best head amp for 25T and below.

[bono vox]

sirs/madam.

i'm looking for the BEST head amp for the price range 25T and below, regardless if battery powered or electrical, specially, that is available locally here in the philippines. please share your experience (pros and cons). thanks in advance.

[audiotech]

You may want to try AMX's tube headphone amp. Locally produced selling for about P15,000 or less. I've not auditioned it. It looks good though.

[bono vox]

^thanks sir audiotech... usually i use my headphones (bose qc3 & grado sr325is) without the head amp, and it sounds good. if ever, if i buy this gadget, it can make a big difference to my listening experience. gusto ko yung isang bilihan na lang, yung wala ng upgrading.

[onedown]

head amps are hard to come by here in the philippines. yumight want to audition a pre-owned consonance at architectural audio.

for brand new, branded head amps, try musical fidelity. not sure if grado head amps are available locally available.

[bono vox]

^thanks sir onedown, yes, grado head amp available in acoustic dimension in rockwell makati... what do you prefer, consonance, musical fidelity or grado?

[onedown]

bono vox,

haven't heard the grado, so i can't comment. got to listen to both consonance and musical fidelity [x-can v2 an old model], but with different cans, sources, and media, so it wouldn't really be fair to judge one as better than the other. it's been quite a while since i got to listen to them, but i think both amps are enjoyable. it would boil down to your preference.

sorry if i couldn't be of more help.

[m adkins]

i have a DIY head amp supervised and designed by Ken himself and his engineer, nice sounding unit, you may want to contact me if you just want to hear it w/ your headphones...

[bono vox]

^thanks for the offer m adkins, dumating na kasi yung grado high gain headphone amp ko.