JungleJim
New Head-Fier
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I recently bought a pair of HD497s, which I like pretty much as my first pair of decent headphones. Because of my sources (soundcard and PCDP) and reading that the HD497 can benefit from a headphone amp, I'm thinking of building an amp, both as an excerise, and useful part of equipment.
The CMoy amp seems a likely candidate, because of the price, availability of parts, portability and good documentation (on headwize, and tangentsoft's guide) available. Are there any other DIY amps that are comparable to CMoy's?
I'm also wondering what kind of 497 specific tunings (gain tuning, I think) are in order? Advice from the pros is welcomed!
Edit: what I forgot to mention is that I listen mainly to classical music.
The CMoy amp seems a likely candidate, because of the price, availability of parts, portability and good documentation (on headwize, and tangentsoft's guide) available. Are there any other DIY amps that are comparable to CMoy's?
I'm also wondering what kind of 497 specific tunings (gain tuning, I think) are in order? Advice from the pros is welcomed!
Edit: what I forgot to mention is that I listen mainly to classical music.