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Not necessarily, as you can find decent portable amps for less than $100 (CMOY, Pimeta, etc.)
i hardly count cmoy as a good amp. plus its a full sized headphone, which means if he goes for a portable, the least he should do is nuforce icon or a fiio e7. both of which run at or around the 80-100 mark.
kinda expensive ...
looks nice. there are only a few using pens anymore, but i like the writing with it, so im with you
Never said CMOY was a good amp, but it is the starting range for headphone amps and is better than nothing. Plus the HD595 is a low impedance headphone so it doesn't necessarily need an amp.
I wasnt asking about the amount. I have no clue about what to get to amplify the sound of the headphones, so I asked. I obviously have a budget, but three digits could start anywhere from 1 to 9, so what are some of the options?
So out of the two, which one would be the better choice (keep in mind I want to connect it to my iMac/MBP, and to my iPhone on the go):
NuForce Icon Mobile
or
USB DAC Headphone Amplifier E7
I take it that the DAC has to be connected to my iPhone via the USB cable? Then I connect my headphones to the AMP? That seems like an awful lot of stuff to carry around. But if the ipod adapter is extra for the NuForce, I'll go with the DAC. It depends on the advice/opinions I get here though, because I have no clue about these things.
Bought BF:BC2 from Gamefly and received it today. Really liking it so far.
Great purchase! I've played BF:BC and BF:BC2 and I love them. I can't wait for the third one. I was also thinking of buying Medal Of Honor, but people are saying it's a mix up between BF:BC and COD.....but I hate cod :S
Okay if you want to get into specifics, in my opinion the sound quality of the HD595 doesn't change/improve too dramatically unless you spend upwards of $300 for a nice solid state or tube amp. Anything less than that to me isn't worth it especially when theres very little change to the already forward sounding 595's. You're much better off ripping your music with FLAC or using LAME MP3 and ensure that your source is high in quality. Garbage in = garbage out.
And comparing the K701 to the 595 based solely on ohm/impedance is silly, because thats not the point we're making. The Sony CD3000 is low impedance, but you'd be silly not to use that with an amp
Any of those are fine, but I would personally recommend you to head over to Head-Fi.org and read up on all the possibilities. You'll find much better answers there, but I warn you it's not for the faint of heart. Be prepared to dig deep in your walletThe.316 said:
We did the weekly shopping, outside of a few household items, it was mostly groceries...
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Girlfriend's christmas presents
Tiffany double heart black onyx necklace to go with the black onyx bracelet I got her for her bday
coach wristlet
A little photography fun for myself, Holga 120cfn
Tiffany double heart black onyx necklace to go with the black onyx bracelet I got her for her bday
coach wristlet
A little photography fun for myself, Holga 120cfn
I do love Fringe!
Yeah Ive just started to get into it I watched 1 episode ages ago and really liked so when I saw the bluray box set for £20 it was a no brainer really. It's kind of like a modern X-files but less aliens.
Just got some viet beef jerky. SO good!
Also got some batter mix for coconut waffles. YUM.
Also got some batter mix for coconut waffles. YUM.
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$1,500 worth of New Old Stock (N.O.S.) parts for my Camaro. New Old Stock parts are genuine factory parts that have long been discontinued from the manufacturer (in this case GM) but still unused and brand new, sealed in their factory GM packaging from years ago. In other words they are highly desirable because once they are gone they are gone, and they are the last of the genuine GM parts. Picture is being difficult.
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