Headphone Amps

Hey guys,

What is your choice for the best headphone amp that you have used with the Sennheiser HD650 headphones

Thanks
Dan

daniel82510-16-2012 7:24am

newbee Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,794 posts 10-18-2012 at 10:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The pre-amps output to the headphone amp will (I assume) come from the pre-amps tape out. If so the signal will bypass the tube amp stage in the pre-amp so there will be no tube redundancy. If you are taking the signal from one of the pre-amps main outputs you will not only have tube redundancy but you will have attenuator redundance which is not optimum by a considerable margin. If you could afford it you might consider a headphone system with a seperate CDP or a CDP with the signal being split and shared by the headphone amp and the pre-amp. The first is optimum. Tubes & 650's are a great match.
newbee Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,794 posts 10-16-2012 at 03:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete With my Senn 650's I use a Woo WA3 tubed amp w/upgraded power tube and some JJ6922's. Clear and warm tone. W/these tubes it is dead quiet as well. Excellent match with the Senn 650's I think. They also sounded quite nice with the much cheaper Fournier unit but not quite as extended in the highs.