07-03-2010, 09:50 AM
I bought a FiiO E5 headphone amplifier and LOD (line out dock) for ipod yesterday. Glad to say that it makes a ton of difference when listening to music from your ipod. I also found out that my laptop (the G51) already has a pretty good sound card, and doesn't need to be amplified at all when using the SR80s with them.
The biggest difference however when using the E5/LOD combo was with the ATH-m40fs phones, probably because they''re studio reference cans and need more power to drive them(?). They sound great now, and have a bigger soundstage than the Grados (with audio quality being not far behind).
The biggest difference however when using the E5/LOD combo was with the ATH-m40fs phones, probably because they''re studio reference cans and need more power to drive them(?). They sound great now, and have a bigger soundstage than the Grados (with audio quality being not far behind).