Portaphiles get no love? - Page 17

Well now, guess what? Portaphile is working on a new website.  Googled "Portaphile" and came up with a 2011 site still under construction.  OBOY--wonder if it's still Cesar or someone else working on a new design??  Will await developments

Still lovin' mine. Only use it for local use though, due to battery life.

I'm hoping thisnew site brings us to a new design for this amp maybe with better battery life or at least recharging capabilities. Well see what happens

double post, sorry

Edited by upstateguy - 4/16/11 at 12:33pm

Now that Meier Audio has brought out the Corda Stepdance with a similarly short  battery life, in favor of audio quality, I think the Portaphile should be reintroduced.  I wouldn't be upset if it had a recharging capability this time and I'd  stick with some form of user replaceable battery.

 

I recently was configuring a new laptop HD and wanted to listen to music while copying files, but I didn't have a lot of room around it for equipment.  I got out my Pico dac, Zu Pivot cable,  Portaphile/12VAC and my '03 880s and had for all intents and purposes, a real high end sound.  It was so good I broke out my 650s to give them a shot.  Encouraged by how good the 650s sounded, I got out the 701s to see how well they synergized with the Portaphile.  The results were such a surprise I posted about it in 701s revisited.  

 

My all time favorite combination is:  6 inch usb cable > Pico dac > Pivot > Portaphile > '03 880s. 

 

An amazing little amp, that Portaphile.

 

USG

Edited by upstateguy - 4/16/11 at 12:36pm

I grabbed the portaphile to try with my newly acquired T5p with black dragon cable ,
Seems like a great match,Better then the sr71b,pico/amp dac.More organic..
My favorite amp with my Shure E500s as well.

"I've been working on a few things lately and thought the website deserved a much needed update. I don't have any news to share at the moment, just wanted to let you know that it's still me running the show and new things are coming in the not too distant future. I hope to be able to share more information with in a few months once I've decided which directions Portaphile Ampllifiers decides to go. A new amplifier is in the works"

 

This is part of an email I got from Cesar, maker of the Portaphile. Sounds intriguing and am awaiting further developments on improving this great little amp