Klipsch Heritage Headphone Amplifier

[LeMatt]

Hi guys,

Does anyone have any experience with this DAC/amp ?
https://www.klipsch.com/products/heritage-headphone-amplifier#product-specs

Balanced XLR-4
525mW into 16Ω
1440mW into 32Ω
1050mW into 150Ω
540mW into 300Ω
270mW into 600Ω
Unbalanced 1/4”
810mW into 16Ω
940mW into 32Ω
270mW into 150Ω
135mW into 300Ω

Amp: TI TPA6120A2
DAC: ESS Sabre32 ES9018K2M
Samplerate Support: 16 - 24 Bit | 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
DSD Support: 2.8M, 5.6M, 11.2M

 

[maverickronin]

It uses the TI TPA6120A2 amp chip, which is quite clean with good power, but requires a 10 ohm output resistor to keep it stable. That would make it best used with high impedance headphones.

What were you planning to use it with?

 

[LeMatt]

I was planning on using it with the Sennheiser HD6xx and HD820 (both 300ohm).
Initially I had my mind on the jds-labs el dac and el amp, but I've not totally made up my mind

 

[maverickronin]

The Klipsch Heritage should be just fine with those Senn's.

The JDS EL stack would be more versatile if you get something lower impedance later. (Ironically including the Klipsch HP-3....)