Nick B
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Greetings Learned Forum:
My last thread kind of mutated into this issue, so I took the liberty of breaking it out into its own thread. My primary use for my portable set-up (iAudio G3, Westone UM2) is while riding my motorcycle. Lately I have been exploring options for a quality amp to add to the mix. A forum member suggested an amp called the amplirider, which is kind of ingenious: http://www.electric-avenues.com/amplirider.html. I would hate to base my choice of quality amplification solely upon the convenience of an easily accessible volume knob, but damn it's a great idea!
One big problem of riding with tunes is that in order to turn it down or off when you need to, it is a cumbersome process of taking off gloves, unzipping jackets, fishing through pockets, etc.
Does the forum have any other ideas along these lines? Has anyone heard of modifying a portable amp (or mp3 player) so that it has a remote volume/kill knob, or is the amplirider the only game in town? My cheapie Rat Shack headphones have a volume slider built into the cord, but my Westone UM2s (just arrived!) do not. I would be great to be able to kill the sound quickly, and with gloves on.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Nick B
My last thread kind of mutated into this issue, so I took the liberty of breaking it out into its own thread. My primary use for my portable set-up (iAudio G3, Westone UM2) is while riding my motorcycle. Lately I have been exploring options for a quality amp to add to the mix. A forum member suggested an amp called the amplirider, which is kind of ingenious: http://www.electric-avenues.com/amplirider.html. I would hate to base my choice of quality amplification solely upon the convenience of an easily accessible volume knob, but damn it's a great idea!
One big problem of riding with tunes is that in order to turn it down or off when you need to, it is a cumbersome process of taking off gloves, unzipping jackets, fishing through pockets, etc.
Does the forum have any other ideas along these lines? Has anyone heard of modifying a portable amp (or mp3 player) so that it has a remote volume/kill knob, or is the amplirider the only game in town? My cheapie Rat Shack headphones have a volume slider built into the cord, but my Westone UM2s (just arrived!) do not. I would be great to be able to kill the sound quickly, and with gloves on.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Nick B
