Upgrading Original Bithead?

[schalliol]

I have a Bithead as a portable headphone amp/DAC, but it would be nice to find a way to get Total Bithead performance. HeadRoom told me they couldn't do an upgrade to the Total version, but I wondered if anyone here might know of an upgrade that could be done. Ideas? Thanks!

 

[mrarroyo]

Does your unit uses AA or AAA batteries? I ask because many of us have found that the eneloop batteries by Sanyo are the best to be used, better sounding. This because they have very low internal resistance and they retain about 80% of their charge a year after being fully charged.

You can read more about them at: SANYO eneloop | Ready to use Rechargeable Battery - The only battery you will ever need

 

[schalliol]

Cool, thanks for the info. I think it uses AAs, but it's at my office now so I can't check. At any rate, I usually only use it via USB, so it bypasses the batteries inside to power the unit.

 

[TheSloth]

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Originally Posted by schalliol /img/forum/go_quote.gif Cool, thanks for the info. I think it uses AAs, but it's at my office now so I can't check. At any rate, I usually only use it via USB, so it bypasses the batteries inside to power the unit.

Not if you have the power switch set to 'on' it doesn't...

 

[schalliol]

It is true that if you switch the amp on, it will use the power from the batteries, although I have not found it necessary to do this with the bithead. Perhaps a Total Bithead would value what might be cleaner power, but I can't detect a difference when I flip the switch. Does anyone else?

 

[CanFan68]

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Originally Posted by schalliol /img/forum/go_quote.gif It is true that if you switch the amp on, it will use the power from the batteries, although I have not found it necessary to do this with the bithead. Perhaps a Total Bithead would value what might be cleaner power, but I can't detect a difference when I flip the sw itch. Does anyone else?

I purchased a new Total Bithead about 10 days ago. It uses 4 AAA batteries. When turning on the Bithead's power switch while it is attached to a USB port the BH's indicator light becomes slightly brighter. There seems to be a slight improvement in sound quality while operating the amp with batteries, but I usually just let it run on USB power when using it with the computer.