FIIO K5PRO or Schiit Hel 2E for gaming

[krlos1823]

im thinking about buying one of those two, im using sony mdr-1am2 and epos h6 pro mainly for my pc

which do you recommend?

[191x7]

Both will do. Get the cheaper one or the one that better suits your setup.

[krlos1823]

i live in mexico and the price for both are the same, the both will work great with my setup

[rice guru]

4 hours ago, krlos1823 said:

im thinking about buying one of those two, im using sony mdr-1am2 and epos h6 pro mainly for my pc

which do you recommend?

Imo for gaming due to the mic input I would go for the hel. But a nice possibly better alternative is the creative sound blaster x g6 or g5

[cmndr]

It looks like your headphones are 16/28 Ohms. As such they're relatively easy to power. Unless you're having huge drops in sound quality at louder sound levels (and even then it's likely the headphones not the source, you're fine.)

You might be trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Usually it's MUCH better to spend more on the headphones than on the power source (especially for 16 Ohm headphones - these aren't 600 Ohm monsters)

Of those I'd probably lean towards the Schiit because it looks like it can work with microphones as well.

As an aside, I have a pair of HD800s (VERY HARD TO DRIVE, 300 Ohms so ~10x the resistance of your headphones). I have a Schiit Magni. The Magni is considered adequate for these headphones. I'm too lazy to plug it in and instead just plug my headphones into my AVR (which isn't BAD but it's not considered best practice) since it changes the sound over automatically.

[Tigerleon]

1 hour ago, cmndr said:

300 Ohms so ~10x the resistance of your headphones)

Yeah about 10 times the resistance. But not 10 times as hard to drive or get them to where they sound good. Efficiency is also a big factor.

[krlos1823]

6 hours ago, cmndr said:

It looks like your headphones are 16/28 Ohms. As such they're relatively easy to power. Unless you're having huge drops in sound quality at louder sound levels (and even then it's likely the headphones not the source, you're fine.)

You might be trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Usually it's MUCH better to spend more on the headphones than on the power source (especially for 16 Ohm headphones - these aren't 600 Ohm monsters)

Of those I'd probably lean towards the Schiit because it looks like it can work with microphones as well.

As an aside, I have a pair of HD800s (VERY HARD TO DRIVE, 300 Ohms so ~10x the resistance of your headphones). I have a Schiit Magni. The Magni is considered adequate for these headphones. I'm too lazy to plug it in and instead just plug my headphones into my AVR (which isn't BAD but it's not considered best practice) since it changes the sound over automatically.

YEAH but if i have a better amp/dac i can buy better headphones or a more variety ones, i have a hyperx mic usb so the mic is not really a problem, i just care about sound quality, but thanks for the suggestion.

[cmndr]

5 minutes ago, krlos1823 said:

YEAH but if i have a better amp/dac i can buy better headphones or a more variety ones, i have a hyperx mic usb so the mic is not really a problem, i just care about sound quality, but thanks for the suggestion.

I wouldn't worry about the future option to buy more headphones until you're actually considering that purchase in the future.

[krlos1823]

11 hours ago, rice guru said:

Imo for gaming due to the mic input I would go for the hel. But a nice possibly better alternative is the creative sound blaster x g6 or g5

and for just audio quality?

[rice guru]

3 hours ago, krlos1823 said:

and for just audio quality?

I think the hel is pretty good. Just hard to recommend over a magni and atom dac. Or a atom stack. 

[krlos1823]

2 hours ago, rice guru said:

I think the hel is pretty good. Just hard to recommend over a magni and atom dac. Or a atom stack. 

Thanks, I suppose that the hi res in de fiio k5 doesn't really Matter?

[rice guru]

1 hour ago, krlos1823 said:

Thanks, I suppose that the hi res in de fiio k5 doesn't really Matter?

Hi res stickers don't mean much to me is a detremnt cause it means the company spent extra to get hi res certification to have the right to use the sticker rather than jus using the money on better components. These days most great will pass hi res certification regardless of the sticker. 

[krlos1823]

12 hours ago, rice guru said:

Hi res stickers don't mean much to me is a detremnt cause it means the company spent extra to get hi res certification to have the right to use the sticker rather than jus using the money on better components. These days most great will pass hi res certification regardless of the sticker. 

i see, thanks, yeah i will buy the hel 

[Psittac]

Either would work and I have to say that you don't even need either of them, you could save a buck and go for the schiit fulla or the fiio k3.  The only reason I would opt for one of the two you mentioned would be incase you want to future proof for harder to drive headphones.  An anecdotal comment is that schiit product's are a touch brighter and a touch lower in bass, at least compared to my topping.  I had a schiit stack a few years ago that I sold/gave to a friend and that was my brief impression.  Both are great companies and I think that it'll come down to whether you want a mic input or not, that or some other feature you decide sells you on either.

[krlos1823]

2 hours ago, Psittac said:

Either would work and I have to say that you don't even need either of them, you could save a buck and go for the schiit fulla or the fiio k3.  The only reason I would opt for one of the two you mentioned would be incase you want to future proof for harder to drive headphones.  An anecdotal comment is that schiit product's are a touch brighter and a touch lower in bass, at least compared to my topping.  I had a schiit stack a few years ago that I sold/gave to a friend and that was my brief impression.  Both are great companies and I think that it'll come down to whether you want a mic input or not, that or some other feature you decide sells you on either.

Thanks, I appreciate it, I bought the hel, love the esthetic, they will send it to me in 2-4 weeks, and yeah I want something so in the future I could buy any headphones I couldn't afford  sorry for my bad English