Headphone Amp for Grado SR-80i

[navinsundar]

Hi... I am looking for a Headphone amp which has good synergy with the grado SR-80i. I feel sr80 is little bright and is lean on bass. So pls suggest me some good headphone amp that goes well with the grados. My budget is Max 10K. And i am planning to get the amp from Singapore/HongKong.

 

[ravi_d]

Little Dot MK3 may be a good idea.

 

[navinsundar]

What is the price of little Dot. And is there any other suggestions....

 

[navinsundar]

How about NuForce UDAC?

 

[GeorgeO]

This is the forum to check:
Headphone Amplifiers - Head-Fi.org Community

 

[navinsundar]

How is Nuforce U DAC compared to U DAC-2

 

[hd650gm]

How about ibasso AMP/Dac ?
Regarding UDAC vs UDAC2 - UDAC2 has Sabre DAC and has got good reviews.

 

[iaudio]

Afaik, the udac also uses the ess9022 dac.

 

[grubyhalo]

the uDac 2 does not use the Sabre...

 

[hd650gm]

@grubyhalo - uDac and uDac2 both have same Sabre ess9022 DAC chip as iaudio mentioned. I am referring to following thread in head-fi.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: NEW Nuforce uDAC-2 with 24/96 - USB DAC AMP with line out and S/PDIF out - Page 6 - Head-Fi.org Community

 

[grubyhalo]

I remember reading Jason from nuForce saying that the uDac 2 don't use the Sabre. Maybe I was wrong.

 

[strategy]

A warm AMP / DAC goes very well with grados.

you might want to try the maverick D1, it is said to suit the grados very well ( I use my D1 with K702, so cant really say how it pairs with Grado , but i can say its a very warm amp + DAC )