Is the Line-out powerful enough for 600ohm headphones? Like HD600, DT880/990?
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Absolutely. I use a set of HD650 phones with it and it sounds great. I do recommend replacing the tubes to get the best out of it though.
1365472
Not sure, I can tell you that it does very well at driving my Sennheiser HD 518's.
1858340
You must have an amplifier for these headphones to give you the best sound. Leckerton Audio has great portable amplifiers/digital audio converters starting at $ 200.00 which can drive 300 ohm headphones with no problems at all.
706723
Hi, this unit sounds amazing with my Sennheiser HD250 headphones, which are also rated at 300 ohms. It is an amazing piece of gear.
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Thanks for the replies. Will keep it in mind when I am ready to buy a headphone amp.
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Not really. I purchased this along with my pair of ATH-M50s, and was disappointed. Headphone amplifiers are more designers to provide higher power to run the drivers on studio headsets, as opposed to delivering better sound quality. If you were to plug your new set of ear cans into a regular headphone jack, (like a cellphone) you would notice an appreciable amount of decreased max volume. That is what headphone amps remedy, although there are much better options than this one. I returned mine.
1011409
Those outputs are balanced lines, not left and right (stereo) signals for headphones and I don't think it's preamp so the signal may be too weak to listen directly through headphones. I don't have adapter to convert the balanced line to left and right signals for headphones.
887997
I'm not aware of any headphones that don't have some level of sound leakage. If you listen to music loudly, it can be heard by those around you in a relatively quiet environment. So, in an airport lobby, it probably won't be an issue, but if you're sitting in a quiet room with your wife, she'll probably be able to hear the "leak through" sound. Sorry, I'm not familiar enough with the HD600 to draw a comparison.
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Robert, re: Use w/head amp and handling + impedance? - Yes, I use the Pure I-20 DAC ( $100; from an Onkyo receiver ), into a $50 Rolls HA43 Pro amplifier, and my source is a 4th gen, 8gb ipod. Nothing fancy but it works fine. Now as far as the impedence, yes, I use 50mm Mono 8323's mainly with this setup and it easily pushes them. I have used bigger Shure and AKG headphones and this setup has pushed them fine also.BB
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Well I jut use them with my Band and Olufsen H6 that are high fidelity headphones. They improve the performance of my headphone for sure its a complete difference. I use as source my Mac book pro and a optical cable. I love it but be careful not to get the volume to high you can damage your headphones. So buy it but, be careful of not pushing your headphones to the limit.
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in my experience with the schiit modi, magni, and vali, yes, the dac + amp combo sounds better than just the amp. i'm hearing less noise, more detail, and an overall cleaner sound. I don't have these specific headphones, but the headphones themselves don't matter as it's the other components you're questioning. the vali is supposedly a great amp to pair with the senn 600 and 650 headphones. does that answer your question?
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You really need a headphone amp to get good performance out of the HD 650. It may play but it will shine with a headphone amp.
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if you are asking about headphones, I set it up with Fiio E09k and HD650, and it produces a pretty clear and detailed sound. Worth the price
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I do not have any 600 ohms headphone. I ha used it with Sennheiser 600 which is a 300 ohms headphone and it handles it very well. Use your ipod touch loaded with flac sw and down load flac music at hdmusic, you will be amazed!!
1503254
The quality is great (tried with my good-ole Sennheiser HD600). And of course the speakers mute :) And please read my review before making decision.
449948
Yes, I just tested it. FYI, use the RCA jack outputs for best sound. The 3.5mm jack is for low power headphones only.
649460
It depends on whay you want. If you can try both of them somewhere do that. They are both quality headphones. I own a pair of HD8 and they are great when it comes to separating different sounds and instruments clearly. If you are looking into something with plenty of bass response or some other type o sound tendency these are not for u.
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Yes. If you need to use a headphone output instead on another item ever, there are lots of cheap 1/4 to 1/8 th adaptor cords.