Is this a decent amp to power my sennheiser hd 579's?

Illuminist · 4 Jan 2020 at 13:58

SMSL SD793-II PCM1793 DIR9001 DAC Digital Audio Decoder amplifier

Looking for something cheap but effective to use with new headphones. Don't know and don't think plugging them into the motherboard sound card direct will do the job well enough. Will this be suitable?
I have a roccat juke I was going to use but not sure if that is acceptable as the headphones haven't arrived yet to test. Bit of a noob question I know...
Any one help?
The headphones are 50ohm if I remember correctly

Griff7520 · 4 Jan 2020 at 14:09

this tells you a lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-47_1TU9HY

neil_g · 4 Jan 2020 at 15:26

Used to have that and it was a good little amp. Ran my HD25 (70ohm) fine.

hyperseven · 4 Jan 2020 at 16:01

Should be fine as mine powered Q701s and now powering a set of HD650.

EsaT · 5 Jan 2020 at 16:43

Most HD500 serie Sennheisers don't require much power.

james.miller · 13 Jan 2020 at 10:33

They are good little units. Basic featureset, no USB so you'll need to use the spdif output from your existing soundcard / motherboard. great for the money, though easily improve on if you are driving high impedance headphones. Mine was doing great until it popped. Whoops