Man of Honour
Why do you need an amp with earphones?
I'll answer this again now I've had quite a few hours with my new earphones.
From the age of around 12 in 1970 I've been 'listening' to music on various equipment: Mono vinyl player, stereo vinyl deck , Stereo systems
, Walkmans, MP3 players up to my recent favourite of Samsung Note 3 into some Ultimate Ear earphones which I thought was excellent.
I bought a DAC last year (Creative E3) and suddenly my 'listening' turned into a lot more.
On Tuesday I picked up my Fidue A83's and my 'listening' turned into 'experiencing' music. Like Easyrider said, once you experience it you can't go back.
Last night I forced a mate to come down who thinks he has a great listening experience with his vinyl and he sat there blown away.
I'm now looking at DAP players.