Hello there !
So yea My wife gifted me the HD 800S for Christmas (yes we exchanged gifts early, we dont care)... I know im extremely lucky to have her, prior to the 800s I humbly owned the HD 58X Jubilee with a Shiit Fulla 3 which was a nice little combo for competitive gaming and casual music listening on my desktop. I am by no means an audiophile, so I really dont much knowledge on amps and dacs and whatnot. Upon opening the 800s I notice none of the 2 cables worked with my fulla 3 so I went to Guitar center and got myself an adapter from 1/4 to 3.5mm which works fine and I can clearly hear the immense difference from my old 58X, so that alone made a huge difference..
now my question is am I missing out alot more by not using a more powerful / higher quality / more featured AMP ? Like will I be just as impressed like I did when I first Listened to the HD800s + Fulla 3 or will there be diminishing returns ?
If so what would be an entry level amp for the HD800s, Yea I know a 1600$ Headphone should be treated to an equally expensive amp+dac combo, but im not looking for that.
Thanks in advance !
Worth trying a tube amp with them. One of the Schitt ones will have more than enough power without breaking the bank. I definitely prefer mine through tubes.
I also recently bought the ZMF pads for mime and absolutely love the sound with them on, so there's a cheaper upgrade path too