[harbinja]

Thankyou for your help guys!
I'm going to wait a little while yet anyway as I'm going through one of my game buying sprees lol!
Out of curiosity, I like a warm punchy sound, Out of the Pico, Tomahawk or an Emeline would be close to that kind of sound characteristic?

 

[LeftyGorilla]

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Originally Posted by dfkt /img/forum/go_quote.gif Cheap / expensive / expensive / cheap... that's an interesting combination.

Garbage in/garbage out. Everything in between is golden.

 

[neco]

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Originally Posted by LeftyGorilla /img/forum/go_quote.gif Garbage in/garbage out. Everything in between is golden.

I thought the sandisk clip was a decent portable source though. Cheap doesn't always mean bad but any suggestions of a better portable source would be taken into consideration.

 

[dfkt]

Wow, what did I start with my comment?

I love the Clip, it's my favorite player. Now that it has a 100% working Rockbox port I hardly ever touch my fancy Cowon S9 or anything else. You'd be very hard pressed to find a better bang for the buck than the Clip/Clip+.

The Cardas cable is relatively expensive for what it is - a short yet well made no-nonsense cable - but compared to some ridiculous con-artist voodoo cables it's a steal, of course. In the grand scheme, the 20 bucks probably don't matter at all.

The RSA sure is a durable and expensive amp... thus the PK3 definitely need to be upgraded to something better to match the rest of the rig!

 

[neco]

Oh that's a good point I should definitely look into having my clip rockboxed. As for my portable setup I had originally purchased the amp to try out with my home headphones but thought it would be nice to have a portable setup to allow me to enjoy my amp more. I guess it's true what they say about things being only as good as
it's weakest link which in this case appears to be the pk3's. They are good earphones straight from source but don't offer huge improvements while amped. I am really leaning towards the sennheiser hd25-II's as a candidate to replace the pk3's. Does anyone else have suggestions to alternatives? The pk1 would be good but offer no isolation for public transit

 

[Rockford]

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Originally Posted by LeftyGorilla /img/forum/go_quote.gif Garbage in/garbage out. Everything in between is golden.

I guess ignorance is bliss. I prefer my clip+ to my iphone 3Gs, and i'd bet you would call that golden.

 

[grokit]

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Originally Posted by EddieE /img/forum/go_quote.gif Grokit, What IC is that - is it L shaped on both ends as it looks?

That's the one that is furnished with the Simpl A1 dedicated iPod amp, unchanged for at least seven years I think. I even have an extra IC like that now, since I sent mine in for an estimate a couple of years ago when the battery stopped charging and they sent me a whole new one free, out of warranty; the best portable purchase I have ever made and still available for $90 or so shipped. Made to work well without a dock cable; they use a special impedance equation (iPod-specific) to enhance bass with a very low noise floor. If you want to amp a traditional full-size iPod, it's a very good option IME. And yes, the cable is L-shaped at both ends, I almost forgot!

 

[lootbag]

Been a lurker for a while...

Here's my setup!

 

[krismusic]

Nice. Classic rig.

 

[stingx]

My new to me iBasso D2 Viper.

 

[dfkt]

Aaaargh, I'm blind!

 

[GreatDane]

No kidding...looks like "flashlight mode" on my XM5.

 

[gav17]

iRiver 140 + optical cable + Go-Vibe Vulcan VB

 

[a_tumiwa]

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Originally Posted by dfkt /img/forum/go_quote.gif Aaaargh, I'm blind!

use your sunglasses

 

[BIGHMW]

Quote:

Originally Posted by a_tumiwa /img/forum/go_quote.gif use your sunglasses

Or better yet, use a pair of Oakleys!!!