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Ethan_Zarba OP t1_j259je1 wrote

Followup:

       My headphones: beyerdynamic dt 770  pro 250 Ohm

DAC: Fiio ka3

I feel like im pushing the edge of the amp.. on loud recordings 90% vol is fine and enough but on those old recordings (or Steven Wilson's remixes) I need to turn it up to 97%..

I have all the right apps, (FiiO control, UAPP) and my dac is configurated..

The headphones are connected to the regular headphone jack bc they don't have a balanced cable ):

Should I buy a new dac?

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blorg t1_j27yvfe wrote

DT 770 250Ω are quite hard to drive, substantially harder than something like the Sennheiser HD600, and I would think you probably should be using something more powerful than the single ended out of a KA3, yes.

You could mod them to balanced, or get a more powerful desktop amp. The Douk U3 at $30 might be a good option, it does 1.3W and you can use the KA3 as a DAC into it.

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Ethan_Zarba OP t1_j28njik wrote

Thank you everyone for your advices! The existance of helpul ppl in this community make me belive in humanity!

Now that iv'e understood that the KA3 isn't enough, and modding the headphones is out of the table, is there any portable amp-dac combo/ amp that could drive the DT770??

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