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
Currently I have Beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium 600 Ohm and I also plan on getting Sennheiser HD650 in the future (couldn't get in on the 6XX drop sadly).
Right now my DT-880 is driven by my Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 2nd Gen Interface. But I don't have enough headroom to push quiet source-material, so I'm looking for a decent Headphone-Amp below 200$ (or 200€ here in Germany but don't worry about that for now).
First thing that came to mind is the Objective 2 which I can get for 110-150€ here. Someone in a german HiFi-forum recommended the Schiit Vali over the O2. But first of all it's a tube-amp, which I'm not sure if I would want that, and I've heard some bad stuff about Schiit as well.
Another question is: Do you think the Focusrite Interface has a decent enough DAC? I don't know which chip it uses and couldn't find much info online. I thought I might get by with using it as my DAC and then send the Line-Out to the headphone-amp. But I'm also open for spending another few bucks at something like the SDAC, ODAC or Schiit Modi.