Budget (portable) Headphone Amp?

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?

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

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.

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

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/

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

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!

I would recommend the Little Dot Micro+

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

what headphones are you using for portable duties??

Anything under 150.00 is just simply junk


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

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.

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/he...al-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