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Old 11-26-2008, 12:51 PM
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I just preordered mine.
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Me too, with ems. I still don't know how good it will be with my archos5/sennheiser CX300. I hope it will be good!
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Will you be selling the red/black version? That's the one I prefer
the one where you cant see the red LED against the red plastic colour?
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Cool! I'll personally wait for Dealextreme. Should be a bit cheaper (shipping) and Ill have more money by then.

If you had PL20's in white (sister wont have anything but white) I would have got both now...
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I ordered one too.
Hope this amp can do a good job with my AKG k240 MKII...
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I ordered a couple of them too, can't wait until I finally get them, then I can change it up between my IEMs/buds and my arsenal of cans.

The black w/ white one will go great with my Sony MDR-NC60 Noise Canceling cans, and will give me both the volume (the NC60s's are 40-ohms with 102dB with NC on) and fuller SQ I need out of them.
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the one where you cant see the red LED against the red plastic colour?
Yep, which is a shame because otherwise the red/black combo looks fantastic. I'm sure a simple LED change wouldn't have been difficult to do if they had the time.

I guess I'll be the only one with a priceless red/black prototype then
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Just ordered the PL-30/E5 combo. I just found about the E5 and PL-30 a couple days ago while trying to get better sound from my mp3 player. Glad I stumbled upon this place!
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Do they only come in one color for now. how do I order a red one?
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also ordered the E5 with the pl-30
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A question for those who tried the amp:

is there a way to understand the battery charge level?

How can we understand if the battery charge is going down and we need to recharge it?
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i'm one of the 41 (:

so i should be expecting it in 2-3 weeks? so excited to see how much improved the e5 is
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A question for those who tried the amp:

is there a way to understand the battery charge level?

How can we understand if the battery charge is going down and we need to recharge it?
In short, no. The battery is quoted for 20hrs per charge, but I think you should charge it after 16 hours of usage just to be safe. As typical for many portable amps, it will probably start sounding funny (volume drop, distortion and noise) once the battery is getting too low.
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In short, no. The battery is quoted for 20hrs per charge, but I think you should charge it after 16 hours of usage just to be safe. As typical for many portable amps, it will probably start sounding funny (volume drop, distortion and noise) once the battery is getting too low.
thats what the e3 does, the clarity and sq go downhill and you know the powers getting low
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In short, no. The battery is quoted for 20hrs per charge, but I think you should charge it after 16 hours of usage just to be safe. As typical for many portable amps, it will probably start sounding funny (volume drop, distortion and noise) once the battery is getting too low.
Thanks for the answer.
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