Amp recommendations for Hifiman HE1000 V2

@clavace No, that’s not a good match at all. The HE1000 v2 is rated at 35 Ohms and 90dB that makes it a pretty tough load, and the Chord only puts out 600mW @ 30 Ohms that is not nearly enough to power these headphones effectively. Here’s a quote from the stereonews.net review of the Mojo 2…

“However, it needs to be said that once you are approaching its upper power levels, it will start clipping, heavily distorting its bass output and massively shrinking the stage size. I’ve got clipping with LCD-4 and Susvara and Arya Stealth wasn’t as airy sounding as I like”

These outstanding headphones really require a good standalone amp to get the best out of them. If you share what sound characteristics you’re looking for you can get some excellent recommendations here for amps that will properly drive your headphones in a way that meets with your specific tastes. Just my $0.02 FWIW.

Thank you for your input - I knew it would be marginal and was wondering if anyone actually tried it. I was also looking at the new Arya Stealth and I have seen from others it is driven well. Impedance: 32 Ohms / Sensitivity: 94dB. The Aeron 2 Noire I am using now is Impedance: 13 ohms / Sensitivity: 92dB. Also looking at the new Audeze MM-500 which is lighter than LCD-X with a signature more like the LCD-5 and can be run off a laptop with Impedance: 18 ohms / Sensitivity: 100dB but have not seen any independant reviews on it yet.

I have the Arya Stealths and I don’t think the Chord will let them completely open up as per the stereonews.net review, but the MM-500 may well work fine if you like their sound profile.