Thank you, Chris; wasn't sure of what was going on as I did get something telling me that my membership had been disabled! I replied to that message and it seems to be okay now! Thanks again! Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:31 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Test message To See If My Messages Still Come Through Hi Writing to you privately, yes your message came through just fine. On 5/26/2015 1:46 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > Hello list: I changed the subject line of this message as I'm not sure I > have the right address to this list! I received a message, telling me that > my membership has been disabled! I replied to the message as I was > instructed to do! So hopefully this reply will go through...and I'll > receive it as well! My apologies for being off-topic; am only trying to > make sure that all is working as it should here! > Tom Kaufman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van > Deventer > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:27 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: improving headphone sound with a portable amp? > > I use a little headphone amplifier made by a company called Headroom. It > takes 4 AAA batteries. > > What I like about it is that it has a high and low impedence switch so it > caters for all kinds of headphones. > > You get a short cable with it which allows you to connect your mp3 device > or whatever to the 3.5 mm input of the amplifier. It also has a usb socket > so you can use it as a sound card also. > > I think it was called the Egghead or something like that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: 21 May 2015 05:50 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: improving headphone sound with a portable amp? > > Hi all, > > Several years ago, I purchased a pair of AKG Q701 headphones for use with a > home stereo. These are, in my opinion, outstanding phones, especially > considering the price is around $200 or a bit more on Amazon.They are > wonderfully comfortable to wear for extended periods of time, more so than > any other phones I've seen, bar none. Recent reviews indicate some > dissatisfaction, since these are now apparently being made in China, rather > than Austria, the home country of AKG. But that's not the point of this > message. > > I have tried my Q701 with the headphone output of my iPhone and find the > output of the phone isn't sufficient to drive the Qs well. So I looked into > the possibility of a portable headphone amp, such as the fiio e12, which has > pretty decent reviews on Amazon. It is not clear to me, however, how you get > the signal from the lightning port on the phone to the little amp, as it > doesn't seem to come with a cable. You can purchase a separate LOD from > fiio, but it has the old style 30-pin connector. You could then purchase an > official Apple lightning adapter at some ridiculously inflated price, of > course, and then I suppose the set up would work, although I don't think > this amp has a DAC, and I'm not sure if you'd need one of those anyway. So, > the question. What are folks doing who have head phones which are not driven > adequately by the crummy output stages found in portable devices like phones > etc? > > Mary > > > > > > >
