Thread: Headphone Amp For Abyss Diana Phi Headphones

What do you recommend? Budget about $2500 to $3000.

If you are ordering your Abyss from their site you can pick which cable connector you would like!
NEW! Diana(R) Phi Premium Audiophile Headphone by ABYSS
– ABYSS Headphones

Here is a video from the guys at Abyss comparing amplifiers:

abyss videos amplifiers - Bing video

The HeadAmps are good equipment (not so sure about the company at this point)... GS-X Mini.

XI Audio (Eleven Audio) is outstanding. The Broadway is $2299.


I love my SimAudio. They had some really nice things to say about it but they deducted a level because of its size and that the optional DAC is not up to current standards. Both of which meant nothing to me. I stumbled on an amazing deal or I probably would have been patient and waited for the HeadAmp GS-X Mini.

Benchmark HPA4 is supposed to be good, but I have always found their gear to be too analytic for me.

Bryston BHA-1 is a great amp and would fit easily in your budget.

The Pass HPA-1 would push your budget as would XI Audio's top model and SimAudio's top model.

Tubes; the Dennis Had unit would be my first choice, but Woo have some good ones also. Here is a good deal on US AudioMart:
Dragon Inspire IHA-1 For Sale - US Audio Mart

Originally Posted by Randy Myers

If you are ordering your Abyss from their site you can pick which cable connector you would like!
NEW! Diana(R) Phi Premium Audiophile Headphone by ABYSS
– ABYSS Headphones

Here is a video from the guys at Abyss comparing amplifiers:

abyss videos amplifiers - Bing video

The HeadAmps are good equipment (not so sure about the company at this point)... GS-X Mini.

XI Audio (Eleven Audio) is outstanding. The Broadway is $2299.


I love my SimAudio. They had some really nice things to say about it but they deducted a level because of its size and that the optional DAC is not up to current standards. Both of which meant nothing to me. I stumbled on an amazing deal or I probably would have been patient and waited for the HeadAmp GS-X Mini.

Benchmark HPA4 is supposed to be good, but I have always found their gear to be too analytic for me.

Bryston BHA-1 is a great amp and would fit easily in your budget.

The Pass HPA-1 would push your budget as would XI Audio's top model and SimAudio's top model.

Tubes; the Dennis Had unit would be my first choice, but Woo have some good ones also. Here is a good deal on US AudioMart:
Dragon Inspire IHA-1 For Sale - US Audio Mart

A lot of good tube amps out there these days, Amps and sound makes so nice amps in a lot of different $ ranges. ampsandsound .. Also Feliks Audio, Eddie Current, Donal North Audio ( I've heard the stratus ) the Blue Hawaii and Woo Audio WE2.

But with amp and speaker including headphones, DEMO if you can.

Blue Hawaii is an amp for electrostatic headphones, and will not run the Abyss. I use the Violectric V281 via balanced for Focal Utopias. I also use it as pre for a pair of ACA amps to desktop 3.5inch Tekton speakers.