Amplify your experience!

Are you listening to music reading this right now? If so, you might want to know that the experience you're having could be made quite a lot better. Wondering how this is possible? Read on to find out!

This would really interest those of you who are wearing headphones, or earphones. Quite a large possibility one would assume. It comes down to these basic points; Headphones and earphones need very little power to operate; Nothing out of the ordinary you would imagine. Even high-end headphones, require less than a watt to operate. So the question arises, if power demands are so low then why is a separate headphone amplifier required? Why need them?

A dedicated headphone amp is essentially a low output power amplifier that has been designed specifically to optimize headphone performance. That's the basics of it. More power means more volume, in turn making for a better overall experience.

Listed below are some examples of headphone amps with their coreseponding prices:

• FiiO E7 - €30
• NuForce Icon - €65
• Grado RA1 - €350-€400
• NuForce Icon - €400 - €450

Ranges for these amps go from the cheap and portable to the permanent and insanely expensive. But if you require the best experience from your expensive headphones, or are just looking to improve your daily walkabout earphones, then an amp is a must, you'll hear the difference without a doubt!

Next week...  XLR vs Standard inputs, which is best?

Decisions, Decisions...

When you're listening to your music as you go about your day, do you ever think about what you're listening to your music through?

It seems that many people don't realize that the right headphones can make such a big difference to the experience you get.

Here's a shortlist of some of the greater headphones that you might want to try out, all that aren't so expensive!

• Sennheiser HD203 - These are an easy going pair of headphones for not so much cost
• Audio Technica ATH-M50 - Regarded to be the best headphones for under €70!
• KOSS Dj Pro - A quirky company not known so well.
• Logitech UE200 - The only in-ear headphones in this list, though quite amazing!

It all really depends on what you require, if you need the portability, can't go wrong with the Logitech UE200's, having a pair myself, they are quite the useful and easy to bring with, set of earphones.

If you need the increased sound presence, you cant go wrong with any of the top three headphones listed.

All comes down to personal need, portability, and quality you require!

Next week, possibly discussing the kinds of headphones you'd be able to get, super-aural, closed back, and more!

It begins...

So then, it begins.

 

This is a new blog where all things about headphones and my opinion and thoughts on such headphones will be discussed. I'll be covering ranges from the cheapest headphones to the kind you wish you had..

• Klipsch
• Sennheiser
• Audio-Technica
• Audeze

To name but a few brands that are popular.

 

Starting this week, this blog will run weekly and hopefully it shall be successful. Optomistic thinking at best.

Taking inspiration from bloggers, vloggers, and websites such as Jon Rettinger from Techno Buffalo4, Quinn from ThatSnazzyiPhoneGuy, and Head-Fi. A few more like-minded people such as them. Concerning this blog, who knows, it might be just as good as theirs... just have to get started!

 

See ya next week for an update!