[weipim]

Hi all, I recently bought a few gears and think the Amp is the bottleneck of my system now.
 
I have:
Schiit Bifrost
Matrix m-stage
Akg k701, Beyerdynamic T50p, Denon D7000, Audeze LCD-2 and maybe a few more cans @ 600ohms
 
To be quite honest, I am not happy with the Matrix m-stage performance and I think it is really overrated regarding the synergy paired with k701
 
Therefore I was thinking about either a schiit lyr or schiit valhalla, but I heard from a review that the valhalla can't drive most orthos...
 
Thus I am wondering is there anything that's subtantially better than the LYR under 600 dollars? I can stretch my budget a little if necessary, like about 100-200 more.
 
It has to be able to drive the lcd-2 well(duh!), so if it sucks at everything else and please the lcd-2, then i'm more than happy.
 
Thanks in advance
 
[forgot to add]
The type of music I listen most is:
Female vocal(from english to mandarin to japanese to spanish to everything), classical music, some opera, pop, hiphop, r&b, pure instrumental.... so pretty much everything but the order goes descendant.
 

 

[ButtUglyJeff]

If I was shopping for a sub $500 hybrid amp for orthos, the Lyr would be my first choice.
 
But a good option would be the HifiMan EF-5
 
http://hifiman.us/Products/?pid=30
 
If it can push HifiMan cans, it can push most anything...

 

[weipim]

hi, thanks for the help, I literally walked away from a he500 and jumped for the lcd-2, its kinda hard for me to go back to hifiman though.
 
I can do OTL and it does not have to be hybrid

 

[fabio-fi]

Have you considered the HA-160? it does a nice job with the Audeze phones.

 

[Pudu]

OTL isn't brilliant with LCD-2.

 

[ButtUglyJeff]

^^^ That Burson is a real interesting one too.  I'm saving up for the HA-160D, which is the all in one.  It might not have quite as much power as the Lyr.  But many favorable reviews with the LCD-2...

 

[Naim.F.C]

JDS or Epiphany Acoustics O2?

 

[weipim]

that's my concern as well, I might just end up with a hybrid lyr

 

[fabio-fi]

 
Quote:

It might not have quite as much power as the Lyr.  But many favorable reviews with the LCD-2...

Its not about power, its also sensitivity for driving cans. 
 
Darku made a review here.