Looking for some advise on a DAC/Amp for a set of Sennheiser HD 6XX Headphones (HD 650 variant)

[Defiant306]

Hello

I've been kind of sitting on the side lines for a bit with audio and I'm looking to take it to the next level, so I have ordered a set of Sennheiser HD 6XX Headphones from a US based communal purchase site that's sold over 42,000 of these headsets that they have Sennheiser make for them.

It was far to tempting a punt considering that they are £160'ish if they make it through customs considering the HD 650's I can find on google are around £320.

From the reviews I have seen they are basically the Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones with some tweets items like the cables. From all accounts the HD 650's are a pretty good professional level headset that's fairly 'flat' according to some so they are good over sound range.

With this being said I have not looked in the DAC/Amp side yet and I'm looking for some advice on this from more experience people so that I can drive these correctly with my PC and some other kit that I will listen to music, TV and films on.

Any advice welcome

Cheers


Def

 

[Defiant306]

From personal experience, I'm going to suggest you focus on the amp side first. I've owned both solid state and a valve headphone amp, and thought that the valve amp made a seriously good improvement.
The unit I had was a Little Dot iv, but there's other options out there. Sold mine for £150, so they're not killer expensive.

I had the chance of purchasing the headset at this price now as it only lasts for 9 days more so I took it for the now, I can wait until I find a good DAC and amp. But I was looking for advice to direct me to some good products.

 

[Defiant306]

I wonder how I can wave down a Don then to move this thread to that forum... hmm

 

[Defiant306]

Looking at a SMSL M6 with a Little Dot Mk III... just need to see if I can find a good price for them.