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
The Rode NT1-A received the 2004 Editor's Choice Award from Electronic Musician Magazine for best mic under $600. Here's the award statement: http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/electronic-musician-2004-editors-choice-awards/33552 Microphone (under$600)
RØDE NT1-A ($349)
A number of notable mics costing less than $600 shipped in 2003,including Blue's Ball phantom-powered dynamic and Audix's D6 kick-drummic. But we chose the large-diaphragm, fixed-cardioid Røde NT1-Abecause it represents an amazing value.
The NT1-A didn't take us entirely by surprise: Røde has builtits reputation by making high-quality, affordable microphones. But evenwith the company's history of success in that area, the NT1-A isperhaps Røde's most outstanding achievement from aprice-performance standpoint.
Although it's an offshoot of the NT1, the NT1-A is completelyredesigned on the inside and benefits from new manufacturing processes.One of the mic's most astonishing attributes is its incredibly quietoperation: it has a self-noise spec of 5 dBa, one of the lowest for anymic anywhere. Considering the NT1-A's $349 list price, that spec iseven more remarkable.
But specs only tell part of the story. Ultimately the way to judge amic is by its sound, and our reviewer was knocked out by the NT1-A'ssonic performance. From acoustic guitars to guitar amplifiers to vocalsto percussion, the NT1-A excelled in every application for which it wastested, and it handled high-SPL sources without a problem. Anyoneseeking an affordable large-diaphragm condenser for their studio shouldnot fail to listen to the versatile NT1-A.