[captian73]

it's another one of those, 'i can't decide' things, so i'll let you decide for me. which would you go for? and why of course.

is it right that cmoy's come in kit form, people make the then sell them....preferably on ebay?

 

[tjumper78]

i think you should go with pa2v2. it's better than most of those cmoy amps. after using the pa2v2 for a while, i am sure you will want to upgrade to a better one (happens to pretty much everyone here). pa2v2 will be a lot easier to sell than the cmoy's.
i have a pa2v2 and a cmoy. the cmoy outperformed pa2v2, maybe because the pa2v2 had low gain. i sent it to gary, he changed the gain to 6(for free and he even paid for shipping. gary's service is another reason to go with pa2v2), and it's on the way back to me now.

 

[appophylite]

I never liked the idea of buying a cmoy that someone else made, unless its made by someone who makes them in large quantities. So in my case I made the choice between did I feel comfortable enough to build my own or did I just want to buy one. I ended up building one myself because I was able to scrounge most of the parts in my labs, but got bored with the sound and upgraded to the PA2v2, in part, because of Gary's amazing customer service.

 

[dcc84]

PA2v2. Sounds pretty good. And, for the rest of your life you have the ability to get it fixed free if need be. Plus, if you ever decide to sell it, you can pretty much always get $40 for it here.

Whoa. You are a 500+ poster. So ummmm....you probably know all of above.

 

[captian73]

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Originally Posted by dcc84 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Whoa. You are a 500+ poster. So ummmm....you probably know all of above.

i'm not that hot on headphone amps. I would like to have a go at both.

 

[mlarn]

I was under the impression you could get a DIYer to build you a CMoy for $40/$50 that would outperform the PA2V2 by quite a bit. Is that not the case?

(P.S. This is not to say that the PA2V2 is not a good portable amp in its price range, it was my first amp and it was well worth the $ IMO. And Gary is a great guy to deal with, no doubt about that either.)

 

[captian73]

this is the kind of thing i'm looking at.

Micro Cmoy headphone amp - Opamp2227 - Amplifier on eBay, also Other, Headphones, Headsets, A V Accessories Cables, Consumer Electronics (end time 07-Dec-07 19:18:46 GMT)

CMOY Portable Headphone Amplifier in Altoids Mint Tin on eBay, also Other Amplifiers, Amplifiers, Home Audio Hi Fi, Consumer Electronics (end time 08-Dec-07 16:54:20 GMT)

 

[Basil101]

I have never heard the PA2V2 but Zigis offers a nice kit for the Cmoy amp (alps pot, TLE2426 rail splitter, gold plated sockets). He has a thread in the DIY section if you are interested. I like Zigis design as it removes the ugly toggle switch most Cmoys have (on/off switch is built into pot)
If you want a prebuild amp have a look at these.

 

[captian73]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basil101 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have never heard the PA2V2 but Zigis offers a nice kit for the Cmoy amp (alps pot, TLE2426 rail splitter, gold plated sockets). He has a thread in the DIY section if you are interested. I like Zigis design as it removes the ugly toggle switch most Cmoys have (on/off switch is built into pot) If you want a prebuild amp have a look at these.

They look stunning!

 

[SuperNothing]

See if the user Biosciencegeek has any Cmoy's up on eBay right now. He has great customer service and the amp sounds great.

 

[Basil101]

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Originally Posted by captian73 /img/forum/go_quote.gif They look stunning!

Apparently they sound good too, I remember reading a review on caffeine and Royal, do a search to find them.

 

[Podster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by appophylite /img/forum/go_quote.gif I never liked the idea of buying a cmoy that someone else made, unless its made by someone who makes them in large quantities. So in my case I made the choice between did I feel comfortable enough to build my own or did I just want to buy one. I ended up building one myself because I was able to scrounge most of the parts in my labs, but got bored with the sound and upgraded to the PA2v2, in part, because of Gary's amazing customer service.

I'd say the Penquins fit your large production cmoys

(Great reviews also)

The only other thing I can say on the cmoys in altoid cans the round ones are much stroger casings than the rectangular boxes

 

[mlarn]

So which DIYers here on Head-Fi make Quality CMoys?

 

[mamboman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlarn /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was under the impression you could get a DIYer to build you a CMoy for $40/$50 that would outperform the PA2V2 by quite a bit. Is that not the case? (P.S. This is not to say that the PA2V2 is not a good portable amp in its price range, it was my first amp and it was well worth the $ IMO. And Gary is a great guy to deal with, no doubt about that either.)

A little off topic, but you can get a Mini^3 built for a little more too.

 

[captian73]

yep he has.

Biosciencegeek Headphone Amplifier cMOY Premium Amp on eBay, also, Other Portable Audio, Portable Audio Video, Consumer Electronics (end time 13-Dec-07 07:02:21 GMT)