Rodney gold
Im just me...
I sold my 800's and went back to 650's....Tried a lot of amps and couldn't get it right with the 800's
Balanced headphone amp for sennheiser hd800
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Neil Gilbert
pfm Member
Got myself thoroughly confused with this now.
I do appreciate the responses but have been given conflicting information and simply looking for clarification for something which the more I read becomes less clear.
All I want to do is connect headphones (Sennheiser HD800) to my teddydac vc which has Balanced XLR fixed volume out.
Am I limited to balanced headphone amps only or can I use some sort of adaptor to connect to headphone amps with only single ended inputs?
Do I also need to have a balanced connection from amp to headphones? I currently have the stock 6.3mm connection. Not keen on the price of balanced cables for the HD800.
Thanks
I do appreciate the responses but have been given conflicting information and simply looking for clarification for something which the more I read becomes less clear.
All I want to do is connect headphones (Sennheiser HD800) to my teddydac vc which has Balanced XLR fixed volume out.
Am I limited to balanced headphone amps only or can I use some sort of adaptor to connect to headphone amps with only single ended inputs?
Do I also need to have a balanced connection from amp to headphones? I currently have the stock 6.3mm connection. Not keen on the price of balanced cables for the HD800.
Thanks
Igloo Audio
Registered User
How do you plan to control or attenuate volume?
Otherwise, you will need a 2x female XLR (left/right) to 6.35mm male Jack and then use a female to female Jack adaptor.
No. You can use a 2x female XLR (left/right) to 2x RCA/phono cable.
Peter
Neil Gilbert
pfm Member
As my dac is fixed volume I assume I will have to attenuate volume via the headphone amp.
Thanks