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Best value DAC/Amp for an iPod?
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<blockquote data-quote="user 997" data-source="post: 149999" data-attributes="member: 997"><p>The ATH-M50 doesn't really need much or benefit that greatly from amplification. You should however notice a reasonable difference in the imaging and depth on your music, tighter bass and for sure when you want to play them loud it should remain as clean as a whistle! Those M50s love volume. Do you use MP3 format files or have you listened to lossless formats as well. In MP3's you often lose some of that information.</p><p></p><p>The cMoy does make a good difference to my Sennheiser HD448 which is a 32ohm headphone, where it tightens up the bass by quite a bit. I think a lot of people perhaps have higher expectations, which you often seen with DACs as well. Give it a few listens with your amp and then again without and see if you notice the difference. I doubt a TPA6120-based headphone amp is going to make you change your opinion if you weren't impressed with the cMoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 997, post: 149999, member: 997"] The ATH-M50 doesn't really need much or benefit that greatly from amplification. You should however notice a reasonable difference in the imaging and depth on your music, tighter bass and for sure when you want to play them loud it should remain as clean as a whistle! Those M50s love volume. Do you use MP3 format files or have you listened to lossless formats as well. In MP3's you often lose some of that information. The cMoy does make a good difference to my Sennheiser HD448 which is a 32ohm headphone, where it tightens up the bass by quite a bit. I think a lot of people perhaps have higher expectations, which you often seen with DACs as well. Give it a few listens with your amp and then again without and see if you notice the difference. I doubt a TPA6120-based headphone amp is going to make you change your opinion if you weren't impressed with the cMoy. [/QUOTE]
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