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
K, check this out; Round March 2018, I'd finally decided that I would pull the trigger and get in on the collaboration of Massdrop and audio giant Sennheiser for their collaboration of their legendary legit HD6xx's, otherwise known as the HD650's.
Gotta tell ya I was super bummed when, after I placed my order for these, that they would not be delivered till August 15 2018 . . DUDE that was a 5 1/2 month wait ! ! ! I didn't think I was going to make it. In fact, I KNEW I wasn't going to. So I had to occupy my time by looking for a nice DAC/AMP to drive em. That's when I came across a company called Mayflower that builds a nice powerful little unit called the ARC. Every YT review said it was a great product. This product was DEF not cheap [cost me about $384..75 after taxes, but I had to have it]. Only problem was there were no retailers in Canada that sold it. So I had to order it from the states, and it arrived at my door up here in Canada 2 weeks later.
But that wasn't enough because at the time, I stumbled across another amp, a gamers amp [I play a lot of FPS games], from. . . lo and behold, Sennheiser. It was the GSX1000, and not only did this amp also get great reviews, but it was touted at having the best 7.1 surround sound algorithms anywhere. It wasn't cheap [$277.65 CDN], but I couldn't pass on it. So I grabbed it up from Amazon.ca and it arrived 2 days after that.
Now all I have to do is wait till mid june and my Sennheiser d.,.b 's will be in my grubby hands muuahahahaha /rubs hands deviously.
All this gang, to say that I was a happy man to see that delivery notification in my inbox :)
Cheers and you all have a great weekend !
Mike