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Wife gifted me HD 800S, I have some questions! (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by ChespiRules@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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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 !

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[–] fediverser@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

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[–] JohnnyCommunist@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Blessingtenshi@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

hd800s have enough bass, no need to eq it just buy a decent amp