AdamWill
Headphoneus Supremus
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so the head-fi wallet warnings are definitely coming true for me...two pairs of cans since I joined and now I bought an amp, sigh. I'm making myself a new desktop PC (I currently have a monitor sitting on top of my HTPC and use it as a desktop while sitting on my bed staring down at the monitor, which is horrible from both the aesthetic and the ergonomic viewpoint...) and I figured I'll try and make it into a half-decent audio station, so I'll be installing an AV710 (no emus for me, I run Linux) and using my SR80s, I'll use my Eggos for portable. So it became clear from the computers forum I'd be needing an amp out of the AV710, so I hit eBay and decided on the Twinstarr Black. I have no idea about the technology of amps, but the mumbo-jumbo looked convincing, the feedback's good, it's a very cute little box and there were no 'DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM TWINSTARR!' threads here so I figured it was safe. It wound up costing $110, for which I guess I could just about have got an entry-level Pimeta second hand, but it seems this is near the top of the cmoy design line in any case, and it'll be nice to be able to use it portably if necessary. I'll definitely post impressions of it here when it arrives.
Just a couple of questions to go along with the purchase, to do with power. Running it off disposable 9V batteries for home use seems like a terrible waste, so...would it be possible to run it off rechargeable 9Vs? Or alternatively, would there be a relatively simple (i.e., preferably not involving a soldering iron) way to run it out of a wall socket?
Oh, and one final question; if I decided to upgrade phones at some point, would Linux PC -> AV710 -> Twinstarr Black be a good enough setup to do justice to, say, a pair of SR-225s? Not necessarily draw out their absolute best, just give them a decent chance and make them clearly better than my SR80s.
Specs on the amp here: http://www.twinstarr.com/twinstarr_black_apheared.htm
Thanks!
Just a couple of questions to go along with the purchase, to do with power. Running it off disposable 9V batteries for home use seems like a terrible waste, so...would it be possible to run it off rechargeable 9Vs? Or alternatively, would there be a relatively simple (i.e., preferably not involving a soldering iron) way to run it out of a wall socket?
Oh, and one final question; if I decided to upgrade phones at some point, would Linux PC -> AV710 -> Twinstarr Black be a good enough setup to do justice to, say, a pair of SR-225s? Not necessarily draw out their absolute best, just give them a decent chance and make them clearly better than my SR80s.
Specs on the amp here: http://www.twinstarr.com/twinstarr_black_apheared.htm
Thanks!