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
But not as cool-retro looking as big rows of discrete resistors though... unless it were made to be so... a resistor network on sapphire - under glass... a Chord fish-eye-magnifier-window maybe, for desktops?
I have to admit that I would like one of today's ultimate metal foil R-2R DACs... saw while looking for R-2R networks, dreams... http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/totaldac3/1.html
From a review of the Rega Planet, circa '98', still a fitting statement today:
"Imperfect sound forever" "And don't forget that CD is an imperfect system. Never mind "perfect sound forever." We're stuck with imperfect sound—if not forever, then for many years to come.Roy Gandy told me, "With engineering CD players, it's a science and an art, because the whole system is relatively imperfect in itself. Often, real technical improvements on paper can take you backward in sound quality."
https://www.stereophile.com/content/rega-planet-cd-player-page-3
Integrated resistor arrays are not inherently better or worse than discrete resistors. In the context of the RDAC, the price point made it unrealistic to source sufficiently wide and precise integrated arrays. Otherwise, you are absolutely right that integrated arrays have better matching and can be a great solution for an R-2R DAC.