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Dumb Head Phone Question

I am looking at a pair of Sennheiser HD 700 or B&W P7 headphones that are available through my company's rewards program.

They would be mated to an Oppo 105 and W4S ST1000 amp.

The dumb question is will I need to buy a head phone amplifier?

If the answer is yes, what technical details do I need to take into consideration?

Also, I would welcome any comments regarding the head phone choice.

Thanks!
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mofimadness
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Your Oppo 105 already has a pretty decent built-in headphone amplifier.

You're all set.
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mofimadness
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This is from the Oppo 105 product page:

"For a more intimate listening experience, a pair of headphones can be connected directly to the BDP-105’s built-in headphone amplifiers. The headphone amplifier is connected directly to the ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC and offers a unique performance advantage over standalone headphone amplifiers."

Looks like they do indeed have built-in headphone amps like I stated.

Here is the full link.

IIRC, almost all of the reviews stated that this wasa pretty decent headphone amp.
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