[taran]

are they any good and worth it for the money?

i dont know much about amps and havent heard one since owning headphones.

my newest purchase has been senn hd595's.

so for arounf $50 do you think they are worth the trouble?

the ones i am talking about are those penguin ones http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Headphone-Ampl...QQcmdZViewItem

theres also this one from hong kong
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Portable-headp...QQcmdZViewItem

 

[vorlon1]

I have one of the Penguin amps. It's ok, but not really worth it in my opinion. For another few dollars you can get a Go-Vibe 5, which is a very good portable amplifier in my opinion.

 

[Andrea]

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Originally Posted by vorlon1 I have one of the Penguin amps. It's ok, but not really worth it in my opinion. For another few dollars you can get a Go-Vibe 5, which is a very good portable amplifier in my opinion.

Firstly, there have been various version of the Pengamp - you likely have an older one, without the rearranged PCB with the full ground plane (yielding a sure improvement in sound).

Secondly, these amps have just been renewed (once again). In my eyes, they eventually look pretty attractive for their price - also & particularly the "basic" version.


Thirdly, they're basicly the Go-Vibe v5's schematic deprived of the third channel. They can't be THAT different.

And btw, whatever the reason (I'm guessing the absence of the third channel?), tonality wise (an aspect of the reproduction of sound which many headfiers don't seem to synergise with too much

) the Pengamp (in the version prior to the very latest) sounded more interesting, more pleasant, than the standard Go-Vibe v5 which I strongly disliked in this regard.

The Go-Vibe had that greenish, emotionless, dominant sonic color that slaughtered the beauty of colours and the expressiveness of any record I threw at it.

 

[dr.morton]

I have the older version of the Pengamp and the new "deluxe" one and I am currently working on a review, so stay tuned. And yes, I think they are worth the money.
I cannot coment on the other amp.