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Portable headphone amps with Senn Hd 6xx
ts:
Finally after about two years of trying different headphone amps/dacs for my beloved Sennheiser HD 650’s, I’ve settled on two. The FIIO Mont Blanc and the OPPO HA-2. The OPPO has a built in DAC and the FIiO is just an amp. While the FIiO can crank the cans to amazing levels, I like the sound of the OPPO better with my phone. Make sense as the DAC in the phone is inferior to that of the OPPO. The OPPO does do a great job with my closed backs though.
There is one other Amp/dac that I’ve yet to try. It’s pricey and I hate the form factor but I’m tempted as the reviews with the HD650’s are all good. The Chord Mojo. Anyone here have one I can demo? Of course I’ll cover shipping back and forth.
Thanks.
Gutbucket:
I've been curious about the MiniDSP headphone amp, primarily due to the built-in DSP filtering possibilities which provide simple EQ for correcting by ear, in addition to the deeper capabilities of applying correction curves tailored to the specific headphone, a user's personal HRTF or both in combination. Have you considered or come across any information about it?
https://www.minidsp.com/products/dsp-headphone-amp/ha-dsp
I also use Senns (HD600/650/700)
ts:
--- Quote from: Gutbucket on January 07, 2021, 11:47:21 AM ---I've been curious about the MiniDSP headphone amp, primarily due to the built-in DSP filtering possibilities which provide simple EQ for correcting by ear, in addition to the deeper capabilities of applying correction curves tailored to the specific headphone, a user's personal HRTF or both in combination. Have you considered or come across any information about it?
https://www.minidsp.com/products/dsp-headphone-amp/ha-dsp
I also use Senns (HD600/650/700)
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I can’t tell if it’s fully functional without the app. I’m an iPhone guy. It looks like all the custom tailored functions are in the android app? I would love the bass and treble control.
I have original 580’s, Drop 58x Jubilees and original 650’s. I like to get them thumping when no ones around. :headphones:
Gutbucket:
Looks to me that one form or another of their control app works with iOS, as it is mentioned in the manual. [edit- no, will play from iOS but requires Mac for filter setup, see below] Would need to dig deeper in their forum or elsewhere to confirm.
But yeah, unfortunate that there are simple bass and treble knobs on the thing that can be easily adjusted without connection to an external device running an app. It appears that tone/filtering control without connection to the app is limited to switching between four saved presets stored in the unit. Those could be setup as simple preset bass/treble settings (and/or more complex filtering setups), so there is some degree of adjustment without connection to the app, if not as much as would be ideal for dialing in the tonal adjustments often needed for various taper recordings. It would be more like choosing between four settings chosen so as to be applicable in general.
Gutbucket:
Reading more deeply.. The primary filter setup and preset saving program is available for both Mac and Windows OS'. The unit is able to connect to an iOS device as playback source, but the app needed to adjust filtering via a mobile device is Android only. As a work around you could setup the presets to provide a limited degree of tonal modification on the go when playing material from an iOS source.
Bummer that it does not feature a way to access the bass/treble filtering directly on the unit as that would greatly increase functionality. If that were the case I'd immediately buy one for use with my recorders, as well as other sources. In that way complex corrective DSP filtering for specific headphones and/or listeners could be setup and saved to the four presets, and any necessary overall tonal adjustment needed for the material being listened to could be adjusted to taste as desired while listening. Wouldn't really need the app unless you also wanted parametric EQ adjustability on the go.
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