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may need some work but great!!
Whenever I want a new pair of headphones, I often find myself wondering, "Do I need an amp?" (The answer is inevitably "yes"). Then for the next week or so, I spend my waking hours doing research, reading reviews, and obsessing over specs.
There's got to be a more efficient way, right?
Well, after many hours of reading blogs like InnerFidelity and NwAvGuy, and poring through countless Head-Fi threads, I collected all the info I could find about the interplay between amps and headphones, and built it into an online tool. The tool basically does all the calculations for you -- things like damping factor, SPLs, conversion between sensitivity and efficiency, whether the amp has enough power to drive the headphones, and other factors that may influence the amp you choose. I call it AUDIOBOT 9000.
I started building it last week, and I finally have a usable version today. I hope you find it useful - www.audiobot9000.com
BTW, suggestions are more than welcome.
I don't think he intended to quit his job just to please us with that page
Did you enter all this data manually?
Site bookmarked. Good job!
This is a great idea. I agree with the aforementioned comments about headphones that may need amps. In my experience most audiophile/reference quality headphones perform best with an amp. The only possible exception would be some of the Audio Technicas and Grados methinks.
Keep up the good work!
Whenever I want a new pair of headphones, I often find myself wondering, "Do I need an amp?" (The answer is inevitably "yes"). Then for the next week or so, I spend my waking hours doing research, reading reviews, and obsessing over specs.
There's got to be a more efficient way, right?
Well, after many hours of reading blogs like InnerFidelity and NwAvGuy, and poring through countless Head-Fi threads, I collected all the info I could find about the interplay between amps and headphones, and built it into an online tool. The tool basically does all the calculations for you -- things like damping factor, SPLs, conversion between sensitivity and efficiency, whether the amp has enough power to drive the headphones, and other factors that may influence the amp you choose. I call it AUDIOBOT 9000.
I started building it last week, and I finally have a usable version today. I hope you find it useful - www.audiobot9000.com
BTW, suggestions are more than welcome.
Well now that I can see the site again, there are suggestion forms linked at the bottom of each page. Pricing information was also added, and that includes links to Amazon and other sites!
Pretty awesome real-time updates there