Headphone amp questions???

[sunrise]

Originally posted by EC8010
Perhaps with such a specific question you should have a look at the Headwize site?

i have done that - only few answers and they were no yes or no's - more people over here so i decided to ask the same question here..... i see that there will be no answer here (dificult question is the problem).... i also asked the guys at mbquart what do they suggest to use with those headphones..... if they tell me what they would use i could do something with it....either way i am preparing to try borbely amp but with jfet instead of the 6dj8 or 6gm8... maybe it would be better.... don't know....
we will see.... what to say more.... to many questions here to answer .... i know for sure that i must do something since the headphones don't work the best they could....

best regards
sunny

[00940]

Quite a lot of the old headwize crowd now is on Head-Fi. You could try over there.

But, considering you went through so many decent amplifiers, I'm wondering if you shouldn't try to change the headphones rather than the amp.

[TerryO]

Hi All,

I often use Sennheiser 580's to listen to music as the TV and my main music system reside in the same room and the kids usually have it (the &%#@&* TV thing) on. Too many kids and not enough house, but I've taken a liking to the wee people, so I cope.
Anyhow the Sennheiser 580's were an Xmas present a few years ago from my wife who found them on sale for $99 USD on the Spidergear website. Just about 2 months later I picked up an AIWA Solid State receiver at St. Vinnie's for just under $15 and use it exclusively for headphone listening. It has a handy graphic display of the bass and treble tone control boost/decrement which is is stepped, this allows repeatable settings and gives me the ability to have it tailored to my preference.
This receiver, along with just about every other I've ever seen, has a headphone jack and circuitry that just suck, most manufacturers include it as an afterthought and they use cheap/shoddy parts. Tubes are most linear at the lowest settings, however solid state devices need NFB and much higher power settings to get into their most linear mode (which is not what you need for headphones). To correct this situation, I built a 10:1 voltage divider into a small Radio Shack project box I had laying around. It uses 16 awg speaker wire and carefully matched 0.01% resistors for the circuit. I guess that w/o the project box I've got $5 or $6 wrapped up in the divider. Using the speaker terminals on the back of the receiver, I drive the 'phones with the main amp in a more linear setting, and in fact, I use the main volume control which corresponds fairly well with the SPL levels of my computer speakers which can be selected as the "B" set of speakers. No danger of overdriving the 'phones and all is well with the world.
I have heard much more expensive headphone amps that sound little, if any, better than my setup. However YMMV.

Just remember: Good sound doesn't have to be affordable.............it can be downright cheap!

Best Regards,
TerryO

[sunrise]

thanks guys,
00940 - i wonder that too.... although the almost cheapest model from them was working like they do - and they are their top model...... i don't know.... will probably try few more things......

TerryO - nice thing - didn't try that.....
i will keep the advice in mind....thanks

best regards
sunny