Weaves Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 (edited) Hello,I just received my Shure e3's and they sound great. However, I did more research and discovered headphone amps. They even have tiny ones made just for portable audio units. Does anyone use these with their md players and headphones? I have a MZ-N707.ThanksWeaves Edited February 10, 2005 by Weaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I should say something before every mod in the forums points a finger squarely at me, and I don't mean the user "me," because you seriously don't want an amp from him. It might have an enclosure made out of Vietnam war shrapnel. I've got a headphone amp for my home audio system (self-built PIMETA) and I build DIY amps in my spare time for people and for just trying to see if a tweak or reiteration will work. There are many portable headphone amps of various different prices and various qualities.The Shure E3c has a very subtle improvement when using an amp and it's not even apparent at all unless you are careful in opamp (operational amplifier) selection. I use my Shure E3cs occasionally with a very small cMoy design using an Analog Devices 8620 opamp, which I find yields good results (it helps the E3cs out in the treble since they are somewhat lacking high frequency response).If you're not looking to have a custom amplifier, but just something prebuilt, I'd suggest checking out either Xin Feng's amps or Shellbrook Audio Lab; Drew's amps are very good and Dr. Feng's SuperMacro is one of the best amps under $300 period.various DIY amp designs http://www.tangentsoft.net/audioShellbrook Audio http://www.shellbrooklab.comXin Feng's site http://www.fixup.netFor lots of good headphone amp info, check out Head-Fi.org's amplification forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I love having a personal pronoun for a name. My amps are cool, oi. Building amps is fun, too. But for portables, I find them inconvenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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