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Rather than leaving just a feed back post for Cesar (Pappucho), I felt the necessity to let everyone know that we have an amazing Head-Fier/MOT in our midst.
I had a golden opportunity to hear Romanee's Portaphile's V2^2 maxed out version on the long plane ride from NYC to San Jose on the way to the 2007 National.
For the first time since I was a teenager, I listened to the Who's "Quadrophenia" in it's entirety sans interruption. I then turned to Rush's "Moving Pictures". I was using my Rockboxed iRiver H-120 (thanks SiBurning) optically connected to a Headroom MicroDac into the Portaphile.
Romanee always had good things to say about this amp but I always dismissed it like Charlie Brown hears his teacher (wop wop, wop, wop wop).
I gotta tell ya, I was floored. This amp has incredible detail and a bottom end that stands tall against the competition. The Micro Amp has a tad more detail, but pales in comparison in bass and treble extension, not to mention size. I can say that now, because Tyll, who is a friend of mine has developed a new line of equipment which betters his Micro line
After getting back from Cali, I asked Bozebuttons to lend me his, which also had a couple of hundred hours on the dual 1500uF Black Gate caps.
Not only is the amp tiny, but this thing really packs a punch. I would not say that it is superior to my SR-71 and Hornet, they are equal contenders, but I am being vocal about this purchase because of the incredible customer service that Cesar provided to me.
I was going on family vacation that weekend and Cesar gave up one of his burned-in units destined for a review to me, so that I could have it in time before I left for my week of beach bummin' in Virginia Beach with the wife and kids.
I received it in 2 days for $249 and have been using it daily, since. I have it hooked up to Vinnie's 5.5G imod and Ken's Jumbo Cryo what-chama-call-it LOD/cable. I am using Apple lossless files converted from my vast collection of .flac files stored on an external HDD.
Everytime I wrote to Cesar, he answer within 2 hours (info about switch settings, battery choices and DC power options) I bought a Radio Shack Walwart with the wrong adaptaplug and inadvertenly broke the DC port by lifting it off the pcb, and as soon as I got back, Cesar told me to send it to him. I sent it Priority and he fixed it the same day and mailed it back to me the same day.
Does it get any better than that?
Not only does Portaphile make a great amp for a great price that sits in an exclusive class of high end portables with our other friends here at Head-Fi, but the customer service is second to none.
Dealing with Cesar was how every Head-Fi transaction should be, and his demeanor and attitude are good examples for everyone to learn from.
I had a golden opportunity to hear Romanee's Portaphile's V2^2 maxed out version on the long plane ride from NYC to San Jose on the way to the 2007 National.
For the first time since I was a teenager, I listened to the Who's "Quadrophenia" in it's entirety sans interruption. I then turned to Rush's "Moving Pictures". I was using my Rockboxed iRiver H-120 (thanks SiBurning) optically connected to a Headroom MicroDac into the Portaphile.
Romanee always had good things to say about this amp but I always dismissed it like Charlie Brown hears his teacher (wop wop, wop, wop wop).
I gotta tell ya, I was floored. This amp has incredible detail and a bottom end that stands tall against the competition. The Micro Amp has a tad more detail, but pales in comparison in bass and treble extension, not to mention size. I can say that now, because Tyll, who is a friend of mine has developed a new line of equipment which betters his Micro line
After getting back from Cali, I asked Bozebuttons to lend me his, which also had a couple of hundred hours on the dual 1500uF Black Gate caps.
Not only is the amp tiny, but this thing really packs a punch. I would not say that it is superior to my SR-71 and Hornet, they are equal contenders, but I am being vocal about this purchase because of the incredible customer service that Cesar provided to me.
I was going on family vacation that weekend and Cesar gave up one of his burned-in units destined for a review to me, so that I could have it in time before I left for my week of beach bummin' in Virginia Beach with the wife and kids.
I received it in 2 days for $249 and have been using it daily, since. I have it hooked up to Vinnie's 5.5G imod and Ken's Jumbo Cryo what-chama-call-it LOD/cable. I am using Apple lossless files converted from my vast collection of .flac files stored on an external HDD.
Everytime I wrote to Cesar, he answer within 2 hours (info about switch settings, battery choices and DC power options) I bought a Radio Shack Walwart with the wrong adaptaplug and inadvertenly broke the DC port by lifting it off the pcb, and as soon as I got back, Cesar told me to send it to him. I sent it Priority and he fixed it the same day and mailed it back to me the same day.
Does it get any better than that?
Not only does Portaphile make a great amp for a great price that sits in an exclusive class of high end portables with our other friends here at Head-Fi, but the customer service is second to none.
Dealing with Cesar was how every Head-Fi transaction should be, and his demeanor and attitude are good examples for everyone to learn from.
