[ray4jc]

Hey everyone

I'm not sure if this is a head-fier if it is I couldn't find reference but has anyone noticed this ebay page?
ray

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3281

 

[sleepkyng]

i dont' see why you'd want a professional cmoy design.
it's a cmoy

it's like turkey, no matter how you slice it, it's still turkey.

 

[BrokenEnglish]

Quote:

... (lower quality headphones will have a lower maximum volume)...

well... if it is a head-fier, he needs to read more often the headphone-section...

 

[BrokenEnglish]

/edit: sorry: double-post

 

[eyevancsu]

I found too many mistakes and misconceptions in his description, one of them being the lack of listing the parts used and this:

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Our main business is refurbishing extremely complex networking gear and electronic equipment (check our other auctions) so when I needed a high-quality cmoy headphone amp for myself, I knew I could make a much better unit than those being made by hobbiests and students and being sold on eBay.

Im sure any head-fier can build one better than his, or equally good.

-ivan

 

[JeffL]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.. We focus on network equipment, so we can build superior quality headphone amps...

Give me a break....

Anyone with half a brain and the knowledge of what parts to use, steady hands, and who knows exactly what they want can build a decent CMOY.

Besides that, a round tin? No thanks...

 

[fiddler]

Looks like a standard CMOY with all the usual parts. The parts cost is probably uhh... $30? It looks like the standard BB opamp, I'm guessing the OPA2132 since he doesn't specify otherwise, and I can't quite read what it says on the chip. And panasonic input and power caps. And no, I don't think those qualify as "huge"....

Oh yeah, and of course heat-shrink tubing makes everything sound nicer.

Considering you can buy a FAR superior amp for less money (i.e. a MINT for $80) ahem, I don't see what this guy's thinking.

 

[guzzler]

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High Amplification w/low Noise & zero Distortion Drives All Headphones, Designed to Work With Any Headphone regardless of "Ohm Specification" (lower quality headphones will have a lower maximum volume)

those are both very interesting claims; how on earth does 0% distortion sound like?? Anyone want to try in the Senn HD600s with this, and then a Grado pair??

what a load of arse, but i bet there'll be plenty of people fall for this one!

g

 

[averydonovan]

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Bid with confidence - all of our auctions are high-quiality.

Just like your spelling...

 

[reeseboisse]

You guys are all wrong. It's the hand twisted wire pairs that make all the difference. It sounds much, much better than the wire pairs twisted by the large machines most DIYers use.



Please note this guy is also selling Brittany Spears tickets, and a toner cartridge for a fax machine.

 

[mjg]

100 for that thing is outrageous.
What the hell is a PROFESSIONAL cmoy?

 

[Demolition]

It's interesting to hear them boast about the smallness of their PCBs. Maybe they should have a look at ProFingerSk8er's well-made CMoy in a round tin to see how it should be done.

D.

 

[myself, aka me]

Name brand components!

I suppose that goes right with the pretty graphs that everyone knows defines the best network amplifiers..

(although I think those are the ECQP panasonics there, which aren't bad)

 

[DeimosHG]

I've never seen head-fiers be so cruel

I like it.