Headphone amp + DAC

Auraomega · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:55

I'm looking for a good quality headphone amp and DAC for use at home (I.E. not portable), I'd like to spend between £50 and £100 having got my eye on one which costs ~£110 and has glowing reviews (does however come from China so will take an age to arrive and probably have to pay customs, too).

Will be used with my Beyer DT770s mostly, and my DR150s on occasion too.

Auraomega · 7 Mar 2011 at 12:09

I can't link to it, I can however link to the review which is here.

I'd be looking for optical in minimum, HDMI would be nice though if it were possible.

Auraomega · 8 Mar 2011 at 01:53

@jbloggs & Global_Inferno:
When you take into consideration shipping costs these both go over the ~£100 I'm looking at for the Zero.

@C64:
I need at the minimum optical in, the E7+E9 combo doesn't have optical or HDMI so I can't use it how I'd expect.

Auraomega · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:49

I don't like Dolby Headphone

Auraomega · 9 Mar 2011 at 00:30

Thing is though not everyone has a D2X, and not everyone has room for a sound card (I.E. net top systems), and as I've said I need optical in as a bare minimum, optical out and HDMI in/out would be great but I'm not sure such an amp exists.

Auraomega · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:29

Well for one thing my PC, and when a little down the line I build my HTPC that will be connected too. I know USB would work with both but it is severely limited to a 16/44.1 bandwidth.

Auraomega · 10 Mar 2011 at 11:31

It's a case of that and money (spent over £1100 on camera stuff :eek:

), just shopping around now so I can buy in a few pay-days.