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Drop + THX AAA™ 789 Linear Amplifier
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Drop + THX AAA™ 789 Linear Amplifier
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Announced at CES 2018, the Drop + THX Achromatic Audio Amplifier (THX AAA™) 789 is a linear bipolar amplifier with feed-forward error correction. It’s designed for objectivists who appreciate an incredibly clean, transparent amp—the sought-after “wire with gain” whose amplification is wholly uncolored by a sound of its own Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downSlothTheWizard
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Mar 29, 2020
I'm new to the audiophile community, would love some help!
I'm a pc gamer who will be plugging this into my pc, what do I need to know and what is required? or is it plug and play to a pc easily?
Headphones = HD6XX
E.G Will I need to buy an XLR cable? or an extra item?
Do I *require* a dac this instant? or can I wait a little after getting the amp
What else is recommended to add to my audio setup?
What dacs are recommended to pair with this amp?
spartan2600
21
Apr 14, 2020
Using this amp alone with your computer would not be a waste. Although a motherboard builtin DAC is not ideal, this amp is significantly better than your motherboard's.
You just need a 3.5mm audio jack to RCA cable/adapter. The only inputs are RCA and XLR, and you wouldn't have XLR outs on your motherboard. Plug and Play technology doesn't even come in to play here since amps only take analog in.
You can definitely wait to get a DAC. An amp will be by far the bigger improvement, so I'd recommend getting this first. Topping makes great, affordable, feature-packed DACs, you can make that your second purchase. Any good external DAC $50+ or a good soundcard like the Creative AE-5 will get you 99% of the way there. I bought a Topping D50s for that last 1%.
Of a good gaming system I'd consider good headphones 60%, the amp 30%, and a good DAC 10%.
For reference: I own this Amp and mostly use it with Beyerdynamic 990 600ohm. I use it secondarily with Beyer 880's and Grado 325is. My current DAC is the Pico Upsampling DAC, but I have an order in for the Topping D50s to ship later this month.
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iatsbohdan
200
May 15, 2020
If my DAC only has RCA output and I connect it to this amp, and then connect my headphones to the XLR out of the amp, will it work at all, or do I need to use XLR inputs to get XLR output to work? Ind if it will work, will I get 200mW @300 Ohm output for the single-ended output because of my single-ended input, or will I still get 800mW @300 Ohm output?
Ursavior
65
Sep 19, 2020
It will work and you will get the Balanced output wattage as long as you plug into the balanced output. It doesn't matter how it got the source.
Schonplayer
83
Nov 19, 2019
You could just plug your phone into the back...But I wouldn't suggest it. Most Phones have not so great DACs built in so you would be amplifying a muddy signal. Even on my S10+ I notice a big difference with just a cheap portable Bluetooth DAC like the Fiio BTR3. Try that first unless your driving 300 ohm headphones.
rjwmpls
3
Mar 9, 2021
How do I connect this headphone amp to a DAC? I am a novice and need all the help I can get!!
danny87
556
Mar 9, 2021
Your DAC likely has a RCA output, in which case you can just use a RCA cable to connect the DAC directly to the rear side of the Amp. In the event the output is other than RCA, there are various adapter cables than can convert whatever output of the DAC to RCA or XLR.
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nyfox12
6
Jul 15, 2020
What else would I need to purchase for a complete setup? I have the Headphones, I can buy an DAC, to go along, but do I need to buy the XLR cables to connect the dac to this amp and what other accessories will I need? Also I see 99% of people only using the 4 pin XLR on the front so would I need a 1/4 to XLR adapter to use this and forget about just using the 1/4 SE port?
DonMarquez
6
Jul 18, 2020
You can connect the a dac to the amp using the RCA inputs. XLR should not be the main concern but if your dac has that ability, it's definitely ideal for input signal strength. 1/4 to 4 Pin XLR adapaters are not available due to the headphone needing to be wired for balance, you just wont be getting the full power of the amplifier which depending on your headphones could not be needed.
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