Can my Emotiva XDA-2 and Fiio E7 able to power this can? Are there better DACs &amp; AMPs that I can buy to help?
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I'm probably not the best person to answer your question because I drive my headphones with one of two tube driven amps, but I'll help. The Emotiva headphone amp/DAC will drive almost any headphone easily. The Fiio E7 may or may not be adequate for the 300ohm HD600s. Check the Fiio website for specs and look for a suitable range of headphone impedances (if listed) for this amp/DAC. Also, check head-fi.org or innerfidelity.com for more info on headphones amps/DACs where you can find reviews. Sometimes an amp/DAC will recommend a headphone impedance range and a reviewer will have a very positive review of headphones NOT within that range - YMMV. Good Luck.
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Any DAC will do fine. I have mine hooked up to my Fiio E07k. One could also plug it directly into the PC's headphone line out as well.
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I am running a Yamaha RXV-871 (similar to your Onkyo), a UPA-200,and UPA-500. I am also running large floor standing polk audio rti-a7's similar to yours. What I can tell you is that while my yamaha on its own was doing the job it was working vary hard to do so. The large speakers are vary demanding. The Emotiva amps are easily achieving that level of performance and more with little to no effort. As for weather or not it will rock your room; I haven't had the nerve to push it that far. Although I suspect the speakers will give up before the amps do!!!
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The E17 has three inputs, USB, a special 18-pin Docking Interface and a 3.5mm aux input. You could connect the FiiO E17 to your headphone jack on your receiver and then connect your headphones to the E17. I am not sure how much this would improve the sound since the real use of the E17 is to convert digital audio to analogue audio. It does this very well and greatly improves the sound from a PC.
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I'm probably not the best person to answer your question because I drive my headphones with one of two tube driven amps, but I'll help. The Emotiva headphone amp/DAC will drive almost any headphone easily. The Fiio E7 may or may not be adequate for the 300ohm HD600s. Check the Fiio website for specs and look for a suitable range of headphone impedances (if listed) for this amp/DAC. Also, check head-fi.org or innerfidelity.com for more info on headphones amps/DACs where you can find reviews. Sometimes an amp/DAC will recommend a headphone impedance range and a reviewer will have a very positive review of headphones NOT within that range - YMMV. Good Luck. I'm probably not the best person to answer your question because I drive my headphones with one of two tube driven amps, but I'll help. The Emotiva headphone amp/DAC will drive almost any headphone easily. The Fiio E7 may or may not be adequate for the 300ohm HD600s. Check the Fiio website for specs and look for a suitable range of headphone impedances (if listed) for this amp/DAC. Also, check head-fi.org or innerfidelity.com for more info on headphones amps/DACs where you can find reviews. Sometimes an amp/DAC will recommend a headphone impedance range and a reviewer will have a very... » Read More I'm probably not the best person to answer your question because I drive my headphones with one of two tube driven amps, but I'll help. The Emotiva headphone amp/DAC will drive almost any headphone easily. The Fiio E7 may or may not be adequate for the 300ohm HD600s. Check the Fiio website for specs and look for a suitable range of headphone impedances (if listed) for this amp/DAC. Also, check head-fi.org or innerfidelity.com for more info on headphones amps/DACs where you can find reviews. Sometimes an amp/DAC will recommend a headphone impedance range and a reviewer will have a very positive review of headphones NOT within that range - YMMV. Good Luck. « Show Less
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Not the DAC portion, but the strictly analog connection, yes.There is (was?) a Fiio model with a DAC and Apple-specific connection(s), but I can't currently find it. Try a bit of Googling or maybe look over Fiio's lineup?
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Yes you can! ... jus search for it at Micca Store or google this: Micca Accessory Pack for FiiO E11.link here: http://www.miccastore.com/micca-accessory-pack-for-fiio-e11-p-54.html
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If your receiver is pushing more watts per channel then this amp will not be louder. But the quality of sound produced by the Emotiva will more than likely be a large improvement, unless you own a high-end receiver (normally costing thousands of dollars).
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yes, and I must say the sound quality and stereo imaging in this little amp is trully amazing, sounds great in my senheiser 580s, I upgraded from fio e-11 to the e-12 and am very satififed with this purchasethe unit uses same usb charging cable as my crackberry
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There is always a better DAC out there. In most cases they will cost some serious $$$$. The Schiut Bifrost is excellent for its price. I cannot say though if it will improve the sound from your system because there are more variables than just the DACs. My advice though is to stay with the Oppo's DAC.....even if this is an older model/DAC, they do their players quite well.
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yes.absolutely. i have a fiio11 and the combination of these two as the result is remarkable. you will be happy...... mehdi boulder co.
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Unless you are getting noticeable electrical interference from a large graphics card I don't think the M50x will benefit from an amp/dac. I'd save your money for your next upgrade (because its an addiction).
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The MF V-DAC 2 comes with a 12V Wallwart . But as with the previous model , it can sound a lot better with a good linear power supply . I used the Pyramid 3-amp 12v Power supply . Which is reasonably cheap and has been working for years . It just sounds better , fuller and richer bass , It depends on how fussy you are , I am really fussy . I also have a peachtree DAC-it and I am about to get a proper power supply for it also as the sound is thin and needs some UMPH .
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I have the Emotiva XPA-2 and a Marantz pre amp. This combo is feeding my 2 Polk audio speakers and the sound is awesome
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If you have a separate pre-amp connect (1) Fiio A1 to let channel and the other to the right channel. You would get twice the power.Frank
2122010
Pretty sure you need to have the switch set to "dock in" and not "aux in" when you're using the E09K with one of their portable DACs. The Aux option is for when you don't a DAC plugging in. That is if memories serve. Hope this helps!
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Yes, if you get a digital out signal before your speakers. If it is headphone out, then you will actually be using the DAC on your PC in most cases, so this won't perform the function you are looking for. In essence, you need an output on your pc that allows you to bypass its internal DAC so that the conversion will occur on the FiiO.