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12 minutes ago, Wolf_Lbh said:

Sadly I need an amp to drive my headphones. To keep my cable management halfway decent I would like the amp to be black, small, and have a mic passthrough. (Hopefully with a headphone and mic 3.5 output jacks and not usb because I don't have a spare usb port) Under $100 would be nice as well.

Right now I'm looking at the black Behringer MA400 but it has a lot of extra inputs I wouldn't use.

Get a Schiit magni.

Sadly I need an amp to drive my headphones. To keep my cable management halfway decent I would like the amp to be black, small, and have a mic passthrough. (Hopefully with a headphone and mic 3.5 output jacks and not usb because I don't have a spare usb port) Under $100 would be nice as well.

Right now I'm looking at the black Behringer MA400 but it has a lot of extra inputs I wouldn't use.

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12 minutes ago, Wolf_Lbh said:

Sadly I need an amp to drive my headphones. To keep my cable management halfway decent I would like the amp to be black, small, and have a mic passthrough. (Hopefully with a headphone and mic 3.5 output jacks and not usb because I don't have a spare usb port) Under $100 would be nice as well.

Right now I'm looking at the black Behringer MA400 but it has a lot of extra inputs I wouldn't use.

Get a Schiit magni.

ASU

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44 minutes ago, Wolf_Lbh said:

Sadly I need an amp to drive my headphones. To keep my cable management halfway decent I would like the amp to be black, small, and have a mic passthrough. (Hopefully with a headphone and mic 3.5 output jacks and not usb because I don't have a spare usb port) Under $100 would be nice as well.

Right now I'm looking at the black Behringer MA400 but it has a lot of extra inputs I wouldn't use.

The magni 2 will be the best but this Fiio k5  is also pretty good.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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Just now, Wolf_Lbh said:

No mic port and doesn't look like it has a 3.5 input that it will accept.

Well amps are for headphones. You should look for a external soundcard.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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10 minutes ago, Wolf_Lbh said:

Well the amp I mentioned has one so I don't see why others wouldn't.

That thing is also insanely bad and you have a xlr mic? Get a scarlett 2i2

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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32 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

That thing is also insanely bad and you have a xlr mic? Get a scarlett 2i2

As the magni 2 seems to be top of the line for non-tube amps I caved and just went with that. What cords do I need for input on this thing? Also to make my mic have as much cord length as my headphones will any 3.5 male to female cable work?

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1 hour ago, Wolf_Lbh said:

As the magni 2 seems to be top of the line for non-tube amps I caved and just went with that. What cords do I need for input on this thing? Also to make my mic have as much cord length as my headphones will any 3.5 male to female cable work?

You will need this and yeah any microphone jack extensions should work.

 

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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