Show your headphone amplifier

[FONSguy]

Crown D75a

 

[boza]

Spartan Music Helot 2x

 

[thanhky1985]

I have the Rotel RA-1570 and RA-1592; both deliver excellent power for my HD599s.

 

[transmaster]

Here's mine.I use Stax e-stats.

Push-Pull 6V6's The only general coverage reciever own that has a turntable plug in.

 

[willyhere]

Moved it from standalone on bedside table (with phone/DAP) to main setup (TT and CDs).

 

[tubelectron]

One day :

1 - I'll buy a new nice headphone (to complement my good old Sennheiser HD-280).
2 - I'll build or buy a nice headphone amplifier (instead of unsing the headphone output of my amps/preamps/CDplayers and the like).
3 - I'll have to return to headphone listening, that I stopped at least 10 years ago (for a near-field listening).

I will have to study that proposal seriously... One day !

T

 

[Mr Boochie]

One day :

1 - I'll buy a new nice headphone (to complement my good old Sennheiser HD-280).
2 - I'll build or buy a nice headphone amplifier (instead of unsing the headphone output of my amps/preamps/CDplayers and the like).
3 - I'll have to return to headphone listening, that I stopped at least 10 years ago (for a near-field listening).

I will have to study that proposal seriously... One day !

T

If you do any recording, you need good headphones. If you want pleasant audio from those phones, you need a good stand-alone preamp. Tubes or solid-state.

 

[red 111]

 

[Mr Boochie]

I will have to study that proposal seriously... One day !

T

A single-ended 6V6GTY (sort of like your mono amps) would be what I would look to do if I were to DIY.

12AY7/6072 or 12AT7/6201 input, maybe a second stage for tone controls and better gain for inefficient headphones. Easy-to-find tubes that are not fussy. Last a long time.

Good tubular tones!

 

[tubelectron]

A single-ended 6V6GTY (sort of like your mono amps) would be what I would look to do if I were to DIY.

12AY7/6072 or 12AT7/6201 input, maybe a second stage for tone controls and better gain for inefficient headphones. Easy-to-find tubes that are not fussy. Last a long time.

Good tubular tones!

But then you would use an output transformer, then ? I was more akeen to design an OTL / direct coupled output amp, given the low power required and relatively high Z involved, but I may be wrong...

@Mr Boochie : would you suggest something - I mean : if non-OTL ? I must confess that I never ventured in the headphone amp world...

@red 111 : what's that Schitt gear you display ?

T

 

[red 111]

But then you would use an output transformer, then ? I was more akeen to design an OTL / direct coupled output amp, given the low power required and relatively high Z involved, but I may be wrong...

@Mr Boochie : would you suggest something - I mean : if non-OTL ? I must confess that I never ventured in the headphone amp world...

@red 111 : what's that Schitt gear you display ?

T

Schiit Vali 2 headphone amp…Schiit Loki tone control…Schiit Modi DAC … OG MODEL… StraightWire cables…

 

[edwinh]

Not my exact HP amp, but it tells the story. I also have an original 901.

 

[W9TR]

I first bought the Apos Audio Druid R2R DAC and then added their Gremlin tube/SS hybrid amp. It’s a neat combination that sounds excellent and has plenty of output. I like the ‘science fair’ aesthetic and the olde English / midddle earth instructions are a hoot.