For the money, the best you can buy !
Written: Aug 26 '01 (Updated Aug 26 '01)
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Pros: Excellent sound
Handy size
Cons: Better choices if you use it with a discman and high impedance headphones...
The Bottom Line: If you want an upgradable headphone amp way better than all the regular amp's jacks.....with excellent sound....and portable enough to use it in different places in your house...this is it....
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| mariowar's Full Review: HeadRoom Little More Power |
I just got my Little More Power (B stock) from Headroom, I've been testing it for 20 hours, trying different kinds of music with my Panasonic Discman SL-SW870, the Straightwire mini to RCA cable and my Grados SR325. I could only compare it with my beloved Total Airhead, and even though I always believed that I was not going to be able to appreciate any audible difference due the efficiency of my Grados, I can tell you that I was so wrong.
First of all this mint condition amp, including a power supply (with Toroidal transformer) which is twice!! the size of the amp!!! has a beautiful aluminium enclosure that gives you the feel of a classy amp.......not the cheap plastic box that I was getting used to......
The Straightwire mini to RCA cable even though feels a little rigid looks nice and feels great too.
I starting listening some latin progressive rock, then hard rock and contemporary jazz.... and what stroke me the most was that I had to turn the potenciometer (7PM TO 5AM) to 2AM to listen a good volume, and I don't really enjoy it too loud....... it seems that the amp's input is a little low because a lot of people love to use home cd player instead portable ones..... and I thought, wow it will start to distort......but no way.....I think this is one of the reasons the More Supply is worth (It supplies +-15volts directly with NO internal converters.......... you can turn the volume all the way up, and even though is TOO LOUD!!! it won't distort......like regular amps with regular power supplies. And now it comes the question......Is it possible to drive a 300 ohms headphones like Sennheiser 580-600 NICELY with the Little More Power amp using a DISCMAN as the source? I don't think so...... unless you have a gain switch ( the new amps have it).....IMHO
Do you want to know where is the difference between the TA and Little MP? well DUMBASSES!!!! here it is !!! . The bass goes deeper and deeper that really makes you shake your teeth....its clarity is outstanding and the soundstage expands a bit, even with the efficient Grados.........the refined highs are as smooth as the TA's..........and the HIGH PASS filter is just painful!!!! I don't really think that someone with Grados is EVER going to turn it ON!!!......That's why most of the new Headroom amps have three High pass filter settings....... I mean the only music that I enjoyed with this filter on was acoustic guitar music and some classical.....of course, WITH NO cymbals at all . The mids make you feel that you have an internal center speaker, they are sweet an defined, I just love them.
A very special mention to the Headroom Crosfeed filter, I just can't live without it, it works amazingly adding a little mid bass boost to the music plus the known effect that makes you listen the music from your brain, not the headphones.
I haven't really found any reviews of this excellent amp, and believe me, it's sad because it's great and it's built for a great company with an unsurpassable consumer service......they did EVERYTHING, the UNTHINKABLE to send me this amp to my homeland Colombia, and they'll never know how much I appreciate it.
What else can I tell you?, get it while you can, It's not expensive and I agree with Headroom, "For the money, you can't go wrong with this combination" .
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 299
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