[appar111]

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Originally Posted by Jahn My regular routine with the Plainviews in the SR71 was to swap out batts once a week, if not more. You get used to it - it's not like a remote control where you drop em in and forget em, it's more like a labour of love well worth a minute of my time here and there. Certainly an AC jack would be more convenient, but hey it was doable.

Yeah, but the plainviews in the SR-71 still get you around 20 hours, whereas I'd only be getting about 6, maybe 8 hours tops on rechargeables.

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by appar111 Yeah, but the plainviews in the SR-71 still get you around 20 hours, whereas I'd only be getting about 6, maybe 8 hours tops on rechargeables.

I think it's cheaper in the long run to just toss all those nasty rechargeables and get some real Plainviews from Norm then - or those Mahas I keep hearing about. It's worth it!

 

[appar111]

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Originally Posted by Jahn I think it's cheaper in the long run to just toss all those nasty rechargeables and get some real Plainviews from Norm then - or those Mahas I keep hearing about. It's worth it!

Norm doesn't have the plainviews anymore, so I'd have to go with some Mahas and a charger there. Even so, whether it's Maha or plainview, I'd only be getting 6-8 hours on any type of rechargeable, which would be even more of a pain in the butt than goign through alkalines every 12-15 hours, but at least I'd be saving money on batteries.

Swapping the Pimeta for the PCII still seems like a very viable option. I suppose I should check out prices on ac adaptors for the Pimeta too.

 

[appar111]

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Originally Posted by kramer5150 Hey... have you considered mod'ing your pimeta. A typical 9V NIMH is only ~180mah, but they go on up to ~300mah I believe. Two of those in parallel would give nearly 600mah @ 9V, at the expense of some portability. Have you considered NIMH CR123 cells? Theyre small (about 2/3 size of a 9V) and 3 in series would give 9V... the advantage is their capacity which I believe is around 800mah. Ive got 2 9V cells inseries my g-moy, their capacity is only ~180mah... so if Im not happy with them Im going to wire up a bank of six CR123 cells for 18V and 800mah. ????? Garrett

Garrett-
I'm wondering if you're NIMH CR123 battery idea would work in an external battery pack? If I could find someone to rig something up, I could just plug it into the power jack on the side of the Pimeta. I found some li-ion CR123's that would work great... I wonder how I would charge them though... perhaps a jack on the side of the battery pack that I could use to plug them into something like an Elpac?

Or even 6 rechargeable AA's would get me 9V, right? And I could get some that are 2500 mah a piece too... I just have NO knowledge on how to put something like that together... maybe one of the builders like JMT would be able to do something like that?

 

[Oink1]

How about buying the PCII, keeping the Beyers and rolling the PCII opamp untill you find a 'Happy place' similar to the Pimeta?

 

[appar111]

Can the PCII opamp be rolled?

 

[Oink1]

Hmmm - I was kinda assuming you'd know that!

 

[S_Dedalus]

Definately keep the beyer's, I prefer my HD650's and SR-325's to my old pair, but for metal, movies and games, the beyers hold their own, or even beat out the much more expensive headphones. I just couldn't justify keeping them at the time. I'll probably end up with a pair of K240's for games and movies along with yet another DIY amp.

 

[appar111]

Well, you guys will be happy to know that I kept the DT770-80's, but also bought the DT250-250's, as well as the Porta Corda Mk II. I've decided that it's not worth the frustration and wondering if I should keep this amp or that amp, this pair of headphones or another, so I bit the bullet and paid the $120 for the PCII. I should have it by the weekend.

I'm trying out the DT250-250's now - very clear sounding, I think they'll be a nice balanced alternative to the DT770-80's... Can't wait to get home and try them against each other..

 

[Jahn]

whoa you splurged! sorry about your wallet! i think it's time for the phrase...

"Congrats! Now run far far away from here and don't look back!"

 

[appar111]

The only splurge was getting the PCII without selling the Pimeta. Right now listening with the Pimeta and unburned-in DT250's, it's a hair bright, but that's to be expected. I think the PCII will be a perfect match for the DT250's when it arrives.