I have enjoyed listening to my AKG K701 headphones using a Consonance Cyber 20 headphone amp. I also auditioned the RSA Raptor which was a nice combo as well. The RSA Raptor is out of your price range ($1175); however, you may want to look into the RSA Emmiline HR-2 and XP-7. I'm not sure if Consonance has a US distributor at this time. You may want to post this question on Head-Fi.
Best amp for AKG K701 used/new?
These headphones reveal from the music sources something I haven't heard before, but with the right amp I can realy get more dynamics and bass...
Now I listen them through the recording interface of Alesis ML digital recorder wich has quite powerful headphone output but still still not eough for AKGs. Some of the recordings with high level are OK to listen around 1 o'clock but some wouldn't go OK even at its maximum.
Obviously it's not enough and I need something more powerful. I also prefer to have balanced inputs and balanced output bypass so that the device could be placed in the tape loop with the recorder.
Knowing lots of headphone amp brands, I would figure that not all of them will even have enough power even compared to my Alesis output so I don't want to make mistake selecting the same what I already have.
Help me with the choice within $500 used or new.
Now I listen them through the recording interface of Alesis ML digital recorder wich has quite powerful headphone output but still still not eough for AKGs. Some of the recordings with high level are OK to listen around 1 o'clock but some wouldn't go OK even at its maximum.
Obviously it's not enough and I need something more powerful. I also prefer to have balanced inputs and balanced output bypass so that the device could be placed in the tape loop with the recorder.
Knowing lots of headphone amp brands, I would figure that not all of them will even have enough power even compared to my Alesis output so I don't want to make mistake selecting the same what I already have.
Help me with the choice within $500 used or new.
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