how well do the AD-700's fare with a v.good portable/digt. music player -not using headph.AMP?
616620
They work fine. The impedance is 32 ohms or something. That's supposed to work okay with standard modern headphone jacks (like on a portable digital music player or laptop)
616621
AD700 are easy to drive so portable music players can supply enough power to these phones. Remember they are 'open' style phones so everything leaks in and out and their are not a walking or jogging type headphone. On the other hand, hard to beat the 'airiness' or staging these phones produce. At least in this price range. Great for gamers.
616622
Works very well. If you're looking for noise cancelling headphones, I would suggest furhter research. The fit is more of a studio headphone (larger than average) size. Other than that, Im very satisfird with my purchase.
260359
It depends on your needs. I have an integrated amp and wanted to add streaming services and an external DAC. This was ideal. However, the functionality is available in most newer AVRs. In my case, where I was looking for an exceptional 2.1 audio experience with Pandora and AirPlay, it was worth every nickel.
2161788
remember noise from amp. buy the best you can afford and be rewarded. Filo7\V good combination
1538675
I use Sennheuser HD 598 headphone; my player is an iPod, or my Nexus tablet, running through this amplifier is much better sounding than without an amp, or in comparison to a creative portable amp I tried for a bit.
1279870
I agree, the P7 sound pretty good without an amplifier. However, I found they do scale up nicely when I use it with my desk bound DAC and headphone amplifier. I have used it with my portable Headroom Headphone Total BitHead amplifier on my Macbook Pro and iPad Air, and found that there was an improvement. However, for mobile/daily use the beauty of the P7 is that it works just great from my iPad Air and iPhone. It actually surprised me how good it sounds sans amplifier, and how even better it sounds with $3,000 worth desktop amplification. When traveling I always bring the P7s with me even though they take up more space than even quality in-ears. I like them that much. I do not know from experience if the FiiO make the P7s sound better, but as I've said amplification to scale up the sound for me. But by no means do I feel them wanting just plugged into my iPhone, iPad Air or Macbook Pro.
1996294
If you have a bunch of old records that you can't get on Cd or MP3, and you just want to listen to them, get the model with the built in pre-amp. You will also then be able to put them on your computer. But if you are looking for a vinyl based system that beats cds, mp3s etc, then you'll need a higher end turntable, cartridge etc. Otherwise you're better off plugging your Ipod straight into your amp!
1858342
You can use it on any tablet/phone/music player...but without an amp to push it, it won't sound as good. Few good amps that nicely push the hd650 are headroom portable micro amp, ALO rx mk2 and ALO rx mk3...
1727310
I have a cheap all-in-one receiver and a 1970's Phillips turntable. The sound was very dim, as you say. The TCC TC-753LC pre-amp did the trick. My old albums sound great with plenty of volume. Mind you, I don't have a high quality receiver and was just glad to get any sound out of the old turntable.
558274
It already has a good DAC. Whether a better DAC would improve sound really depends on the rest of your system. If you have high end stuff, you might be able to hear a difference. It also has a line-out so you can skip the internal headphone amp. However, I think it sounds fine as is. I would not pair it with other portable dacs/amps as the whole reason for buying it was to have a single, very good sounding unit.
1880026
Yes it will be good for digital music, but I think you're gonna to have 2 of these for decent sound.
2121209
The 7030's D/A conversion is excellent. I hooked mine up to the analog inputs (&gt;100db A s/n) of my recycled old 6.0 a/v receiver with 3 ft KabelDirekt RCA/RCA, a big $12 via Prime. Works great! Save your digital inputs for BD, etc.
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I have the VE-12's and agree they need a lot of power. I have an old JVC RX-1010 that pushes 110w per channel and an old Kenwood 7 band EQ that tones them up real nice. CD's and Digital (iTunes and FLAC files) I run from computer through a Dragon Fly DAC and it is the sound of the 70's and 80's vinyl without the pops and scratches. Los Endos live on Genesis Seconds Out remastered to FLAC at a bit rate of 2700kbs has the bass pedels vibrating my concrete garage floor all the way at the opposite end of the house and no muddiness like the first guy said.. I know, because the ol'lady screams at me to turn it down all the time.. DO NOT use with 5.1 surround you will be disappointed. I have the VE-12's and agree they need a lot of power. I have an old JVC RX-1010 that pushes 110w per channel and an old Kenwood 7 band EQ that tones them up real nice. CD's and Digital (iTunes and FLAC files) I run from computer through a Dragon Fly DAC and it is the sound of the 70's and 80's vinyl without the pops and scratches. Los Endos live on Genesis Seconds Out remastered to FLAC at a bit rate of 2700kbs has the bass pedels vibrating my concrete garage floor all the way at the opposite end of the house and no muddiness like the first guy said.. I know, because the ol'lady screams at... » Read More I have the VE-12's and agree they need a lot of power. I have an old JVC RX-1010 that pushes 110w per channel and an old Kenwood 7 band EQ that tones them up real nice. CD's and Digital (iTunes and FLAC files) I run from computer through a Dragon Fly DAC and it is the sound of the 70's and 80's vinyl without the pops and scratches. Los Endos live on Genesis Seconds Out remastered to FLAC at a bit rate of 2700kbs has the bass pedels vibrating my concrete garage floor all the way at the opposite end of the house and no muddiness like the first guy said.. I know, because the ol'lady screams at me to turn it down all the time.. DO NOT use with 5.1 surround you will be disappointed. « Show Less
87411
There are a lot of options, and it depends on what you'll be using them for. I just listen to music most of the time, so I use a Yamaha A-S500 integrated amplifier. It has worked great for me.
2021299
I just bought a Mcintosh MHA100 DAC/AMP and it is brilliant with the HD600. It completely changed the performance and took it to a level that in my opinion was better than $1800 cans I tried. If you like tubes Woo Audio WA7 has some excellent feedback
579665
Yes I have used the player with a pair of Beyers at 250. But as to your own personal taste you may want a separate amp.
2281196
I mostly use HDTracks, but there are ay least a couple of others, including a new one called something like ProStudios that I have yet to try. I stick to 96/24 and on this player they sound great! Yes, they are more expensive, but I usually wait for a sale, 10 - 15% off, and the usual price for popular music is around 18 bucks, before discount. If you want to burn these to disc, you have to use a program, at least as far as I know, that burns them to DVD. I think that program is called Cirlinca HD - Audio Ultra. Have fun!
260356
Depends on your requirement. I removed an External DAC from my component chain after getting the Marantz NA7004 as its inbuilt DAC with USB,Optical and Co Axial Inputs was sounding better. The Airplay and Network capabilities are a great convenience for playing music. It is well worth the price if you have any of the above requirements for playing 2 Channel music. A word of caution though - the player does not have a built in Wi Fi , you will need to connect the player to a Wi Fi router using a wired LAN connection for enabling Air Play.