jmelcer
New Head-Fier
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My portable META42 arrived this morning. A JMT production, using (to quote the maestro)...
a translucent blue Serpac case. I used Vishay resistors and WIMA reservior caps, polypropylene input caps, 470µF PS caps, and a Panasonic 50K ohm pot.
My portable source is a Sony MZ505 - which I use with my ER4P.
How does it sound? Well, my first impression was errmm, less than favourable - until I realised that the ER4P + amp combo is not a smart one. I had to wait until I got home to use my 4p to 4s cable. With the cable, everything changed. This amp is, without question, so far ahead of the Total Airhead (my only other portable amp) its not real.
The META42 adds real beef to the clean, detailed sound of the Sony. The beauty is that it does it without losing clarity. It extends the bass and adds sparkle to the upper end. The TA on the other hand, adds bottom end, but muddies everything else.
A big thank you to JMT for the obvious care and attention to detail in building it.
Jerome
a translucent blue Serpac case. I used Vishay resistors and WIMA reservior caps, polypropylene input caps, 470µF PS caps, and a Panasonic 50K ohm pot.
My portable source is a Sony MZ505 - which I use with my ER4P.
How does it sound? Well, my first impression was errmm, less than favourable - until I realised that the ER4P + amp combo is not a smart one. I had to wait until I got home to use my 4p to 4s cable. With the cable, everything changed. This amp is, without question, so far ahead of the Total Airhead (my only other portable amp) its not real.
The META42 adds real beef to the clean, detailed sound of the Sony. The beauty is that it does it without losing clarity. It extends the bass and adds sparkle to the upper end. The TA on the other hand, adds bottom end, but muddies everything else.
A big thank you to JMT for the obvious care and attention to detail in building it.
Jerome