Mindblock
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I am a long time lurker, and a first time poster.....here's the story.
4 years ago I bought Ety 4P's with the P-S cable and the Total Airhead amp to play my Apple Lossless files on my iPod when traveling.....all has been good, and I had no complaints or desires until I started reading this site again.
To make the long story reasonably short, I popped for a set of UE Triple.Fi 10 Pro's. These things are great.....broader soundstage that I got with the etys and a bit more air around each instrument. Etys seemed crisper in the high end and had a wonderfully lush midrange, but the deep clean punchy bass of the Triple.Fi 10's is positively addicting.
When playing the Triple.Fi's directly through my new iPod Classic I began to notice some distortion which sounded to me like the clipping I used to hear playing vinyl through my stereo when I wasn't feeding my speakers adequate current, back in the day.....anyway, I plugged the old Total Airhead into the mix and the Triple.Fi 10's sound A LOT better than unamped sounded.
Now I got to thinking again.....if this old Airhead sounds THIS good in the mix, what does an appropriately snyergistic new portable amp sould like in comparison.
I have read a lot of the reviews here and they ahve been quite helpful.....but I would like to cut to the chase.....Which amps should I listen to and what differences should I expect to hear??
THANKS for any observations.....
4 years ago I bought Ety 4P's with the P-S cable and the Total Airhead amp to play my Apple Lossless files on my iPod when traveling.....all has been good, and I had no complaints or desires until I started reading this site again.
To make the long story reasonably short, I popped for a set of UE Triple.Fi 10 Pro's. These things are great.....broader soundstage that I got with the etys and a bit more air around each instrument. Etys seemed crisper in the high end and had a wonderfully lush midrange, but the deep clean punchy bass of the Triple.Fi 10's is positively addicting.
When playing the Triple.Fi's directly through my new iPod Classic I began to notice some distortion which sounded to me like the clipping I used to hear playing vinyl through my stereo when I wasn't feeding my speakers adequate current, back in the day.....anyway, I plugged the old Total Airhead into the mix and the Triple.Fi 10's sound A LOT better than unamped sounded.
Now I got to thinking again.....if this old Airhead sounds THIS good in the mix, what does an appropriately snyergistic new portable amp sould like in comparison.
I have read a lot of the reviews here and they ahve been quite helpful.....but I would like to cut to the chase.....Which amps should I listen to and what differences should I expect to hear??
THANKS for any observations.....
