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
I don't know how decent the Saffire headphone jack is either but surely a minor step up. Getting a headphone amplifier will improve the sound but it won't change their signature coloration, which is big mushy bass, smoothed over/recessed mid range, and a token spike in the high end.
I never understood why the DT xx0 line are occasionally touted for recording applications. Even my "flat" DT 880s sounded boomy and mushy next to my favorites like the K 702 and SRH840. " I have, on a very brief revisit of the cache of my browser, found at least 15 more posts like these, within 5 minutes, as well the sea of claims that it is not so. I disregarded both couple of months ago, ordered the DT-700 pro 32Ω after two weeks of extensive everyday reading, and tried hard myself, for two weeks, every day, out of the laptop, out of the USB dacs, out of the headphone amp, out of you name it. I wanted to keep them for everything apart the unpredictable and exaggerated bass response, that killed them for me, and sadly returned them. Sadly, since, if they were given the uniform, more consistent and flatter bass response, I would have kept them and cherished them for the clarity of the sound, speed of the driver and (apart from the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde bass ) overall great sound. Even if they admittedly have recessed mids. Here is another post, that mirrored exactly my impression the DT-770 bass: " We use the 770s as our main tracking headphones (the ones we give to clients while they perform), so we have a buncha pairs around the studio.
I find the 770s to be pretty hyped and ultimately, very, very unforgiving in the low end. If there's too much bass -- even a bit too much -- you'll get a loose-sounding floppy mess. Kick drums are especially susceptible. Bass players in particular seem to love them for tracking, as they can actually sorta "feel" their instrument through the cans, as though they were playing via monitors. For me, at least, this fact makes them an awesome mixing tool for low end reference.
Anyway, I haven't noticed much of a burn-in time. They kinda just sound like they sound.
I don't particular love the mids or top of them, to be honest; I think they're a bit flat and 2-dimensional. When you say they're not responsive, what exactly do you mean? Ours don't seem to really distort at all, even when cranked up pretty hot (fwiw, we use an Aviom personal mixer headphone system; not exactly totally hi-fi but pretty dang good all things considered). " The post is from the same thread, by another user and gear afficionado, I can easily dig out other web pages with reviews that have number of similar impressions in comment fields, this has been and is well known on the web. As well as reactions to posts like these. In my experience, those reactions do not make these posts, or my own experience less true or less existing. *) There is just so much filler in your responses it is honestly hard to filter through. Take a look at what the word 'succinct' means. Yeah, well, I did take a look (like I was unfamiliar with the term, thanks for that). Hope this answer sheds some light onto that as well, and what (how much) I care about your "remark".