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Portable amp for iPhone 4s

post #1 of 8
1/11/12 at 6:16am
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Hi Guys,

 

I've recently bought some Phonak Audeo PFE112's to use with my iPhone and I'm very impressed by the quality and clarity of the sound (still trying to decide which filters I like best). However there's a tiny fly in the ointment. I've run all my music through mp3gain to sort out the clipping, originally at 89db but I've upped it to 92db to try and get a bit more volume out of the Phonaks. I like my music fairly loud at times and even at normal levels the volume on the iPhone is pretty much as high as it will go.

So the upshot is I am looking for a portable amp which will work with my phone (gsm interference?) and doesn't cost more than £50.

I was drawn to the Fiio E5 but then I've read on here that it doesn't boost volume that much.

 

Your opinions would be much appreciated.

 

 

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post #2 of 8
1/11/12 at 8:56am

If you can run to £75 this is a worthy contender.  - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DUAL-AMP-portable-headphone-amplifier-V-2-/140669303210?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item20c08b39aa

 

The guy builds each one by hand and has had a lot of good reviews.

 

I recently bought the V3 version which is more expensive but boosts the volume nicely.

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post #3 of 8
1/12/12 at 12:32am
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Thanks Thing Fish, that looks like a nice piece of kit. 

 

No-one else using an amp with an iPhone 4??

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post #4 of 8
1/13/12 at 9:23am
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Anyone used a Fiio e11 with an iPhone 4?

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post #5 of 8
1/13/12 at 1:05pm

I use the electric-avenues.com PA2V2 amp with my iPhone4. I actually have two of them, one for home and one for my office. I believe that Gary ships these to many countries. The rechargeable batteries are not included, so be sure to budget a few £ for a pair of AAs. 

 

http://www.electric-avenues.com/amplifiers.html

 

The best improvement for sound quality that I've found on the iPhone is to use a line out dock connector instead of the headphone jack...much cleaner sound when using an integrated amp. I use a sendstation mini USB so I have line out and charging at the same time but any dock connector with line out capabilities will work. I believe LOD is the term used for Line out dock cables???

 

http://www.sendstation.com/

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post #6 of 8
1/13/12 at 6:24pm

I've got a E11 with my iphone 4, it has good transparency, clean sound, bass boost doesn't color the rest of the spectrum, and is in the lower end.  I'm using it with a silver LOD.  I also have the cmoy 2.03 coming to me with lod and some of the black gate caps, so I'm curious to test that out.


 



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Anyone used a Fiio e11 with an iPhone 4?



 

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post #7 of 8
1/14/12 at 4:38pm
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Thanks for the input fellas, I'll probably go for the E11 but I do like the look of that Neco Soundlab one Thing Fish recommended. Decisions, decisionsblink.gif

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post #8 of 8
1/14/12 at 4:48pm

i also vote for the E11 if that helps make ur descision easier and less painful.

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