iVinyl
New Head-Fier
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Well, the first part of my experimentation, whilst waiting for the PB2 to arrive was comparing an ipod 5.5 through a dock connector (Kimber cable) and the headphone outlet into the amp. I have to say, not a huge difference. Phones were HD650's and SR225i's. The Headroom amp has two inputs, so I can connect both, get the levels identical and then switch between them. There was a very subtle loss in dynamics and a tad less bass on the headphone output, but that was all. I guess, since the headphone output of the iPod is going into a high impedance, the series capacitor has less of an effect. I also had a brief flirtation with Rockbox / Songbird but the randomness of the Rockbox interface started to annoy after several freezes and stutters. I couldn't tell of any fundamental improvement with flat EQ.
I hope all these nuances from my $700 add up to something significant in the end! It's rather fun playing though. The permutations are endless.
I hope all these nuances from my $700 add up to something significant in the end! It's rather fun playing though. The permutations are endless.