Quote: Originally Posted by Romanee I've already said I feel the GV5 is far better than its price would suggest. This somehow answers my previous question. It's useful for me to know that we have such different sonic perceptions (as I had largely suspected, anyway).

Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab So, in the end, here’s how I ranked the amps: 1.Larocco Audio Pocket Reference II 2.RSA The Hornet 3.RSA Tomahawk 4.Headphonia 5.Practical Devices XM4 6.Xenos 0HA 7.Go-Vibe V5 8.Little Dot Micro+ Especially as you wanted to include it...

Skylab, what's the point in including the Xenos 0HA in your review, when it's long been out of production? There have been several steps of evolution in the meantime, 0HA-R, 0HA-RHP, 0HA-REP (hoping I'm not missing some). Some people could easily be (or want to be ) misled by this.

I don't know...and don't have a measuring tape handy. But it's small indeed! Hope you aren't asked to pay those taxes

Yeah the HD485 is one great <$100 headphone. Note that with use it tends to get more and more balanced. My K141S instead has been stuck in a drawer for a long time.

And, out of curiosity, how did you like the AD8058?

Out of curiosity, why didn't you consider the Little Dot Micro Tube at all? It perfectly falls in your price range... P.S.: I have ordered my Xenos 1HA-EPC

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatticus p.s. I just read the Go-Vibe vs Hornet thread and someone in there said the Go-Vibe is not enough amp to power some of the more popular headphones but the Hornet is. He is talking about headphones like the HD650's etc. Maybe he is wrong and maybe he...

Quote: Originally Posted by Andrea None of the above, but... the Xenos 1HA-EPC. Must (not quite guaranteed, but as far as me, I'm positive) beat 'em all, and even the pricier things like the Hornet M. I was being serious.

Quote: Originally Posted by Willchester Anyway, I'm looking for a good portable amp and I'm leaning towards the Headroom Micro. It looks to be a good versatile dual use portable/home amp to me. I'm also interested in the crossfeed feature. I hear it helps the 595's base a little and...

IMO the XTRA X-1 is in a class of its own among the <$100 portable amps (also see the posts on it by Jamato8).

It's a little risky to use the AD9631 for the preamplifier job in the L-R channels of the Pimeta, you'd surely get lots of DC offset unfortunately. I wouldn't know if the AD9631 actually performs better than the BUF634 buffers in high bandwidth. Certainly it beat all the other op-amps I tried...

Quote: Originally Posted by lutwey andrea, i know that u alredy posted it on another thread but can u post ur crticism towards the go vibes so that we will know wheter it's a good purchase or not.....thnx Ok, here are the quotes, if you find them interesting... Quote...

Quote: Originally Posted by tyrion Nothing wrong with being outspoken but you tend to be, let's say, a bit obsessive about it which tends to annoy people. When you annoy people, us mods then get posts reported. Restraint is a positive trait for someone to have. You may want to give it...

The HD595 is great. Enjoy

Quote: Originally Posted by mrarroyo Do not waste your time, regardless of what amp you bring up the Go-Vibe will always be worst, at least that is the way Andrea's sees it. No, only the good sounding amps (at these prices there aren't many).

Quote: Originally Posted by Gurra1980 Andrea what is it you dislike so much about Go-vibe? It would be interresting to hear what it is other amps at this price does better? I'm interrested because soon i will buy an amp my self, but i'm confused, it's so many amp's out there, i would...

Quote: Originally Posted by tyrion How about just ignoring Andrea. Why let his negative comments bother you. If you like the go-vibe, great. If he chooses to pick every thread that mentions the go-vibe to say something negative, so be it. It's annoying, probably a bit immature but...

Quote: Originally Posted by Teflon Uh, guys. I got some odd results Googling 'govibe' Odd, indeed. Just like the amp.

Quote: Originally Posted by IEATTEFLON From the pictures I see only 1 lytic as the bulk capacitance. Could explain why the bass would seem skeletal. Do you like the sound with 24volts? When I modded the amp I also replaced that 330uF/25V Panasonic FC with a 470uF/35V Panasonic FM...

Quote: Originally Posted by jamato8 How does the pcb hold up to desoldering? I have worked with some that the traces came right off, which is no fun. In my case, perfectly (with the op-amp desoldered the pcb was like new). But you have to be precise and firm handed, because all's...

One more thing - knowing well how the HD595 sounds (I've had it long enough), I don't really think I would recommend the Go-Vibe v5 as a synergic complement to it

Oh and the Xenos also has two dedicated .1uF (or so) bypass capacitors on the power lines of the buffers.

Quote: Originally Posted by pddjsteve My LM4562 arrived on friday and I popped it in my Pimeta. Sounds good! I think I am going to pick up a 3rd AD9631 and see how they fare in the buffer positions. That'd be interesting. Note that in my Xenos here they're configured as unity...