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Recommend a good inexpensive amp for the Hifiman 4XX?
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<blockquote data-quote="user 997" data-source="post: 952711" data-attributes="member: 997"><p>Not all volume controls are the same either. They follow different gain curves etc. but generally you'd want the volume pot to be over 12 to avoid things like channel imbalance etc. From that perspective a volume control is more about usability than an indication of amplifier performance.</p><p></p><p>[member=1447]naughty[/member], from that description of the sound I'd be concerned whether the particular headphone unit is faulty. I can get decent volume out of my smartphone and a Dragonfly Red on my HE-500. It is just lacking a bit of bass and sounding a bit flat, but I don't notice any obvious distortion or that it sounds muffled.. The only headphone that I had that sounded like the description you gave was a Philips Fidelio L1 headphone that suffered a blown driver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 997, post: 952711, member: 997"] Not all volume controls are the same either. They follow different gain curves etc. but generally you'd want the volume pot to be over 12 to avoid things like channel imbalance etc. From that perspective a volume control is more about usability than an indication of amplifier performance. [member=1447]naughty[/member], from that description of the sound I'd be concerned whether the particular headphone unit is faulty. I can get decent volume out of my smartphone and a Dragonfly Red on my HE-500. It is just lacking a bit of bass and sounding a bit flat, but I don't notice any obvious distortion or that it sounds muffled.. The only headphone that I had that sounded like the description you gave was a Philips Fidelio L1 headphone that suffered a blown driver. [/QUOTE]
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