swanlee
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In my search for the perfect portable amp for myself I have found on lacking feature in all of them. No built in EQ.
Most have a bass boost, gain boost and even variable Xross feed. With these options it seems a pretty easy move to a full EQ.
Ironically Koss makes a cheap portable headphone amp with an EQ but it is pretty crappy and the hiss is unbearable.
So far it looks like Practical Devices XM5 is the closest as it has a Treble boost and a Bass boost, Variable Xrossfeed a gain boost and a 75ohm switch.
I would easily pay up to $500 for a high quality portable amp that had a parametric EQ. I know most portable designs are somewhat based off the cmoy models.
Would it be so out of reach for a company to make a digital high quality portable amp with a parametric EQ or even DSP sound fields Etc.
A lot of DAP's have these features but a dedicated portable amp would probably be able to have these features and produce better sound quality.
So is there some portable amp law or design road block that prohibits these types of features?
Most have a bass boost, gain boost and even variable Xross feed. With these options it seems a pretty easy move to a full EQ.
Ironically Koss makes a cheap portable headphone amp with an EQ but it is pretty crappy and the hiss is unbearable.
So far it looks like Practical Devices XM5 is the closest as it has a Treble boost and a Bass boost, Variable Xrossfeed a gain boost and a 75ohm switch.
I would easily pay up to $500 for a high quality portable amp that had a parametric EQ. I know most portable designs are somewhat based off the cmoy models.
Would it be so out of reach for a company to make a digital high quality portable amp with a parametric EQ or even DSP sound fields Etc.
A lot of DAP's have these features but a dedicated portable amp would probably be able to have these features and produce better sound quality.
So is there some portable amp law or design road block that prohibits these types of features?