What is a good AMP to get along with these headphones?
1453092
I have had excellent results with the Bottlehead Crack and Beta22. For the latter, I wanted a very transparent amp to match the headphones.
1453093
Purchased Ultimate headroom amp/dac. Sound is great, purchased other amp/dac's but none match the sound. Lot's of good amp's out there today, the problem is being able to test them without having to purchase.
1453094
This is an easy headphone to run with many amps, unlike more demanding competitors like HE-6 or LCD3. So you have a lot of choices according to your sound preferences. This really means ideally you should listen to the better amps as subjectively discussed in forums like head-fi eg Burson, Hifiman, Ray Samuels, Sennheiser etc. I run on EF6 by Hifiman and it sounds superb, detailed and wide soundstage but this is abit (powerfully) overkill as you may get perfectly nice sound for your ears with a cheaper amp (even EF5) - but I love my pairing. Note HD800 is abit bass-lite compared to competitors but a fine phone for classical music or wherever clear separation with nice acoustic presentation is needed. This is an easy headphone to run with many amps, unlike more demanding competitors like HE-6 or LCD3. So you have a lot of choices according to your sound preferences. This really means ideally you should listen to the better amps as subjectively discussed in forums like head-fi eg Burson, Hifiman, Ray Samuels, Sennheiser etc. I run on EF6 by Hifiman and it sounds superb, detailed and wide soundstage but this is abit (powerfully) overkill as you may get perfectly nice sound for your ears with a cheaper amp (even EF5) - but I love my pairing. Note HD800 is abit bass-lite compared to... » Read More This is an easy headphone to run with many amps, unlike more demanding competitors like HE-6 or LCD3. So you have a lot of choices according to your sound preferences. This really means ideally you should listen to the better amps as subjectively discussed in forums like head-fi eg Burson, Hifiman, Ray Samuels, Sennheiser etc. I run on EF6 by Hifiman and it sounds superb, detailed and wide soundstage but this is abit (powerfully) overkill as you may get perfectly nice sound for your ears with a cheaper amp (even EF5) - but I love my pairing. Note HD800 is abit bass-lite compared to competitors but a fine phone for classical music or wherever clear separation with nice acoustic presentation is needed. « Show Less
1453095
I bought the Lyr and Bifrost by SchiitJust sent the Bifrost in for an overhaul - new boards (UBER) and getting new tubes for the LyrFor under $1k I don't think you can do better - Just got the wife a Valhalla for her HD650s - even SHE likes it <g>
1453096
NuForce ICON HDP works great for these 300 Ohm Sennheisers. It's also great for my 600 Ohm Beyerdynamic DT 990's.
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I have Fosgate's headphone amp, can't recommend it enough. I know Jim, been to his lab when he was developing it--you cannot believe the brain power and time that went into this amp. He used the Sennheisers extensively during the development. It is truly a bargain for what it does. The base enhancement switch is not a common bass boost, far better and more subtle than that. And you will not believe what the surround switch does to enhance the sense of realism. I am a high end fanatic with a system biased towards analog. I prefer to listen to my speakers, but this Sennheiser/Fosgate combo is truly magic. I have Fosgate's headphone amp, can't recommend it enough. I know Jim, been to his lab when he was developing it--you cannot believe the brain power and time that went into this amp. He used the Sennheisers extensively during the development. It is truly a bargain for what it does. The base enhancement switch is not a common bass boost, far better and more subtle than that. And you will not believe what the surround switch does to enhance the sense of realism. I am a high end fanatic with a system biased towards analog. I prefer to listen to my speakers, but this Sennheiser/Fosgate combo is... » Read More I have Fosgate's headphone amp, can't recommend it enough. I know Jim, been to his lab when he was developing it--you cannot believe the brain power and time that went into this amp. He used the Sennheisers extensively during the development. It is truly a bargain for what it does. The base enhancement switch is not a common bass boost, far better and more subtle than that. And you will not believe what the surround switch does to enhance the sense of realism. I am a high end fanatic with a system biased towards analog. I prefer to listen to my speakers, but this Sennheiser/Fosgate combo is truly magic. « Show Less
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Hank 51 and Thomas H. are correct, and I wholeheartedly agree with their comments. I've used mine as well with a high-powered vintage Quad (British manufacturer) amp, and they sound great. Just watch the volume level, as these guys have already stated.
1257572
If you want noise isolation, look into sennheiser 280. They were too boomy for my tastes, and squeezed your brains out of your head.
794807
I use these at home in my couch. With that said an amp that is 50w with a low pass filter will work. It doesn't have to be super high end because you probably won't play any frequencies 500hz tops.
1240314
Hi, sorry can't help as I don't have experience with this devices. Anyway you ordered outstanding headphones, top class for sure, I used with a good DAC and a Magny amplifier and really are one of my prefered headphones (well, I keep the 250ohm version as I almost never use portable devices for music). Hope you likes the Beyers. Leo.
424691
There are numerous, very good small amps Out There: from Pig Nose to - the one I own - a Schiffler. A speaker will not be a good choice - choose amplification,.
94669
well, it's really hard to say. i never heard of these speakers until now. i reviewed them on youtube and i'm ipressed. how they will sound with this amp is a mistery to me. but, try to find info on-line of people who use these speakers for music. sorry i can't help anymore than that. happy hunting. but, if these speakers are amplified i would'nt recommended it. you'll probably blow them. thanks...aj..
1284533
Good overall quality no mater what you are listening to. If using them with an iPhone or ipad an good in-line amp really helps.
320101
I have a hyfonics 3200.1 at 1ohm pushing these. It's turned down to push the speakers without blowin them of course. I'd say your probably fine with that amp. Remember if you get a bigger amp than needed it will operate much cooler than getting a amp and having to turn it up all the way to push them. I recommend getting something a little bigger and tune it accordingly.
579664
I use mainly 300 ohm Sennheiser HD 650. I DO run it through an EQ and a tube headphone amp (Little Dot), but they sound good with punch and bass straight from the iBasso, although the satisfying volume is absent.
1780725
go with one of the pioneer digital amps and you'll be happy, those amps are relatively small and push plenty of power
2104024
get the pyle 3000W hybrid and that should work perfectly unless you feel like buying real expensive amplifiers.
595579
It would probably be best to get a mono. Every sub set up I've had, I always went with a mono amp for it.
291496
I use my amp with 2 sets of phones. Both are Beyer-Dynamic at 250ohms each. One open back, one closed back. The sound is great, I think you will be pleased, especially with Sennheiser open back phones.
2142486
Nope it's 30-something ohm so any source can easily power them. I've plugged them into my android phone, my wife's iPad, and my work computer and all powered them easily. Volume levels were good and sound quality was great. I did get a budget dac amp for my work computer and I'd say there seemed to be the slightest performance increase, but it also could have been my ears getting used to the headphones. So no, an amp is not needed.
1866752
yes, unless you just want to use some headphones,but I went and purshased a simmons DA50 amp for around 80.00
2044635
You need a headphone amp to get great bass performance out of these (Recommend the BSG CMOY). They are open headphones though, so they won't hit you in the face with their bass.