[GAD]

OK Folks, here is the result of me being hip deep in amps for the past few weeks. I've written a damn wordy page on my impressions of all these amps. I'm fortunate enough to be able to have them all, so I thought I'd pay it forward as it were, by providing a sort of public service. I learned a great deal here on head-fi, and continue to do so. Here's hoping I can help others.

There are loads of amp reviews out there, and hopefully mine will be useful in the fray. I took a different angle with my reviews, reviewing mostly for purpose as opposed to sound, though my thoughts on sound are included as well.

The review can be found here: http://www.gad.net/Headphonia/AmpReview1.html

I hope you find it useful.

Thanks,

GAD

 

[Assorted]

Great review! I liked the sound

ortability ratios.

 

[nfusion770]

Nice review GAD- I was wondering when this was coming. I agree with most of what you've said about the RS amps I've heard- Tomahawk, SR-71, and XP-7 (pretty much the kind of battery operated amps). I have to wonder if you'd mind exercising with a Xin Micro, however.

I've never actually heard a Hornet, but if the Tomahawk sounds close as many claim, I'd consider the battery life (several hundred hours) vs wall charger issue pretty much a wash. I mean how bad can changing batteries every month or two really be?

Thanks for taking the time to write this up and for including the unique sound portability ratio- very pertinent in my view.

 

[potatotron]

That was a pleasure to read.

 

[shiezan]

wow

 

[dbng]

Thanks for the thorough writeup. I'm trying to narrow down my amp choices and you're breakdown really helps.

 

[jpelg]

Wow, great review with great style.

Very informative, concise, well-organized, as well as a very, very enjoyable read. I think it satisfies the audiophile and the "common man" equally - not an easy task. Well done.

 

[Frank_Zuccarini]

Wow.............what an incredible amount of work you did for all of us.

Thanks for sharing.

Frank

 

[mrarroyo]

GAD good review thanks. BTW if you want to be surprised get the AD8620 chip and swap it with the OPA2134 in the XM4. The sound improvement will surprise the heck out of you.

 

[krmathis]

Great write-up!
I especially liked the sound/portability ratios.

 

[webbie64]

GAD,

A good job. A shame there were no Xin's to compare to. ATM I share your comments on Hornet and am trying to see if any Xin with a smaller footprint can match that high quality RSA sound.

Thanks again.

Ian.

 

[Skylab]

Very nicely done review! Looks very professional, too.

 

[Duggeh]

An excellent write up on portable amp choices. Bravo.

 

[epaludo]

Well done GAD. Nice review ...

 

[2.2gotboost]

I really enjoyed your review. Now I am really curious about RSA portable amps.