Hello, I have Sennheiser HD 518. I wan’t to find a good amp for my headphone because i have not gotten a good headphones like the HD 518 and i wan’t to know is there a amp for around $50.
By the way it’s my first time posting on the forums.
idk about external amps in that price category but you could go for the Xonar DGX card? Should be under 50 bucks iirc.
i like the card but i dont have the room for the card because i have a 2 slot card and it's blocking the PC Express X1 slot,
MOBO: MSI A55M-E33
Well buy the DG then, the PCI version. Should be even cheaper.
This might fit the bill
Have you ever use this amp or someone you know have use this before?\
Thanks for showing me this.
Currently using this for my DT990 Pro's
Its absolutely perfect for the price IMHO.
EDIT:
With the FiiO's you will still get noise(Hissing) because of the analog interface, the SMSL uses optical so no hissing basically.
EDIT2: The one of the guys that gave it a 1 star who said it broke in a day and only heard clicking, that is actually the result of a broken fiber cable, the DAC was probably fine.
Me personally no I haven't it just fit in your budget when it comes to amps and things for headphones I use this site to get most of my knowledge its pretty helpful.
Well it's my first time going to use a amp i just want to now which one is going to be easy to use, on my understanding of the amps should just plug and play.
Its shit.
Pretty much everything from FiiO is cheap crap. Granted it seems like they are trying to change their company, and maybe one day they might actually put out a good product. I have yet to hear one FiiO product that sounds actually good.
Your best bet is going to be to go to head-fi and go through their used section to find a used schiit magni or a used O2 amp.
Its going to be more than 50 bucks, but its actually going to be a legitimate entry level amp.
Actually, here you go https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/wts-standalone-odac-65/95855
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Those look nice i'm just want to see different amps and do my research to see which one is going to be the fit for me.
You could spend 20 bucks, or 20,000 bucks. They all work the same.
Plug power in, plug RCA or XLR in.
Flip the switch and presto. You now have music.
well i don't have a job to afford something better,maybe in the next few moths i can get a job and afford something better then $50.
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Then save your money.
I am more or less in the same boat.
I promise you, you do not NEED and amp. Save your pennies and or get a job and then buy a quality product at your convince.
Never..EVER...........EEEEEVVVVEEERRRRR buy shitty toys.
If you are unable to afford a good quality toy, then you are not in a position where you can afford to spend the money on a shitty toy.
I had to learn that lesson the hard way when I was a kid and I hope you do not have to go through what I did.
well what do you think is a good amp that is not expensive.
I found this amp: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UB5GK4O/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1SB1Q59Z08MR6&coliid=I2NTDR5MUITXT6
one of my friends used this and he like it,if you now something better for around the price point.
and thanks
http://schiit.com/products/magni-2
This is the bare minimum for an entry level amp in my honest opinion.
well i don't have speakers satellites to plug it into, all i have is a sennheiser HD518.
The amp that I really want and I have to wait some time before I have the money for it is this one.
It would be the best option to wait till you have the money for a very good amp because it will be something you can use for year if you get a good one that is.
Yeeeeeeeeahhh?
Look forget about the extra rca outs.
An amplifier is a circuit. Unlike a digital circuit that one deals with 0s and 1s, this is an analog circuit.
The design of the circuit, the quality of components used, and even the quality of the power being used by the circuit are ALL going to effect the audio quality.
Logically I understand you want the same quality of amp and are willing to have less features for less money.
I really hate to say it, but that is not how the audio world works. You have very particular pieces of audio gear that sound good, and others sound bad. Thats it. There is no magic company that uses a burger king approach (have it your way) to audio amplifiers below the 3000 dollar price point.
The only way you are going to get a cheaper high quality amp is if you build it yourself. If that is something that interests you, I suggest you check out the starving student millet amp thread on head-fi and see what you think.
Otherwise, your options are schiit magni, or save your money. And I am still quite partial to the save your money idea.
CMOY. You can build one for about $50 if you are so inclined, or buy one for cheap from reputable sources. Another great solution is the Schiit Fulla. Little more than you budgeted for, but I can tell you first hand, it is AMAZING. I bought one, and was simply blown away by its performance as it destroyed even my older FiiO E09. The only issue I had with it was poor grounding on my laptop on its single USB2.0 port, and Lenovo not having proper drivers for the USB 3.0 ports on it to support USB 2.0 audio in Windows. This meant I had to plug it into my USB 2.0/eSATA port which caused a lot of noise when no sound was being pumped through.
Any newer/older laptop (mines a Thinkpad w520 ~2010 era) shouldn't have any of these issues, and I simply can not recommend the Schiit Fulla enough. It just wiped the floor of the FiiO products I had and worlds better than the ASUS essence stx ii I was running.