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post #106 of 115
2/5/10 at 4:26pm
I could see me with a some laptop speakers such as Audioengine or Akitmate, but that is about it. I feel a new thread coming on.......
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post #107 of 115
2/5/10 at 4:47pm


It's a great summer brochure hut! But face it - in friggin' freezing Scotland in summer, let alone in winter, that hut don't look anything like that

I must have ADHD or something. I'd rather run, jog, rollerblade, walk, cycle, anything moving! with my porty amp and music than sit in the same place all the time

Honestly - 8 pages of this: a portable amp is really not much bother. Not much bother at all.
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post #108 of 115
2/5/10 at 8:11pm
Right, no bother for me. I even use a portable amp in bed with Phonak...XM5 because the difference is not small.
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post #109 of 115
2/7/10 at 10:52am
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Originally Posted by Head_case View Post
I'd rather run, jog, rollerblade, walk, cycle, anything moving! with my porty amp and music than sit in the same place all the time

Honestly - 8 pages of this: a portable amp is really not much bother. Not much bother at all.
I completely agree, what the hell is a portable rig for if it’s not being used on the go, heck at home I’d rather listen to my Marantz/Advent set up or WA6/hd650’s in bed while sufing the net.

Does, extreme scooter riding, canoeing and skateboarding qualify as "not sitting in same place" as I do all these and more with my portable rig & amp at my side
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post #110 of 115
2/7/10 at 11:13pm
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Originally Posted by Prog Rock Man View Post
When I say shed I mean something like this....



which would cost about £5500 - £6000 installed with power to it for heating, lights and the hifi.
Purdy fancee crapper.

Have it fit with a projector and rumbler seats you'd have a pretty comfy mancave.
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post #111 of 115
3/16/10 at 10:20am
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Originally Posted by Albinoni View Post
Here's my reasons and rant re this topic:

1. Portable amps/CMOYs or what ever you call them tend to drive good quality
headphones very well and you tend to get the full benefit out of them.

2. Hi Fi fanatics (like myself) use portable headphone amps, like it or not.

3. To say my MP3 sound better than yours (ok dont take that serious !)

4. Why not, if there's any room for improvement why not use it.
Total agree. Some thing is not weigh by money or size especially the sound quality. 5% of improvement of sound quality is worth my 100% efforts, of course including money , energy and time.
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post #112 of 115
3/16/10 at 10:40pm
My 4thG iMod needs an amp to function but even if it didn't I'm too much of a gadget head not to have at least one. (I have four I believe with one on the way)
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post #113 of 115
3/17/10 at 9:42am
Because there is nothing in the world I like better than hooking up my K601, my Hornet, and my Nano and then going cruising to the mall while listening to my tunes.

;-)
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post #114 of 115
3/17/10 at 2:06pm
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Total agree. Some thing is not weigh by money or size especially the sound quality. 5% of improvement of sound quality is worth my 100% efforts, of course including money , energy and time.
Yep. I'm up for a 5% improvement anytime!
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post #115 of 115
3/17/10 at 2:15pm
Well, a small portable amp is great: I love the T3D which other than a bit of hiss and a small sheen on upper treble drives IEMS better than any portable player out there (any at all, full stop.) It also looks great and can do a great job with medium sized headphones.

Several of my iems which lose edge (FitEar 333) without a good portable amp gain it back again with the T3D. The hiss I could do without, but it is definitely better than the amp inside the Sony X. What the X has over it is warmth, but that is just the Sony signature, the amp inside the X isn't that impressive, just warm and smooth.
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