Well, I recently bought an iPhone and a nice LOD from another Head-fier here, and was looking forward to using it with my ibasso T4... when I was hit with the nasty reality; the T4 does HORRIBLE with cellphone interference, creating nasty static once in a while that I simply cannot tolerate. So while I have really loved the T4 over the last few months, it simply won't be feasible to use it anymore since iPhone 3G is now my main portable source (and I'm not gonna put it in airplane mode since that loses the phone part, and not gonna wrap it in aluminum foil or anything either).
So here is what I am looking for:
1) First and foremost, a portable amp that will do very well against cellphone interference. I recognize it won't be perfect and it doesn't need to be (minimal interference I may be able to put up with), but I don't want abundance killer buzzing noise whenever there is a cellphone transmission.
2) Smallest form factor. T4's small as it is so it'd be hard to find another amp that small, but smaller would be much more preferable. Stuff like Hornet or Tomahawk would be too big for my needs. Maybe the new Pico slim or the rumoured T3?
3) Cheaper the better. I've realized that personally for me, portable amps are not something to spend crazy amount of money on. I'd go up to $200 if necessary, but any more than that may be overkill for my needs. Rules out amps like D10 or Pico.
4) Must do well with low impedence/high sensitivity stuff. Particularly because my main IEM is SE530 and T4 didn't do too well with it (ugh, the hiss).
5) Good SQ, obviously. I won't be interested in any amps that is inferior in SQ than T4. Yes, that rules out E5.
Thanks in advance!
So here is what I am looking for:
1) First and foremost, a portable amp that will do very well against cellphone interference. I recognize it won't be perfect and it doesn't need to be (minimal interference I may be able to put up with), but I don't want abundance killer buzzing noise whenever there is a cellphone transmission.
2) Smallest form factor. T4's small as it is so it'd be hard to find another amp that small, but smaller would be much more preferable. Stuff like Hornet or Tomahawk would be too big for my needs. Maybe the new Pico slim or the rumoured T3?
3) Cheaper the better. I've realized that personally for me, portable amps are not something to spend crazy amount of money on. I'd go up to $200 if necessary, but any more than that may be overkill for my needs. Rules out amps like D10 or Pico.
4) Must do well with low impedence/high sensitivity stuff. Particularly because my main IEM is SE530 and T4 didn't do too well with it (ugh, the hiss).
5) Good SQ, obviously. I won't be interested in any amps that is inferior in SQ than T4. Yes, that rules out E5.
Thanks in advance!








) but it's small! Reviews will show how it behaves around RFI.
but perhaps I'll need to raise the ceiling on the price a little in order to get a decent one.






