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Offering two balanced outputs (quarter-inch and XLR) and a hybrid amplification circuit, the AT-BHA100 from Audio-Technica helps high-end headphones do what they do best. At its core, the AT-BHA100 runs four ECC83S vacuum tubes from JJ Electronic for pure, natural overtones Read More
Hello all. Just curious should I go for this amp or DROP + THX AAA™ 789. I will be using 3 types of headphones: HD 660s, 177x go and hopefully HD 8xx
Does it come with EU or UK plug?
Since you are asking for an opinion, what DAC are you planning to use? I'd say that you are considering apples and oysters. The pure integrated linear circuit and way cheaper THX-789 amp against a more (!) costly hybrid amp. The headphones you list are not particularly hard to drive, most any amp will do. Maybe consider a nice DAC like a Chord Mojo along with the THX 789 or other similar THX amps like a S.M.S.L. together for less than the cost of this amp alone? Although this amp intrigues me, at $1,000 I'm wanting to hear more about it before dropping that kind of cash. Remember, Half the fun is looking. :-) Good luck and enjoy!
It's going to depend very much on the planars. If the one's you're talking about are high sensitivity planars such as the Oppo PM-3s (102Db @ 26Ohms) or perhaps the HE400S (98Db @ 22Ohms), then you'll certainly be fine. But if the specs listed by Jeremiah_R are accurate then it probably isn't a good match more current thirsty planars such as the HE560 (90Db @ 45Ohms) or LCD3.