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
Starting from what you have, the upgrade path for music that I'd recommend would next be the Schiit Modi Multibit, iFi Micro iDSD Black Label or Chord Mojo, AudioGD DAC-19 or Schiit Gungnir Multibit, and I don't have a strong sense of what to do after that, lol! There's probably other good choices in those price ranges too.
For gaming and surround, the upgrade path is simpler: start with what you have, next maybe the Sennheiser GSX 1000 (research the surround processing on this), then the Creative X7, and after that there's a huge gap of worthwhile considerations (you can always connect a DAC to the X7's optical out for an upgrade) until you reach the Smyth Realizer A16. Hopefully there are more options in-between in the future, because there's a big price gap in there.