£200 to spend, which headphone amp?

Posted by: mystik on 07 January 2003

I have HD570 headphones (may upgrade soon) and want a decent headphone amp. Please give me some advice Frown
Posted on: 07 January 2003 by Mekon
If you haven't already, you might want to have a look at http://www.head-fi.org
Posted on: 08 January 2003 by mystik
That link was just the ticket. Amazing. I ordered some HD 580's from www.superfi.co.uk for £95
Posted on: 08 January 2003 by Mekon
Alot of people swear by the Cardas cable as a worthwhile upgrade. Did you decide on a headphone amp yet? There are some good thread on the subject here.
Posted on: 08 January 2003 by mystik
quote:
Originally posted by Mekon:
Alot of people swear by the http://headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=31&productID=0050080000 as a worthwhile upgrade. Did you decide on a headphone amp yet? There are some good thread on the subject here.


I followed that link and the replacement cable seems to be a standard replacement in case of damage, am I missing something?. I'm thinking of the Creek OBH-11, Rega Ear or MF X-Cans in that order but I've never heard a headphone amp at all so I really need help!
Posted on: 08 January 2003 by Mekon
Have a search for cardas cable, on both this forum, and that one. Ross Blackman on this forum tried it thought it was an improvement over the stock cable. Over there, they recently held some big party at Grado labs, and tried all the cable upgrades. They concluded that the cardas was the second best sounding, but the most convenient, IIRC.
Posted on: 09 January 2003 by mystik
quote:
Originally posted by Mekon:
Have a search for cardas cable, on both this forum, and that one. Ross Blackman on this forum tried it thought it was an improvement over the stock cable. Over there, they recently held some big party at Grado labs, and tried all the cable upgrades. They concluded that the cardas was the second best sounding, but the most convenient, IIRC.


http://www.cardas.com/
No sign of Sennheiser cable though Frown