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Headphone Amp Recommendations - DIY Ok.

Posted by geezerrocket on November 25, 2014 at 07:40:36

I have recently lost my headphone amp, a rebuilt/restored Fisher 500c.
I decided it would be of better use at the cabin. There is no way I'm going schlep that thing back and forth.

I loved the sound of the 500c driving my cans late at night when the rest of the family was asleep. The Telefunken smooth plate 12ax7's combined with the Sovtek 7591's produced a very spacious and powerful sound.

So, here I am with no headphone amp, as I do not have a headphone jack on my integrated amp, DAC, or cd player.

I would like to go tube again, but I am not dead set against solid state either as long as it can give me a sense of space that tubes do so easily. I tried a Creek OBH-11 awhile back and it didn't last a week.

My headphones are relatively easy to drive; Sennheiser Momentum (over ear), V Mode 100's, Audio Technica ATH-M50, House of Marley Exodus.

I would like to stay under $400 and am not opposed to DIY (I have soldering ability), however, I can find better things to do with my free time than soldering.

Also, it seems that I receive 30% off of Sennheiser headphones through my employee discount sooooo......I may get a pair of 650's down the road and I have been lead to believe these require quite a bit more juice.

Thanks.

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Topic - Headphone Amp Recommendations - DIY Ok. - geezerrocket 07:40:36 11/25/14 (19)

another idea - pbarach 12:14:14 11/26/14 (3)

RE: another idea - geezerrocket 13:41:33 11/26/14 (2)

RE: another idea - connieflyer 17:48:58 11/28/14 (0)

Crack - flatmap 10:41:49 11/27/14 (0)

RE: Headphone Amp Recommendations - DIY Ok. - Steve Jones 10:21:40 11/25/14 (11)

Interesting.. - Dingojazz 20:49:43 11/27/14 (7)

RE: Interesting.. - Steve Jones 19:57:16 11/28/14 (6)

Thanks! nt - Dingojazz 10:17:23 12/02/14 (0)

So the board comes with a schematic? - John PA 06:57:51 12/02/14 (4)

John, PM me with your email address.-nt - Steve Jones 20:07:20 12/05/14 (3)

PM sent. . - John PA 08:50:28 12/06/14 (2)

Did not receive it... - Steve Jones 12:18:38 12/14/14 (1)

Done and sent. . - John PA 13:54:27 12/14/14 (0)

RE: Headphone Amp Recommendations - DIY Ok. - connieflyer 18:11:21 11/25/14 (2)

Garage 1217 - geezerrocket 20:48:05 11/28/14 (1)

RE: Garage 1217 - connieflyer 08:17:38 11/29/14 (0)

RE: Budget tube amps... - genungo 09:17:48 11/25/14 (2)

RE: Budget tube amps... - geezerrocket 09:52:22 11/25/14 (1)

RE: Budget tube amps... - genungo 10:18:19 11/25/14 (0)

Headphone Amp Recommendations - DIY Ok.

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