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Headphone amps
Headphone amplifiers and DAC/amps — drive capability into common loads.
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| Topping L70 ◆1 | $349 ea | 7500 | · | 0.1 | Yes | · | |
| Woo Audio TUBE mini ·2023 also: ultraportable tube DAC/headphone amp | $399 | · | · | · | · | 0.049 | |
| Schiit Audio Jotunheim 3 | $499 ea | 6000 | 1200 | 0.8 | Yes | 3.2 | |
| Topping A70 Pro ◆1 | $499 ea | 17000 | 2100 | 0.1 | Yes | · | |
| Topping A90 Discrete ◆1 | $599 ea | 9800 | 1000 | 0.1 | Yes | · | |
| SMSL SP400 ◆1 | $629 ea | 6000 | · | 0.1 | Yes | · | |
| NuPrime DAC-9X ·2021 also: DAC/preamp with headphone output | $1,199 | · | · | · | · | 4 | |
| Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies (3rd Gen) ·2021 also: tube DAC/headphone amp with pre-out | $1,329 | · | · | · | · | 3.9 | |
| Mytek Audio Liberty DAC II ◆1 also: DAC/headphone amp | $1,495 | · | · | · | · | 2 | |
| Mytek Audio Liberty THX AAA HPA | $1,495 | 6000 | · | · | Yes | 2 | |
| Woo Audio WA8 Eclipse also: battery tube DAC/headphone amp | $1,519 | · | · | · | · | 1.09 | |
| Ferrum OOR ◆1 | $1,995 ea | 8000 | · | 0.3 | Yes | · | |
| Violectric HPA V550 ◆1 | $3,299 ea | · | · | 0.2 | Yes | · | |
| Burson Audio Conductor Voyager ·2025 Voyager also: DAC/headphone amp/preamp | $3,499 ea | · | · | · | · | 7 | |
| Mytek Audio Brooklyn Bridge II Roon Core 4TB ◆1 also: Roon Core streaming DAC/preamp/headphone amp | $4,995 | · | · | · | · | 3 | |
| Woo Audio WA12 Zircon ·2026 | $7,599 | 6500 | · | 1 | Yes | 11 | |
| Woo Audio WA23 LUNA ·2022 also: tube headphone amplifier / preamplifier | $8,549 | · | · | · | Yes | 13.6 | |
| Woo Audio WA33 (2nd Gen) ·2025 | $9,499 | 10000 | · | · | Yes | 24.5 | |
| Woo Audio WA234-MONO (2nd Gen) ·2025 also: monoblock speaker / headphone amplifier | $22,799/pr | · | · | · | · | 27.21 | |
| Audio-gd HE-9 MK3 | — | · | 1350 | 2 | Yes | 22 | |
| Audio-gd Master-10 MK3 also: integrated amplifier with high-power balanced headphone output | — | · | · | · | · | 37 | |
| Audio-gd Master 9 MK3 | — | · | 1250 | 1 | Yes | 7 | |
| Audio-gd NFB-11.28 Performance Edition | — | · | 300 | 1 | No | 2.2 | |
| Audio-gd R-27 MK2 also: DAC with relay-volume preamp and balanced/single-ended headphone outputs | — | · | · | · | · | 12 | |
| Aurender A20 also: streaming DAC/preamp with headphone output | — | · | · | · | · | 14.2 | |
| Aurender A30 also: streaming DAC/preamp with CD ripping | — | · | · | · | · | 17 | |
| Aurender AP20 also: all-in-one streaming DAC/integrated amplifier | — | · | · | · | · | 26 | |
| Burson Audio Funk also: speaker/headphone desktop amp | — | · | · | · | · | 3 | |
| Burson Audio Playmate 3 ·2024 also: DAC/headphone amp/preamp | — | · | · | · | · | 3 | |
| Burson Audio Soloist Voyager Voyager | — | 8000 | 640 | 0.5 | Yes | 7 | |
| FiiO BTR17 | — | 650 | 125 | · | Yes | 0.073 | |
| FiiO K11 R2R also: R2R DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | · | |
| FiiO K17 | — | 4000 | · | · | Yes | · | |
| FiiO K19 | — | 8000 | · | · | Yes | · | |
| FiiO KA17 | — | 650 | · | · | Yes | · | |
| FiiO M23 also: portable Android digital audio player | — | · | · | · | · | · | |
| FiiO R9 also: desktop streaming DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | · | |
| iFi Audio iDSD Diablo 2 | — | 1710 | · | · | Yes | 0.46 | |
| iFi Audio iDSD Phantom also: streaming DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | 3.6 | |
| iFi Audio NEO iDSD 3 ·2026 also: desktop DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | 0.92 | |
| iFi Audio ZEN CAN 3 | — | 1600 | · | 1 | Yes | 0.5 | |
| iFi Audio ZEN DAC 3 ·2024 also: USB DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | 0.46 | |
| LAB12 HPA | — | · | · | · | No | 6 | |
| LAB12 Integre4 Mk2 Toroid Version KT120 ·2026 also: integrated tube amp with headphone circuit | — | · | · | · | · | 22 | |
| LAB12 Integre4 Mk2 Toroid Version KT150 ·2026 also: integrated tube amp with headphone circuit | — | · | · | · | · | 22 | |
| LAB12 Integre4 Mk2 Toroid Version KT88 ·2026 also: integrated tube amp with headphone circuit | — | · | · | · | · | 22 | |
| Pathos Acoustics Converto Mk2 also: DAC preamplifier and headphone amplifier | — | · | · | · | · | 2.5 | |
| Pathos Acoustics InPoL Ear | — | 10000 | 1000 | · | Yes | 12.5 | |
| Shanling EC Zero T also: portable CD player/DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | 0.67 | |
| Shanling EH2 also: compact desktop DAC/headphone amp | — | · | · | · | · | 0.71 | |
| Shanling EH3 also: desktop DAC/headphone amp/preamp | — | · | · | · | · | 2.8 | |
| Shanling SM1.3R also: streaming/local-file R2R DAC with headphone output | — | · | · | · | · | 6.4 | |
| SMSL AO300 Pro AO also: DAC/headphone integrated amplifier | — | · | · | · | · | 1.5 | |
| SMSL DO400 also: DAC with headphone amplifier | — | · | · | · | · | · | |
| SMSL HO200 HO | — | 3000 | · | 0 | Yes | 1.23 | |
| SMSL VMV P2 MK2 ·2026 VMV | — | 8000 | 1000 | 0 | Yes | 3.25 | |
| SPL Phonitor One d Studio Series | — | · | · | 20 | No | 1.45 | |
| SPL Phonitor se Professional Fidelity | — | 1000 | · | 0.18 | No | 2.8 | |
| SPL Phonitor x Professional Fidelity | — | 1000 | · | 0.18 | Yes | 4.4 | |
| SPL Phonitor xe Professional Fidelity | — | 2700 | · | 0.18 | Yes | 4.9 | |
| Topping A900 | — | 14000 | 1500 | 0.1 | Yes | 2.62 |