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In Reply to: Another newbie with a question posted by Terry on April 1, 2019 at 03:06:06:

Are designed to operate under the 300 ohm load of the Senns. The Bottlehead Crack is especially good with 300 ohm Sennheiser phones.
If you don't want to take on that kit and want to buy something already assembled you should consider the Schiit Valhalla headphone amp. This is the amp from Schiit Audio that was designed to work well with 300 ohm headphones.
Other amps from Schiit can work with 300 ohm cans but the Valhalla is their best product if you want an amp designed to work with 300 ohm headphones. Other Schiit amps can work pretty well but the Valhalla is the best for this purpose.
Pay close attention to the specs for the headphone amp and the peak output of the Valhalla comes when operating into 300 ohms. You get enough power for 300 ohm headphones plus you get a tubed based amp which works very nicely with the headphones.
That is why the Bottlehead Crack is so popular with 300 ohm Sennheiser headphones. The Schiit Vahalla is the same type of amp but it is already assembled, manufactured in the USA and comes with a warranty.
Ed
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Topic - Another newbie with a question - Terry 03:06:06 04/1/19 (10)

Not all amps... - EdAInWestOC 04/4/1906:14:29 04/4/19 (1)

RE: Not all amps... - Terry 06:40:46 04/4/19 (0)

Thanks to everyone and an update - Terry 06:31:36 04/2/19 (1)

RE: Thanks to everyone and an update - Triode_Kingdom 08:21:28 04/6/19 (0)

Schiit... - Vinyl Valet 05:51:40 04/2/19 (0)

RE: Another newbie with a question - niws 20:49:05 04/1/19 (0)

Beats me! - jedrider 11:00:01 04/1/19 (0)

Bottlehead Crack - Bill Way 08:37:46 04/1/19 (2)

RE: Bottlehead Crack - Terry 10:04:12 04/1/19 (1)

If I were to need another headphone amp... - FenderLover 19:23:08 04/1/19 (0)

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Not all amps... - EdAInWestOC 04/4/1906:14:29 04/4/19 (1)

RE: Not all amps... - Terry 06:40:46 04/4/19 (0)

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