[La Tulipe]

Is it possible to build port amp like honet M? please help

 

[MASantos]

something that small with that sound quality, probably not unless you spend tons of many in R&D, casing, etc.

Manuel

you can build a portable mini3, www.amb.org/mini3 which is much bigger and people have reported to have very good SQ.

Manuel

 

[MASantos]

something that small with that sound quality, probably not unless you spend tons of many in R&D, casing, etc.

Manuel

you can build a portable mini3, www.amb.org/mini3 which is much bigger and people have reported to have very good SQ.

Manuel

 

[error401]

The mini3 looks to be about the same size as the Hornet; it fits in the smallest Hammond case which is 80mm x 50mm x 20mm. I haven't heard either (yet, my mini3 parts are on the way), but I would expect to see similar designs, though probably different opamps were chosen. This is probably the closest analog to the Hornet that's around though, from what I can guess, the design seems very similar.

 

[beer]

I have high performance mini3 and I can confirm that mini3 has very good sq.

 

[headphonejunkie]

When you get into the SQ of amps. There are probably only going to be small differences. That to me does not warrant the big cost differences.That is why I went DIY.

 

[amb]

Just a little factoid. The Mini³ is a little wider and longer than a Hornet, but is thinner. I would say they're in the same "size class".



MASantos might be thinking of the previous-generation, unreleased Mini³ v1 when he said that it's "much bigger than a Hornet".

 

[pinkfloyd4ever]

FYI- I got yelled at and had my thread shut down & removed when I asked the same thing awhile ago, which I don't understand. I read the head-fi policies & conditions first, and it doesn't ban asking such a question. Also someone pointed out back then that reverse-engineering for individual use (not to mass-produce & make a profit) is explicitly legal. I'm not at all b¡tching @ u for doing attempting to do so, just a heads up.

Oh and PM me if you ever figure out how to do it

 

[amb]

The OP didn't say anything about cloning or reverse engineering a Hornet. The way I read it, he was asking for a DIY solution "like a Hornet", which to me simply means he was looking for something around the same size and quality. There is nothing wrong with that...

 

[bidoux]

Actually it is an interesting question:

It is even simpler than the Mini^3.

 

[TzeYang]

^The hornet is a simple 2 channel CMOY.

The only difference is the choice of OPAMP. If you can find whatever that opamp is, you can have a "hornet" of your own.



On the other hand, the Mini3 is a 3 channel Cmoy. LOL huh.

Essentially, when it comes to "basic" circuits like these, there's no such thing as "innovation/something new". It all depends on how much effort you put into finding the perfect components for the circuit. A cmoy can be made to sound excellent if you put in enough effort.

 

[bidoux]

Thank you, Chu Moy should get money from RSA^^

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It's not exactly a Cmoy, because there is I think a buffer (or maybe it is two mono op amp) and the power supply looks very different.

On the Cmoy there are 2 capacitors from 220 to 1000 µf.
In the Hornet there is 1 huge capacitor of 15 000µf.

My original Idea is to change the power supply part of the Cmoy for a one capacitor.

The Hornet can drives a AKG K340 with a 9V battery, it is Huge!

 

[recephasan]

I don't know of any buffers in dual packaging.
I doubt it's a buffer. It's more likely another opamp at unity gain acting like a buffer. The iBasso D1 has the same config.

edit: actually, it looks like it's an active ground

Let's see when this thread will get smited...

 

[bidoux]

Anyone around here as a Hornet and is a good DIYer ?

 

[Pars]

It is very similar to a PINT... one opamp (dual) is L/R; the other opamp (single) is used as a railsplitter.