I'm trying to decide which of these I would rather get. I will mainly be using at home, but would like something that I can hook up in different areas of my house (i.e. upstairs with laptop or pc, downstairs with deck cdp, in living room with pcdp). Because I can get away with "transportable" as opposed to strictly "portable", I'm wondering which would be a better choice. They both sound like tremendous bang for the buck. Battery life is great on the Go-Vibe, but the casing on the Home-Vibe is just really nice, plus it's even smaller than the Go-Vibe.
I would be using it with a variety of sources (laptop, cdp, pcdp, radio, etc.) My main cans will be the Beyer DT770/80 ohm version, so I want something with some low end grunt (I think both should be capable of this, but the Home-Vibe a little moreso since I'd be using it with a 24V Elpac power supply). I would probably stick with the stock OPA2227 opamp in either one, since I want a warmer, fuller, almost analog type sound, without having to go the tube amp route.
My budget's about $150 at the max, so these are both in my range. Would they both sound a little better than something like a Meta42 or MINT?
I would be using it with a variety of sources (laptop, cdp, pcdp, radio, etc.) My main cans will be the Beyer DT770/80 ohm version, so I want something with some low end grunt (I think both should be capable of this, but the Home-Vibe a little moreso since I'd be using it with a 24V Elpac power supply). I would probably stick with the stock OPA2227 opamp in either one, since I want a warmer, fuller, almost analog type sound, without having to go the tube amp route.
My budget's about $150 at the max, so these are both in my range. Would they both sound a little better than something like a Meta42 or MINT?
Also wandered wether to get the Go or Home variety as i'd like the option to use it with my Hi-MD if i want.I figured as i'm not shy of the hot end of a soldering iron i could make an appropriate adaptor with a 9v battery clip so problem sorted!(enquired with Norm about a jack and he said that there isn't enough room to add a jack to the case and still have the option of using battery power 
) Settled on the Go-Vibe with the AD8620 upgrade 
(With the time this thing gets on a battery, it's a VERY low priority. A Duracell 9v easily goes 40+ hours, and I accidently left it on for three days (with nothing playing) and the battery's still running strong.)
