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post #76 of 79
12/18/11 at 11:29pm

Asr, I truly appreciate your review of the Pico amp.

 

Often seen as the 'holy grail' of headphone amp, you pointed out the obvious limitations of portable amps, which most reviewer barely mentions. It might be the holy grail of PORTABLE headphone amp, together with Predator, but they still have their 'obvious' limitations. Bottom line, it's probably as good as it gets in the PORTABLE realm.

 

Anyone thinking of getting one should take note of that. It took me a while to get that in my head with all the glorious reviews around.

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post #77 of 79
3/5/13 at 8:58am
Since this is a bit dated... Does the Pico still hold up to current standards in both dac and portable amp by today's price/performance standards?
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post #78 of 79
3/6/13 at 12:32am

I think it would still be in the top tier of portable DAC/amps, although I was a little happier with the Pico DAC + Slim combo.  

 

If you don't need to use it with an analog source on battery power, the DACport seems to be just a little better but not by a huge amount.  The differences are subtle, where I thought the DACport sounded a little more refined and spacious with my Macbook Pro.  But for my iPad, I still find the Pico DAC to be the best portable DAC for rejecting jitter with the iPad + camera connection kit.

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post #79 of 79
3/6/13 at 12:54am

I have the RSA Intruder, Apex Glacier, Leckerton UHA-6S.MKII and the HeadAmp Pico USB DAC/amp. The Pico is still my favourite for sound (the Glacier slightly better suited for my portable use given the form factor and ability to bypass USB charging when connected to my phone).

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