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
Also, it's odd for a neutral sounding IEM to have a Soundstage that lacks depth. I would have thought a flat sound signature tends to produce a cube-like/squarish Soundstage in width, depth and height.
However, you are correct when you say my assessment of the soundstage is strange. I was perplexed at first, but came to realize that this was due to two different conditions:
1) Low quality DAC in the Nexus 6P I was using 2) The driver is a 5mm micro driver, which is inherently limited in terms of sound staging. This is based off of my current understanding of the way modern audio drivers work, so if I am wrong, please correct me.
Given these two conditions, I tried to mitigate them as much as possible. I tried to use the best DAC I had access to at the time: whatever is in the HTC One M8. This improved conditions, but not so much that I really thought to report it. I am working towards getting better hardware to test my headphones off of, but as you might know, this is rather expensive.
If you have further questions, please ask away.