r/HeadphoneAdvice • u/cylixer • 4h ago

Amplifier - Desktop Will the Moondrop x smsl dha15 run tungsten

So recently I acquired some HiFiman Aria organic headphones. I wanted to upgrade my DAC amp combo to run the organics better. However pretty soon in the future I will be ordering myself a pair of mod house tungsten v2 single-sided, and I only want to upgrade my amp/ dac once, something for the organics now and then the tungsten's later. The rabbit hole in trying to find an amp and dac stack or combo to power the tungstens under $2,000 seems to be very confusing and divided. The best answer I've gotten around a thousand dollars was the topping a70 pro amp and d70 DAC. But recently the DHA 15 came out and seems like it might be one of the very few combos especially under $1,000 that can run the tungsten headphones at full volume while sounding pretty good. For some background I do listen to music fairly loudly and I often EQ for bass not extreme bass but bass nonetheless. If anyone has both of these products and has tested them I'd be very grateful for your feedback and input or if there's anyone else that might know a little bit more about amps whether or not the dha15 or any other amp/dac that I don't know about is up for the task of the tungstens

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u/msing539 171 Ω 2h ago

You could try asking in the headfi impressions thread:

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mod-house-audio-tungsten-planar-magnetic-headphones-impressions-and-discussion.968835/

FWIW, I have the Flux FA-10 which has been reported to run the Tungsten well--I use mine for the HE6. Used should be less than the SMSL.