nice to have USB and optical, which the DAC-X6 does.
After a quick look on Head-fi, one person questioned the power output claims of the DAC-X6; he said the specs look inflated. Someone else compared the DAC-X6 to his E10K and found that the power capability of the DAC-X6 isn't anywhere near what FX Audio claim. Nice enough DAC/amp though.
After a quick look on Head-fi, one person questioned the power output claims of the DAC-X6; he said the specs look inflated. Someone else compared the DAC-X6 to his E10K and found that the power capability of the DAC-X6 isn't anywhere near what FX Audio claim. Nice enough DAC/amp though.
Or more accurately impedance is rather bad measure for how demanding headphones are.
Some of earlier Hifimans were more like small speakers in their power requirement, while having "easy" around 50 ohm level impedance.
The infamous HiFiMan HE6 - recommended means of driving them was to use the speaker terminals of a normal hi-fi amp as very few (if any) headphone amps were up to the job. That was all down to the extremely low sensitivity (efficiency) of 83.5db
Generally the higher the impedance, the higher the voltage required and the lower the sensitivity, the more current is needed.
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