Faileas

While i'm resisting for now (i kena getting poison right? ; ), i'm seriously considering getting a portable headphone amp to go with the headphones i got last week - They sound way better on my laptop, and i want to mess around with it a bit. Keeping in view that i might build a cmoy in future or upgrade, i'd like to get something relatively inexpensive first to see if i like, and to mess around with. It needs to be portable (1/2 the time i carry a geriatric black army dispatch bag, so too heavy my shoulder die ), battery powered (Can't be walking around with a long cord like a EVA can i?). I figure since i can build a cmoy for under 40 bucks, 100 should be ok for a first one. Later can get something fancy. Any suggestions on what/where to look?

While i *have* done fixes (instructables got one jack replacement howto i did ;p), i generally prefer to wait till something breaks >_>.I'm not so confident in my DIY skills to open up worky things, if borken things fixed, less heartbreak and heartattack . My main issue right now is the crapload of 128 kbps cbr mp3s i have (back when i was still using stock mp3 player headphones ...), and the ipod needing an amp (got most of the parts for a cmoy. need to build though >_>)- since the same stuff sounds better on my laptop.

You can get everything but the op-amps and the pot from SLT, as long as you don't mind perf board. Op amp.. i sampled mine from TI . Haven't assembled yet tho. I don't like working on perf board >_>

I go by geek in most places, but i'd think its pretencious, so i go by faileas in most places (not fail lah, its scots gaelic. picked it out of a dictionary cause it means shadow, and shadow was taken, and i was like 'augggg...' and picked a random language to translate). I have to admit, i'm not really an audiophile- my equipment is very the... humble compared to many here (until last week, a sennheiser eh150 that was falling apart - i got a Audiotechnica ATH-M50 (eh.. listened to one, fell in love with the sound. on hindsite, should have tried a few more *g*), a mbox used for a home recording studio (mom does indian classical singing), laptop(IBM r61 + foobar2000 or amarok (on linux and an ipod (sound quality isn't great, but i like the space ;p). I also have a Hd202, but it sounds kinda bad compared to the other two i mentioned, though if i can be bothered to burn it in, it might be almost acceptable I'm a wee bit cursed with good hearing so.. i suspect i'll be doing minor improvements when i can. I'm currently itchy to see if i can get a sub 100 dollar headphone amp. (no i'm not an addict yet! or that's what they all say.)