Unless portability is a concern, in that price range there are a decent number of amps/dacs that would fair better. Such as the Zero DAC or Audio-gd NFB-12.

NVIDIATI

Tonight my friend finally received his Beyer DT990s 250 ohm with e7/e9 combo. I rolled on over to his crib with my Grado 325is and Senn HD650s. Hooked everything up into my PC and HOLY GODDAMN!!!! OMFG!!!! IS THIS REAL??? Everything sounded, SO. GOD. DAMN. GOOD!! We listened to Crystal Castles, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Depeche Mode, Bjork. Everything sounded incredible

Most impressive to me though... was the jump the Grados received. They sounded larger than life, immaculate, perfectly textured, P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N

To everyone wondering if amps are worth it, I'm a total convert. Back to back comparisons between E9 and my DAC was NO comparison. Due to driver issues we didn't even have the E7 hooked up half the time, it was just line out straight to the E9 and just, WOW

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"]

New Years party, really 2012 status

sherman-tank1

New Years party, really 2012 status

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="mexicangordo"] The production is one thing, I mean production now a days is usually top notch, however the creativity that was put into that album in "mainstream" context is very mind blowing. Incredible huge breath of fresh air for hiphop.

mexicangordo

Agreed. And you can see that he tried to tap into that for Watch The Throne, but for some reason it just didn't work nearly as well. It felt way more thrown together, like there was not enough thought put into it.

and

V4LENT1NE

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. It is the one album that ceases to really concern me as a collection of songs, and is instead a long, real... album. Every song has its own theme, and feels like a different angle of Loveless. Throughout any type of experience I've had so far in my small 19 years of life, its the most comforting, and most uplifting and empowering album I've listened to, and after 4 years of being my most listened to album there's still more to it to discover

Second is Siamese Dream. In a way it shares a similar, noisy sound with Loveless, but much more alternative rock, much more confessional( to steal Gordo's word)