So i just tried my first headphone amp....

[aphex]

CMOY in a Altoids Tin

Jebus, they even make my ipod stock buds sing.... Crazyness....

I love it!

 

[randumb]

singlepower ppx3 ftw

 

[EvilYoda]

Now after the upgrade bug has set in...

VHP-1 and VAC-1 combo FTW!

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: aphex
CMOY in a Altoids Tin

Jebus, they even make my ipod stock buds sing.... Crazyness....

I love it!

link? pics?

 

[mercanucaribe]

What's wrong with the sound from your iPod? Not loud enough?

 

[Rubycon]

Rock the Casbah!

 

[spidey07]

And so it has begun...

Yet another one has tasted the goodness of the quality of pre-amps and amps.

mmmmmm

 

[Ricemarine]

I sure do want a portable amp...

 

[dighn]

I just built a CMOY last week (slightly modified and wall wart powered) for my new hd 595. listening to it right now

 

[archcommus]

What does the amp help with? Can it help with bass? My MDR-V6s sound great without one but I'm willing to try one if it makes a difference.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: archcommus
What does the amp help with? Can it help with bass? My MDR-V6s sound great without one but I'm willing to try one if it makes a difference.

They help with the sound and volume of whatever you're using...

If you are looking for bass... Find a good headphone amp

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: archcommus
What does the amp help with? Can it help with bass? My MDR-V6s sound great without one but I'm willing to try one if it makes a difference.

They help with the sound and volume of whatever you're using...

If you are looking for bass... Find a good headphone amp

Well in my mind just the "sound" and "volume" doesn't really equate to bass. So would I see an improvement in bass or not? That's really the only thing I'd be interested in.

And by "good" do you mean NOT a home-built CMOY amp?

 

[Maximus96]

where can i learn about this "headphone amp" business you talk about? i have a HD497, will I benefit from such contraptions?

 

[Gerbil333]

I think my HD280 Pros need more power. How does a decent amp cost to build?

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: archcommus
What does the amp help with? Can it help with bass? My MDR-V6s sound great without one but I'm willing to try one if it makes a difference.

They help with the sound and volume of whatever you're using...

If you are looking for bass... Find a good headphone amp

Well in my mind just the "sound" and "volume" doesn't really equate to bass. So would I see an improvement in bass or not? That's really the only thing I'd be interested in.

And by "good" do you mean NOT a home-built CMOY amp?

I used to own a Superdual with bass boost, made my DT770s kick nicely, but I didn't think it was worth the $150 I spent on it so I sold it. I used to dabble in that crap, but I just don't think it's worth it, sound is sound to me as long as its not pure hissing popping crap.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: archcommus
What does the amp help with? Can it help with bass? My MDR-V6s sound great without one but I'm willing to try one if it makes a difference.

They help with the sound and volume of whatever you're using...

If you are looking for bass... Find a good headphone amp

Well in my mind just the "sound" and "volume" doesn't really equate to bass. So would I see an improvement in bass or not? That's really the only thing I'd be interested in.

And by "good" do you mean NOT a home-built CMOY amp?

I imagine you could probably make one that's got a low-pass filter in it to bump up just the bass.

 

[BW86]

the cmoy my friend built for me makes my MS1's sound incredible

 

[thelanx]

Originally posted by: Gerbil333
I think my HD280 Pros need more power. How does a decent amp cost to build?

A decent cmoy would give those hd280s an improvement in bass. That along with a blue tak mod goes quite a ways to improve the bass response on those cans.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: archcommus
What does the amp help with? Can it help with bass? My MDR-V6s sound great without one but I'm willing to try one if it makes a difference.

They help with the sound and volume of whatever you're using...

If you are looking for bass... Find a good headphone amp

Well in my mind just the "sound" and "volume" doesn't really equate to bass. So would I see an improvement in bass or not? That's really the only thing I'd be interested in.

And by "good" do you mean NOT a home-built CMOY amp?

I imagine you could probably make one that's got a low-pass filter in it to bump up just the bass.

Okay now I'm interested. The phones have very deep bass when you increase bass to the max in Windows sound properties (Audigy 2), however when it's that high they tend to crackle a bit on the lows. So a good balance between level of bass and no crackling is around 75%. So would the amp allow me to put that to the max without experiencing the crackling? Or would it just increase the bass AT the same bass level it's at now?

 

[Kerouactivist]

Originally posted by: aphex
CMOY in a Altoids Tin

Jebus, they even make my ipod stock buds sing.... Crazyness....

I love it!

I got the same setup somewhere, misplaced....

 

[randomlinh]

i remember i bought all the parts for a cmoy.. but then wanted to possibly squeeze into something as small as possible... never got around to doing it and stopped caring.. heh.. sold the parts off.

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Ok, i'm very interested.

I have a couple questions, if you wouldn't mind helping:
1. What is CMOY?
2. Can you make one yourself? I saw these at headphones.com, but they want 150 bucks for the base model and 200 for the nice one. Way too much money for me.
3. If the answer to #2 is yes, can you explain how or post a link?

Thanks!!!

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
Ok, i'm very interested.

I have a couple questions, if you wouldn't mind helping:
1. What is CMOY?
2. Can you make one yourself? I saw these at headphones.com, but they want 150 bucks for the base model and 200 for the nice one. Way too much money for me.
3. If the answer to #2 is yes, can you explain how or post a link?

Thanks!!!

did you look on google? First result

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
Ok, i'm very interested.

I have a couple questions, if you wouldn't mind helping:
1. What is CMOY?
2. Can you make one yourself? I saw these at headphones.com, but they want 150 bucks for the base model and 200 for the nice one. Way too much money for me.
3. If the answer to #2 is yes, can you explain how or post a link?

Thanks!!!

did you look on google? First result

That was the VERY FIRST thing I did.....after making my post. LOL.

It seems like its more expensive to buy a soldering iron and the parts than it is to just buy one.

 

[Baked]

That's like the cheapest headphone amp out there. If you can tell the difference, good for you. It'll only be a matter of time before you go out and buy those $500 portable amps. Check out the Emmeline SR-71 and HeadAmp AE-1.