hiker101
New Head-Fier
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I had a lot of fun building my first CMoy. Sounds great with Grado SR60s. I'll probably make a bunch of these for Christmas presents for my sons and brother (who all have Grados.)
I'm interested in moving up the chain. I've done a lot of reading about the Headwize projects, and at Tangent's audiologica site. Very useful info.
For my next build I'm interested in a significant upgrade from the CMoy, but I still would like to keep to the "portable" format. It looks like I have only a couple of choices:
1. Mini3: This looks like a great amp. Seems to be a PINT clone with most of the problems solved by limiting choices in op-amps. It does not appear to be super tweakable, but appears to be quite simple to build. Reviews of this amp have been very good.
2. The schematic for the PINT is still out there. Is it reasonable to do this as a breadboard project? Both PINT and MINI3 seem to upgrade the CMoy by adding a ground channel and using higher current opamps.
3. Pi-META v2 looks like a great amp. Unfortunately, the boards aren't available yet. Maybe by late summer.
Are there other choices in a portable format?
My vague plan, at the moment, is to build the MINI3 high perf. version. Then, upgrade to SR225 cans. Then, consider Pi-META v2 as an amp to play with for a while.
Suggestions?
I'm interested in moving up the chain. I've done a lot of reading about the Headwize projects, and at Tangent's audiologica site. Very useful info.
For my next build I'm interested in a significant upgrade from the CMoy, but I still would like to keep to the "portable" format. It looks like I have only a couple of choices:
1. Mini3: This looks like a great amp. Seems to be a PINT clone with most of the problems solved by limiting choices in op-amps. It does not appear to be super tweakable, but appears to be quite simple to build. Reviews of this amp have been very good.
2. The schematic for the PINT is still out there. Is it reasonable to do this as a breadboard project? Both PINT and MINI3 seem to upgrade the CMoy by adding a ground channel and using higher current opamps.
3. Pi-META v2 looks like a great amp. Unfortunately, the boards aren't available yet. Maybe by late summer.
Are there other choices in a portable format?
My vague plan, at the moment, is to build the MINI3 high perf. version. Then, upgrade to SR225 cans. Then, consider Pi-META v2 as an amp to play with for a while.
Suggestions?