The Predator, Portable Headphone Amp/USB DAC Combo

[whie4x]

Well, if you were to use the line-out of the iPod feeding to the amp, it would make a difference compared to the headphone out. All you have to do is try out someone's amp and ipod and listen for yourself.


Cheers...

[Ray Samuels]

Originally Posted by Nebby

Is the Predator chargeable via USB power?

The answer is NO, the amp gets charged with it's own adaptor/charger, for 1-2 hours, will give you 7 days of play back at 8 hours per day. The DAC section gets it's power from the USB of the computer. only.
cheers.
Ray smauels

[Ray Samuels]

Originally Posted by outlandos

I am new to the whole amp thing...

So let me get things straight:

You connect the amp with - in my case - the iPod Touch and you connect the earphones to the amp?

Will this amp increase the performance of high-end IEMs like Shure SE530 by much?

I am planning on buying the Westone 3's when they come out, but I guess nobody can tell if they benefit (much) from this (or in that case, any) amp?

You have to use the line out of your ipod via special connector to the input of the predator. Not recommended to use the ipod headphone jack to the input of the predator or any other amp.
Ray samuels

[bunsco]

Originally Posted by Ray Samuels

You have to use the line out of your ipod via special connector to the input of the predator. Not recommended to use the ipod headphone jack to the input of the predator or any other amp.
Ray samuels

Ballpark figure for price Ray?

dont leave us hanging man!

[trose49]

Yes Please! I wanna see how close I was?

[The_Duke_Of_Eli]

I'll guesstimate somewhere around 400-450$. I don't think that's an unreasonable number considering the rest of the products we've seen so far, and a price comparison to the Pico.

[outlandos]

Maybe a bit off-topic but I will ask it anyway:

I am using an iPod Touch as my music source, now I know that's not a very professional source for good sound.

When I will add an amp to my Touch, will this increase the performance more than when I use a better source (like iAudio players)?

So to be clear my question is:

Will the difference in performance be bigger when using an amp with my Touch than when I would use it with a better source?

Damn it's hard to explain it clearly for me, as English ain't my first language, sorry.

[DoubleEs]

Originally Posted by whie4x

Oh yeah, could you please put me in-line for the first batch of predators? Would appreciate it...
Cheers...

Is Ray taking orders If you are Ray, can you put me down for one as well please

[rlanger]

Originally Posted by bunsco

Ballpark figure for price Ray?

dont leave us hanging man!

I'll say $499, because that's the price of the pico IIRC.

[xnothingpoetic]

I think Ray has better business sense than to charge more than his competitor (the pico).

So you might expect it to be around $500, but that is just a educated guess as I don't work for Ray and can't say for sure.

And considering Ray has ignored the price quote comments, I don't think he knows what he is going to charge yet.