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Sennheiser HD650 and ipod

After reading this was supposed to be a mismatch, I never tried them together. Was just very pleasantly surprised listening to the 650 on iPod Classic version 5.5 and current iPod touch. It played as loud as I wanted and sounded great.
jl35
nglazer
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If you add a portable headphone amp(and some now have built-in DAC's), you will be amazed at the audible improvement. I use a JDS Labs portable headphone amp which is beautiful to look at and operates flawlessly. iPod and iPhone sound bland without it.

Neal
jl35 OP
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Thanks Neal. What is the model number of the JDS? I've been using a Burson for home listening and had not thought of using the 650 with my iPod, so I gave it a try...
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mapman
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A good headphone amp should only help, not hurt.

Glad to hear they sound good as is though as well.

I have Sennheiser Momentum over-ear phones. THese are designed to work better with portable devices than the audiophile Sennheiser models like HD650, and sound wonderful of an Ipod TOuch, for example, but I think even these can benefit from a good amp with a bit more juice than most common portable devices can deliver.
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