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
Only some though; I don't think many are like this. But extremists exist everywhere of course, and educated filtering of opinions/impressions is a must nowadays.
EDIT: I am NOT saying the Monoprice adapter works well guys, I'm just saying it's generally the case whn cheaper stuff gets flak and you shouldn't be basing your opinion on just one guy.
1. Those who say that cheap things are all you need, and amps/dacs don't make a difference, O2+ODAC is all you will ever need (which is actually true depending on the cans owned), etc.
2. Those who say cables/adapters make a difference (of course if it's bad it will degrade sound quality, but they think expensive vs good cables make a lot of difference), DAC upgrades would yield a night and day difference (untrue, people have trouble differentiating ODAC and Bifrost MB when blind testing after VOLUME MATCHING *important), and that you need good, expensive dac/amps to power a 9 ohm Shure SE846, etc.
I'm referring to the latter in this case. I'm just saying, take comments with a grain of salt and get more opinions before making a conclusion, because a lot of opinions/impressions are gonna be extremely subjective and biased.
TL;DR: I don't think you should conclude that the Monoprice adapter is trash just because of one guy's opinion (that was earlier on, more impressions are coming in now).
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Warmly, Hillary
Truth be told, no one wants a placement maybe.