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Originally Posted by volcomjerk
Definitely agree, but if this "black cloud" is what I think it is and lets just say this thread is buried to protect other competitors then yes I would call it robbery because that's like taking money from someone who doesn't know any better.
If no one were to know that there are amps that can indeed be had for cheap and sound just as good or better, then this forum isn't what I thought it was.
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Welcome to my world. I abstain from posting a variety of comments here because a significant portion of what I'd normally give to someone as advice is considered inappropriate to post here, particularly over certain manufacters' devices. I don't particularly enjoy this nor do I feel it benefits consumers to have a policy like this, but it seems to be something I and others have to live with if we want to post here. I'm not even talking about exotic information here; This sort of stuff is discussed on other boards and some of it can be gleaned from the pictures posted on the net, even on some manufacters' sites.
There is a lot of nice stuff out there in DIY-land and the PINT is one example. cetoole has an interesting portable project coming that I'm probably going to build. I still like the PINT quite a bit, though, and it seems to be well suited for certain types of op-amps. It's nice to see that word did spread about the 6172, as I think it's really a nice chip; very high detail I found. The 6171 has turned out to be really nice as well (it's the single channel version, though it is faster and has more output power as well).
Between the PINT and PIMETA, I'd rather have the PINT, but I think that's probably a matter of preference. Unfortunately, my favourite op-amps are all bipolar input, which the PIMETA doesn't take kindly to. One of the weaknesses of an unbuffered design, though, is that many op-amps are not really designed to drive low impedance loads and so use of a buffer is a good way to get much better linearity. That said, what ultimately probably matters is how it sounds, so an unbuffered design like the PINT may work out better for you depending on a variety of factors.
It would have been nice if the PINT project hadn't been discontinued. I had hoped over time we could build a basic FAQ on how to build it, and its price/performance ratio would encourage more people to get into DIY. Oh well, maybe someone else will do a run of the boards or tangent will bring us his next project soon ;D
I'm thinking about trying some other op-amps as I've found some new ones I really like, although I don't have any spare boards so I'm not sure what I'll do