Thursday 24 November 2011

Headphone Amp Ordered

After some quick research, I settled on a pre-built version of the O2 amp, purchased from JDS Labs, an open source headphone amp project. The main reason that I went for this headphone amp initially was:
  1. Cheap.
  2. Low noise.
  3. High measured performance.
  4. No time to DIY or try our more expensive options.
According to the shipping information, the amp should arrive in about a week, before my Earsonics EM4 arrive. But, I will still have an opportunity to test this with my HF5 and see how they stack up. I am keen to further explore again the Vioelectric V200, and it would be great that once the EM4 arrive, that I take the O2 amp and the phones to demo and compare it against the V200.

2 comments:

  1. Can't wait to read your V200 vs O2 comparison write up! Clash of the titans, only one is much more controversial than the other!

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  2. Naim, I am looking forward to that to, but right now, due to the relocation, I have so many things still missing. I actually don't have a RCA to 3.5 mini to connect the O2 to anything! I have to find one and get one first. Then I have to find the time away from family and work to get to the store to try out the V200. It'd be good if I can get that done within the next month, but going by my latest progress, who knows... But I think I can do some comparisons (once I get the cable) between the O2, iBasso D Zero and the Calyx Coffee. Two of three are connected and working!

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