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    rockin' the mid-fi audio_dude's Avatar
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    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?

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    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/

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    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.

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

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    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/

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

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    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!

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    I would recommend the Little Dot Micro+
    The best sounding tweak is peace of mind.

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

    what headphones are you using for portable duties??

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    Anything under 150.00 is just simply junk


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

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    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.
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    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

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