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Amp for HD600?

Nokalt

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Hello I have my Sennheiser HD600 paired with Tempotec Sonata HD but I want to get myself a nice amp or an amp/dac combo with a volume knob.
I am looking to mainly order from Aliexpress as I am living in Bulgaria and even shipping from Europe is expensive.
Budget is around 120 USD I have looked at brands like Sabaj, Topping, Xduoo, Tempotec and so far I have found the Sabaj D2/D3/PHA2 and the Tempotec Serenade.
Any other suggestions? I can also use the Sonata HD as a dac since I have an rca to 3.5mm cable.
 

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Well, if you can find neither a Topping L30 nor a JDS Labs Atom or a Schiit Magni Heresy, it'll get a bit tricky. L30 seems to be available for sure.

In terms of USB DAC-HPAs...
If you don't listen super loud, a FiiO Q1 MkII may be worth a shot.. not sure it can be charged while playing over USB though. There's always the trusty E10K, too, even if that's a bit pedestrian in performance (but what do you expect for the price). Maybe a K3 then.

The Tempotec Serenade iDSD looks fairly promising, too.

In general, a HD600 isn't super picky... needs some half-decent voltage but isn't hard to drive per se.
 
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Well, if you can find neither a Topping L30 nor a JDS Labs Atom or a Schiit Magni Heresy, it'll get a bit tricky. L30 seems to be available for sure.

In terms of USB DAC-HPAs...
If you don't listen super loud, a FiiO Q1 MkII may be worth a shot.. not sure it can be charged while playing over USB though. There's always the trusty E10K, too, even if that's a bit pedestrian in performance (but what do you expect for the price). Maybe a K3 then.

The Tempotec Serenade iDSD looks fairly promising, too.

In general, a HD600 isn't super picky... needs some half-decent voltage but isn't hard to drive per se.
Yeah I think I may go with the tempotec serenade as I can buy it for 80 usd with discounts
 
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