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In Reply to: Any experience of headphone amps from SMSL ? posted by beppe61 on July 28, 2015 at 01:29:25:
It is nicely made, if rather small. Of course, the outboard supply is what makes it sound bad. I built a linear supply for it, literally by hand, soldering wire-to-wire, and put it in a wooden box that is kept under the desk.
It is just an op-amp based headphone amp, no more, no less. It is an improvement to listening to computer audio directly via headphones, but I really think that an integrated USB DAC would have made it more useful for that purpose.
I also have the SMSL DAC, which I also made a power supply for!
Overall, it is what it is, an inexpensive headphone amplifier that requires you to build something.
I built a BIGGER headphone amplifier immediately afterwards for about $120, let's say. It definitely sounds better and I often use it with the SMSL DAC, a $100 DAC, mind you ;-) You can buy one already made on eBay for about $200, and it will be just a no-name headphone amp!
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- I have that one - jedrider 16:24:15 07/29/15 (5)
- RE: I have that one - beppe61 22:30:44 07/29/15 (4)
- This one - jedrider 22:46:28 07/29/15 (3)
- RE: This one - beppe61 22:54:59 07/29/15 (0)
- I was almost tempted to get another one - jedrider 22:50:32 07/29/15 (1)
- " midrange magic " - beppe61 23:10:50 07/29/15 (0)
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