[andychen]

I got a pimeta a while ago and recently started to change its case and get a better power supply. I did some comparison between pimeta using a crappy power supply and original master amp, and found they sound quite similar to my ears except that original master amp has a slightly more punchy and deep bass. This did not surprise me since they were priced similarly. I have DV336i as the tube amp for me, but I did not intend to compare a SS amp to a tube amp.

Now I am just curious and trying to find info about how pimeta compares against some recent SS amps like little dot MKV, but I have seen fewer and fewer posts about pimeta since 2007. I know many members here still have pimeta and probably also own some more expensive SS amps, so I'd like to know some opinions.

 

[oqvist]

I got a pimeta built my misterX and got a Canamp later on... Quite big difference in sound signature but it took a while to convince myself that the Heed was actually better. It has more body goes deeper but was not as punchy as the Pimeta instead.

I haven´t heard the pimeta for a year or so this make me want to try it again

. But well I wasn´t by any means blown away by the Heed in comparison. Hopefully the Pimeta will stink now though lol

I will come back.

 

[FallenAngel]

It might also be very similar since they are VERY similar amps. What opamps do you have in your Pimeta? Have you considered going with the Sijosae buffers? There are PCBs available for them now.

 

[andychen]

my pimeta has :
Elna Cerafine PSU caps
Dual stacked BUF634
AD8610 opamps

I will start to add something little by little, but the shipping of these online sellers really takes a long time these days.

I ask this questions because after trying a few amps, I come to realize that different amp does not sound as different as claimed by many here. I once compared two tubes amps, little dot MKII and music fidelity x-can V2 with HD650 and K701. X-can sounded a little bright on highs, but overall they sound so similar to me. I know my ears are not trained, but I could easily hear the difference between interconnects. that's why I seriously doubt MKV sounds much better than pimeta. Of course there is also this synergy thing, but I don't have may phones to play with.

 

[katzer1]

I have a portable pimeta built by rockhopper. I dont have the full spec as to opamps or parts, I bought it from him almost 3 years ago, it is biased to class A.

IMO it is pretty darn good. Funny thing was, I never listened to it much in the past, I liked it them but I wasn't overly enthusiastic about it, I few months ago I decided to do a burn in so I plugged it in for a few days and things improved quite a bit. I am now a firm believer in burn-in periods.

My other amp is a Corda Move.
The Pimeta is darker and more laid back. The sound just feels relaxed and non fatiguing. I think it is the more neutral of the two. The move is brighter and very detailed. I'd give a slight notch to the move in the detail dept (slight). My wife is a detail freak so now she listens to the Grados with the move, and I am very happy with the Senn 580 or ER4P with the pimeta. But I enjoy the move as well.

There is a big craze over the Mini3. I colleague of mine has one (misterX) and we did a comparison. Both of us agreed the pimeta was better.

Funny note about the move, it is really a fantastic amp. Detailed, defined, crossfeed is great. But it is such a great amp it punches into your head "this is good stuff - wonder what Meyer has next up - got to upgrade". With the pimeta I feel I am all set

In both cases btw, the source made a much bigger deal than anything else.

 

[andychen]

katzer1, thanks for sharing your experience. I think there is always hype for new products in this forum and that's probably why pimeta was rarely mentioned in recent posts, and I absolutely agree with you that source makes a much bigger deal.