Hi, how is the power requirement for HD800? would it be similar to HD650 which is known to be power hungry?

well its kidna hard to say, they said after X year the veil is gone

mine was one of those after X year senns, its still dark, rounded off on the highs; then my friend has a 650 considering he bought later than me, im quite sure its after the X year model, he was complaining about it. So got a not dunno 

what i would say is the HD650 is still darker than most of the competition
ahh looking at your rig i can kinda see the prb, your amp, if you have the chance pop down starpickers in KD, try out their tube amps, if you can look at a HD800 you can defo afford those amps.

IMHO no small amp powers the 650 adequately, they CAN do it, but compare it to a full on high impedance dedicated amp like the 339 or the 332 from la figaro and the difference becomes very obvious.

dont bother too much about the DAC, lol but thats just me
same, the issue is HD650 tends to be more popular so a lot of folks jump about with small amps claiming that "it can power" when it actually cant. ive never heard a small system push the HD650 into its glory

was at the AV show, they said the Hugo can power the HD800, lol, it cant.