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Do your headphones REALLY perform much better with more expensive DAC/AMP? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by FrankieWilde11@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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I have the Sennheiser HD600, Neumann NDH-30, Audeze LCD-X.

I use these with my SSL2 hp out, and with Qudelix 5K.

I spoke to someone about my impressions and his first question was: which dac/amp? and when I told, he just winked.

So my question is: is the difference this obvious with a more expensive dac/amp combo? Should I spend another 6-800 euro to get one? Do your headphones open up/perform that much better?

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[–] baneand@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Subjectively it is very small difference - if it can be measured I would give it about 1-2% when you change the source. But - I think it is good because you need to check in which area you will get that small change. And also you are getting constant change in sound, even for a small amount. It is not like you upgrade your graphics card which is gonna be slow in couple of years from buying it. This doesn't need to be changed, it can even sound better after some time if you get a better recording.