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Originally Posted by Wumbo
The amp inside the S9 is enough to power any headphones to earsplitting volumes (you can hear them in the next room). It doesn't hiss. Anyone who would buy a dedicated amp in my position would be an idiot  Please don't suggest it unless you have concrete evidence the S9 amplifier is warping the tracks in my music (which would be really pathetic, since it's ludicrously easy and cheap to make a perfect amplifier, and the S9 isn't exactly some $15 mp3 player from China). |
Wow - calm down.
I've never used the S9, just numerous mp3 players (ipods/old RCA Lyra)/portable cd players/wifes old receiver, and none of them were able to adequately supply my K701s with enough power. So I tried a few amps (cheapies), and even between the ones I tried I noticed a difference in sound.
Also, if you haven't tried line out vs. an internal amp, you might want to try it sometime, as I noticed a pretty big difference with my portable CD player (all I currently have to test it on).
I don't know how the S9 is, just that amps and line outs definitely aren't nonsense.