What would be a good portable Dac/Amp to use with my HD6xx and Sony Xperia 1 V cell phone?
I am new to this hobby. I purchased a HD6XX and plan to use it with my Sony Xperia 1 V cell phone, that has a 3.5mm jack. I was wondering if I needed a portable dac/amp or just a portable amp and if so what would one recommend? Any assistance one could provide, would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Haz
Mar 7, 2024
The X7s is a much more powerful and balaced class A amp (no dac). Using the XLR and/or high gain you will be able to drive the hardest to drive headphones, very good quality amp.
The X1s is a good budget amp and dac. May* not be powerful enough for the hardest to drive headphones (example: ether flows, t50 rp), but will handle mostly anything else. Good vs things like the schiit stack or objective+odac in this price range.
The amp is more important than the dac, but the x1s does have a good dac, just wish this drop was for the S6.