[actorlife]

T1/P1 jamato8 are they pretty much the same? I was thinking of getting the P1, but the T1 looks stunning and very small, but i also want great sound too.

 

[jamato8]

I am still getting an idea of where it fits in with the sound of the P1 and my reference, the SM LE. I can say the T1 does a surprising job of driving ear buds, IEM's, and my HD650's. Now that it is getting burned in I will do some more comparisons of the T1 to my other amps. The size, price, looks and sound really do make this a great buy and a fun amp to use.

 

[Skylab]

My iBasso T1 arrived just now. It's very cold, and needs charging, but this is certainly one very SMALL, very cute little amp. Nice packagning too - a very "consumer" type package.

 

[rlanger]

Hey Skylab,

Do you plan on updating your amp shootout to include the iBasso?

Rob

 

[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by rlanger /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey Skylab, Do you plan on updating your amp shootout to include the iBasso? Rob

I may, if I have time to put it through the entire battery of tests and comparisons, which I may or may not.

 

[onocentaur]

I noticed in another thread on iBasso that one of the staff posted an email address... has anyone tried getting a T1 direct from them rather than the trickle-fed eBay way?

 

[SONGsanmanwah]

A shop in Bangkok has them at ~$75. Could very well be shipped to USA within $100 so, anyone who's desperate can PM me. I might be able to help out.*

They're out of stock now

 

[Skylab]

I spent some time listening to the iBasso T1 today. Let me start by repeating that this thing is very pretty, and very SMALL. Looks cool.


It sounds remarkably good, especially for the price and size. It's bass boost works well. I'm not sure I could really get a handle on it's "wide sound stage" feature, since it altered the volume level quite a bit, so comparisons were difficult. But what I could tell I didn't like - it seemed to brighten the sound unacceptably. But with it off, the sound was full, engaging, and generally pleasant. At least from memory, it sounds better than the LDM+. It's not a giant killer, and doesn't sound as good as iBasso's own (much bigger) P1. But I liked having the bass boost, and it's a nifty little thing.

There was one quirk - my T1 seemed to be prone to some buzzing from the metal mini-plug on my Sennheiser HD25-1's. Plastic jacketed plugs did not seem to have the same issue.

But in general, if these things were made more widely available, I think the combination of small size, nice features, good looks, good sound and fairly low price will make it a good seller. I have seen it selling on EBay though for the same price as the P1, and the P1 is a better SOUNDING amp, so clearly the size features and looks matter a lot to some people

 

[CSIR]

Skylab,

Did you do a quick check with your E500s? If so was the background black?

Thanks

 

[verb0ten]

Skylab/jamato8,
Any comments on the battery life? They are quoting 38 hours play time on the eBay listings...

 

[jamato8]

Hi,
I haven't let it run out as I recharge it but it has run more than 30 hours with no charge before I recharged it as it is better than running the battery totally out unless you do this every 30 or so charges. The amp also has two jacks out for head phones with an opamp for each headphone, which is pretty neat. I have been listening to the T1 tonight and it sounds very, very good. I have around 200 hours on mine and it does smooth out and open up more with time, as with most amps. The amp feels like it weighs nothing.

 

[CSIR]

Jamato,

Do you think with the burn in it might turn out to be better than the C&C?

 

[RasmusseN]

Still no pictures of one of these under some popular portable media players

 

[srikeerthi]

I'm looking forward to getting one of these for my portable use with ipod nano. My other option is xtra x-1. I'd mostly use this with my IEMs. But I'd be buying a can in near future (say HD-595 or DT-770). Do you guys think this will be able to drive them well enough?

It would be nice to see a comparo from guys who already have it. What say Skylab and jamato8?

 

[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by RasmusseN /img/forum/go_quote.gif Still no pictures of one of these under some popular portable media players

Here you go - the T1 makes the Nano look huge!