Hi,
not the moment to ask postmen to carry such things, but I liked the idea?
Drop: Passions lead here (formerly Massdrop)
Is it a good idea to putt an OTL between a DAC and headphones (big ones) please ?
Thank you
not the moment to ask postmen to carry such things, but I liked the idea?
Drop: Passions lead here (formerly Massdrop)
Is it a good idea to putt an OTL between a DAC and headphones (big ones) please ?
Thank you
Thanks guys,
Best to avoid OTLs so ? Or are there ok for very low impedance as the big ESL loudspeakers, i.e. not suited for the high impedances seen with headphones?
I read the new oaps (TI 16xx family) you can see everywhere in headphones amp are very good and noiseless but unatural ?
In theory diamond like solid states schems or OTL, so w/o outputt trafo or dc blocking caps sounds good to me but I really don't know in real life if good and-or risky for headphones ?
Too much hum for a big magnetic planar headphones ? Saw ESLs Staks still use tubes in their best amp and so did Fostex with its flagship headphones amp - while much more complicated that the little Drop's amp
Best to avoid OTLs so ? Or are there ok for very low impedance as the big ESL loudspeakers, i.e. not suited for the high impedances seen with headphones?
I read the new oaps (TI 16xx family) you can see everywhere in headphones amp are very good and noiseless but unatural ?
In theory diamond like solid states schems or OTL, so w/o outputt trafo or dc blocking caps sounds good to me but I really don't know in real life if good and-or risky for headphones ?
Too much hum for a big magnetic planar headphones ? Saw ESLs Staks still use tubes in their best amp and so did Fostex with its flagship headphones amp - while much more complicated that the little Drop's amp
headphones and otl amp is a great idea, but one needs to know what one is doing
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This looks like a good start (cathode follower for low output impedance). An other way can be the Zotl amp as this can even drive loudspeakers of 4 Ohms.
The schematic can be found here:
http://www.davidberning.com/images/microZOTL/microZOTL_Manual.pdf
The schematic can be found here:
http://www.davidberning.com/images/microZOTL/microZOTL_Manual.pdf
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Thank you, I'll check it out. But .. to be honest.. I'm enjoying this so much I'm actually going to put it into a proper chassis, with all the goodies it needs. It's just such an amazing experience now, this kind of detail, dynamics and bass drive, first I was like 'holy ****'. It just needs to stay in my system. But I'm open to new things - as always
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