HDV 820 Headphone Amplifier

Sennheiser HDV 820 Digital Headphones Amplifier is the next generation of digital headphones amplifiers.

Designed to complete the Sennheiser audio experience and perfectly complement its high-end audiophile headphone range for the ultimate acoustic performance.

The HDV 820 headphone amplifier is the result of Sennheiser's many years of audio expertise and the perfect complement to its high-end audiophile headphone range for the ultimate in sound quality and performance. The HDV 820 offers consistently symmetrical signal processing and extremely low harmonic distortion to ensure unadulterated and perfect music enjoyment.Designed and manufactured in Germany, the HDV 820 continues the success story of its predecessor, the HDVD 800, and convinced with its black design and enhanced components that provide even greater precision and sound quality.

The HDV 820 is equipped with a high-resolution ESS SABRE³² DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that has a resolution of 32 bits and a sampling rate of up to 384 kHz. The amplifier can also process DSD256 files with a frequency of up to 12.3 MHz and features various audio inputs and outputs, allowing you to choose the optimum connection for your audio devices and headphones. The HDV 820 reproduces both digital and analog audio sources with superb sound quality.

Fittingly for a product that gives such an incredible pure sound experience, the HDV 820 also inspires by its design. With its black anodized housing and white LEDs, the HDV 820 perfectly matches Sennheiser's HD 800 S flagship high-end headphones to deliver the ultimate audiophile listening experience.

Pair your reference-class headphones

The HDV 820 digital headphones amplifier will surely change the way you listen to and experience your music. That is, if you are lucky enough to possess headphones capable of turning the extremely high-quality audio signal delivered by the HDV 820 into an aural quality just as supreme.

The mission: Better the best

Since Sennheiser has engineered audio components that represent the state of the art, it has to be the most rewarding task to go one better. This is the task they set out on when they designed the HDV 820 Headphones Amplifier.

Pioneering into new technological territory, they still found more sonic truth to bring to their most demanding clientele.

The sound: Making great headphones show all their class

The HDV 820 will give your headphones virtually everything, so it's up to the cans to make it heard.

The different timbres of two otherwise identical instruments, the distance between the musicians of an orchestra, and the tension before a singer delivers the first note.

It is all there for you to discover.

The technology: Only the unsurpassed

The higher the tech, the higher the emotion. The heart of the new HDV 820 is a formidable ESS SABRE32 DAC that surpasses the previous generation with an even higher resolution of 32 bits and a sampling rate of up to 384 kHz.

The amplifier is also capable of playing DSD256 files of up to 12.3 MHz.

The design: Giving the eyes a taste of how it sounds

The HDV 820 has been created to be aesthetically pleasing. It features a new anodized black finish with white LED lights designed to perfectly complement the latest version of the flagship high-end HD 800 S headphones.

The compatibility: Outstanding sound will find a way

The HDV 820 provides a number of audio outputs including XLR3, XLR4, 6.3mm and 4.4mm Pentaconn sockets.

It performs brilliantly with digital sources: opical, coax, USB, balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analogue inputs.

What's in the Box?

• HDV 820 Headphone Amplifier
• Power supply cable (depending on region; EU, UK, US, CN, KR)
• Quick guide
• Safety guide
• Microfiber cloth