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Audio Discussion => DIY => Topic started by: paden501 on February 12, 2010, 09:59:32 PM

Title: Can anyone give me advice on DIY headphone amps?
Post by: paden501 on February 12, 2010, 09:59:32 PM

I'm looking at maybe doing a DIY headphone amp for use at work.

Here's what I have in mind:

http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/showproj.php?file=cmoy2_prj.htm (http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/showproj.php?file=cmoy2_prj.htm)


I've heard good things about cMoy head amps (and they're dirt cheap to make, which is a bonus)

Does anyone here have any experience with these?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Can anyone give me advice on DIY headphone amps?
Post by: rgpit on February 12, 2010, 10:15:38 PM

Are you going DIY to save money or for the fun of it? If you are just looking for an inexpensive headphone amp, do you have a budget? I just went through the headphone amp thing and I might have some suggestions. I am also using Sennheisers.

Ron

Title: Re: Can anyone give me advice on DIY headphone amps?
Post by: paden501 on February 18, 2010, 09:30:45 PM

Ron,

I decided to start by building a cMoy design headphone amp.  I just finished it up last night, so I'll put some photos up tomorrow (I took it in to work today)

The thing sounds pretty good.  I built it into the aluminum case that my Shure M97xe phono cartridge came in.