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post #46 of 247
9/12/07 at 2:27am
I love my Portaphile V2^2maxxed which I bought from tnmike1. He ended up mssing it that he went and bought another one. Had to send mine to Caesar to get repaired, and in the meantime I found one for sale here on head-fi and bought myself a backup...which I am currently enjoying very much.

Paired up with my alo cryo x minit ot mini and my 4G iMod it sounds fantastic driving my E500s.

The service, even for a second hand purchased amp, is great!!!

Casear you can take your time now.

I bought those iPower Lithium batteries. I guess I got the defective ones. Now I feel better that it's not just only me. I'd love to have rechargables that work properly. BTW any suggetions on another lithium rechargeable to go with?
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post #47 of 247
9/12/07 at 2:58am
hey Cesar!
im not sure if you're still reading this thread.
i read from here you're having problems with battery life? how short is the shohin's battery life? can we have a sneak peek on what are the features?
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post #48 of 247
9/12/07 at 4:12am
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Originally Posted by BIG POPPA View Post
I have a Tomahawk. I love my beloved Red Tomahawk but the sound of the Portaphile is in a different league even with IEM's. The Tomahawk is a camel with battery life and the Portaphile is like a crack whore.
LOL... good analogy, which is why I carry my little friend on trips
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post #49 of 247
9/12/07 at 8:26am
romanee, et. al.: I had the same problems with those LiPo batteries nd Thomas supplied me with two different returns and deliveries. The charger wasn't too hot either. Finally returned everything, bought PowerX 300 mah with a little two-battery 9v recharger and everything's OK. Thought I was the only one with problems with those LiPos. Guess not.

LDMES: was WONDERING why you were buying a second Portaphile when you had mine. Sorta addicting,huh???
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post #50 of 247
9/12/07 at 1:36pm
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Originally Posted by LDMES View Post
I bought those iPower Lithium batteries. I guess I got the defective ones. Now I feel better that it's not just only me. I'd love to have rechargables that work properly. BTW any suggetions on another lithium rechargeable to go with?
I remember coming across a web outfit (Chinese?) that sold 9V Lithium rechargeables, but I don't recall the site just now -- and I never tried them. I wonder if SiBurning (the power cell Maestro) might know?

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Originally Posted by tnmike1 View Post
romanee, et. al.: I had the same problems with those LiPo batteries nd Thomas supplied me with two different returns and deliveries. The charger wasn't too hot either. Finally returned everything, bought PowerX 300 mah with a little two-battery 9v recharger and everything's OK. Thought I was the only one with problems with those LiPos. Guess not.
As I said -- my (original) iPower 500mAh 9Vs are great -- but it does seem that after iPower revised them for slightly smaller size (the only good part), they slipped back to total lack of quality control with the current ones.

On my original recommendations, immtbiker bought the current ones and was really ticked off. Of course he sent them back and got NiMH 9Vs.

I say "SHAME ON YOU" to Thomas Batteries for still selling these -- especially after the initial iPower 400mAh fiasco. What the heck is wrong with those people?
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post #51 of 247
9/12/07 at 6:02pm
LDMES: I've been very happy with Thomas' PowerX 300 mah batteries. Should be one of the top selections when you click on Rechargeable 9V on the site. The 300 last about 8 hrs with all switching "on"--a little more with all "on" and wide bandwidth "off"

OOPS just went on the site and made an error: they are "MAHA 300 mah" 9v batteries. They appear at the very top of the listing under NiMh 9v rechargeables. Others there include the 9.6v rechargeables but am told you need a special charger that handles the higher voltage to charge these batteries properly (this reported by Batteries Plus store)
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post #52 of 247
9/12/07 at 6:23pm
Ordered the v2.2 Maxed with LT1210, and blackgates this afternoon.
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post #53 of 247
9/12/07 at 6:45pm
I have the Portaphile V2^2 Maxxed.

Great little amp, I only run my from a 18v 4amp wall unit, into a STEPS, then to the amp. The little thing sounds great.

I am however considering selling it, since I only use it as a home amp anyways.

I've tried swapping the opamps in it, but the AD8610's always seem to sound best.
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post #54 of 247
9/12/07 at 6:56pm
Forgot to mention, if it's good enough for BIG POPPA, then it's good enough for me
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post #55 of 247
9/12/07 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by tnmike1 View Post
LDMES: was WONDERING why you were buying a second Portaphile when you had mine. Sorta addicting,huh???
Sent mine(the one you sold me) to Caesar to fix, as the output jack had seperated from the board. Without it, I decided that I needed a backup for just such an occasion, and saw one for sale that I ended up buying a reasonable price. BTW Caesar is great to deal with, especially as he's helping me and I'm not the original purchaser. This addicting...imposible The new one sounds as good as mine. Very happy camper.

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Originally Posted by tnmike1 View Post
LDMES: I've been very happy with Thomas' PowerX 300 mah batteries. Should be one of the top selections when you click on Rechargeable 9V on the site. The 300 last about 8 hrs with all switching "on"--a little more with all "on" and wide bandwidth "off"

OOPS just went on the site and made an error: they are "MAHA 300 mah" 9v batteries. They appear at the very top of the listing under NiMh 9v rechargeables. Others there include the 9.6v rechargeables but am told you need a special charger that handles the higher voltage to charge these batteries properly (this reported by Batteries Plus store)
Thanks. I'll have to look into them.
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post #56 of 247
9/13/07 at 12:45am
i also bought those i-power 500 mah li-ion for my headroom micro-stack that i used to own. NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!!!!!!! 3 defective ones within 2 months
and the micro stack never worked properly with these batterys! though it did with alkaline & nimh
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post #57 of 247
9/13/07 at 12:46am
i also bought those i-power 500 mah li-ion for my headroom micro-stack that i used to own. NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!!!!!!! 3 defective ones within 2 months
and the micro stack never worked properly with these batterys! though it did with alkaline & nimh
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post #58 of 247
9/19/07 at 3:41am
Thread Starter 
So did anybody get one of the last four?
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post #59 of 247
9/20/07 at 11:18am
Make if FIVE--will be selling mine shortly
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post #60 of 247
9/21/07 at 9:28am
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Originally Posted by tnmike1 View Post
Make if FIVE--will be selling mine shortly
Not that I need another one, but why are you selling yours...again?
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