Budget (portable) Headphone Amp?

[audio_dude]

hey peoples,
i'm in the market for a headphone amp and I'm wondering if any of you have suggestions.

it needs to be portable, because I will mostly be using it with my iPod (or anything else that's portable, LOL) ya, so try for UNDER $150, preferably under $100...

maybe runs off a 9 volt?

[Jim Clark]

can you read a schematic and solder? If so then you can probably do way better than 150 by building one of these.

http://tangentsoft.net/audio/

jc

[dean_martin]

sometimes you can find clearance stuff at head-fi. I got a Total Airhead on clearance for less than $100 after they came out with an upgraded version.

[audio_dude]

ok, i'll look into some of that stuff, i'm a DIY guy you know!

[dean_martin]

here's a clarification for ya - I should've said headroom instead of head-fi. HeadRoom's website is http://www.headphone.com/.

Head-fi is a website/discussion forum for all headphone related stuff. It has some good resource info including DIY: http://www.headfi.org/

[Spiritboxer]

http://www.aptecpro.com/ The Xenos OHA-REP at $89 may be worth looking into,

[audio_dude]

yup, i know head-fi, very well infact...might put out a little post there too


Spiritboxer...looking into that, looks like a great little amp!

[CookieFactory]

I would recommend the Little Dot Micro+

[Capeman]

how much battery life does the little dot micro+ give??

what headphones are you using for portable duties??

[thomasward00]

Anything under 150.00 is just simply junk


i'm using the Xenos EPC with my Zune and Grado SR60's

[audio_dude]

thanks thomas... you've got no useful advice, so get outta here and stop bashing other people. You'd have no idea, all you have is a simple mp3 player, amp and headphones... stop trying to convert everone to zuneism and get with the program.

[bonethugz]

headroom total airhead was 149(under your budget) and now 99 dollars. from what i read, not worth 149 but 99 is ok
http://www.headphone.com/products/headphone-amps/the-mobile-line/headroom-total-airhead.php

i'm also looking for a portable headphone amp and have been thinking a chinese amp named c&c box. it's about 99 dollars. you can get it from e-bay or here
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=220470

it has an review and where you can get it