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Old May 25, 2011, 05:48 AM   #96
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Originally Posted by Ra97oR View Post
I have always used a big beefy solid state class-A amp for driving headphones. All my impressions are done on class A amps and both my portable amp + full size if that headphones is designed to be portable. I am not a big fan of tube amps myself so I don't tend to use them. Maybe here is why our opinions are different. I found the headphone "amp" out on my Essence mediocre at best.

I haven't heard the HD448 and not likely to do so ever, so I won't be commenting on it.

Amps that I normally use for testing, Burson HA-160, B22, Luxman P-1u and HA5000 for Audio Technicas.
I'm gonna have to agree.

But, the OP also doesn't have the high end amps that you have, so I don't think the 280's are a bad choice for him.
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