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
"We assemble all of our universal and custom IEMs in Thailand and China respectively, with materials sourced from all over the world. Some of the process for Prestige pieces takes place in the US."
But still, I am interested to know where these are hand assembled?
Quote. Essentially all the parts are made in the USA or come from USA owned mfg, (housing, socket, drivers) and the parts suppliers, for the most part are USA mfg as well. The cable internal wire is from Japan, ultimately it is difficult to get the 100% made in America pedigree these days. Unquote.
In the end if you strive for the best product you have to make compromises. You want the best BA drivers and the only US company that is in that business produces overseas - what can you do? Still better than choosing a non-American company - if that is important to you.
In the US there is no rule as to what constitutes Made in the USA. In other countries (Made in Germany, Swiss Made, Made in Japan) you can carry this moniker when 50-60% of the value of the product are generated in that country. For noble this is easily more than that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA
So, made in USA is removed from the description but I am with Noble on this one, it's as much made in the US as possible And would fit the description of made in the US overall. And some parts are simply not made in the US at all.
"Geographic Trends We strive to maintain our manufacturing facilities in close proximity to our direct customers. In the case of MCE, we currently operate 6 facilities in Asia to serve the contract manufacturers who build OEM equipment on behalf of our end-customers. These contract manufacturers are largely based in China, Taiwan and India. Although end-user demand for consumer electronics is global and marketing activities occur globally, the majority of our manufacturing is located in Asia, primarily in China, Malaysia and the Philippines. In the case of SC, we operate 5 facilities in Asia to serve the manufacturing sites of both hearing aid OEMs and the contract manufacturers who build OEM headsets on behalf of earphone makers. These OEM manufacturing sites are largely based in China, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. Although marketing activities and end-user demand for hearing aid and specialty consumer components is global, manufacturing is primarily located in Asia for the purposes of being close to the point of assembly. We also operate 6 facilities in North America and 3 in Europe for the manufacturing of capacitors and oscillators that support our global telecom and military customers, as well as their suppliers and contract manufacturers. As a majority of our manufacturing and sales occur outside the United States, we generate the majority of our profits and cash outside the United States. While no significant statutory limitation exists, a repatriation of profits from foreign markets to the United States is inherently inefficient."
source: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NjEzOTA3fENoaWxkSUQ9MzI4MDkyfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 Page 7
very interesting read by the way.... also how they see their competitors etc.
cheers.