muski;168135 Wrote:
> Note that this is not a balanced amp, and so cannot be connected to the
> Transporter's XLR balanced outputs. Headroom does make some balanced
> amps, but they are even pricier. Also, if you do buy a balanced
> headphone amp, you will need to recable your HD 600s.
Headroom makes a balanced version of the Desktop that is under $1000.
This is a relatively new amp.
For the HD-600, a balanced MPX-3 from Singlepower Audio is very good
sonically at a fairly reasonable price ("reasonable" in an audiophile
sense, anyway).
I'm trying the Transporter with a Singlepower ES1 electrostatic
headphone amp driving the Sennheiser Orpheus headphone, and have no
complaints. However, this particular setup is not cheap. The SDS-XLR
from Singlepower is their best balanced dynamic headphone amp (and a
rather stellar preamp also), but again, this one is not cheap.
Note that if you want to use a balanced amp with the HD-600, you will
need to buy an aftermarket cable that has balanced connectors on it.
These are normally a pair of XLR connectors on the headphone cable
(standard was set by Headroom when they made the Blockhead amp).
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hirsch
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