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Review on Enhanced Sony PHA-2 Headphone Amplifier for Superior Performance by Don Taniguchi

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good product solves my problem

So far so good although I've only had mine for a week. I was looking for a small rechargeable DAC/amp that I can use with an iPod both in the car and with headphones. The fact that it plays hi-res files is nice, but not essential to me as the iPod can't play anything higher than 24/48 and I doubt I'll see the difference to 16/44.1 in my car or most of them can hear the time with headphones. But for years I dreamed of plugging the iPod dock port's digital output into a small DAC and then amplifying it with a line out to my car's aux input, and it worked. That sounds very good to me. , too much of. This confirms my expectation that the weak link in my chain all along has been the iPod DAC. I've used it with a variety of headphones, both in-ear (Etymotic ER4) and over-ear (various types) and have been very satisfied. I've listened to a lot of lossless music on my iPod, as well as Spotify and iTunes Radio. Both streaming services sound surprisingly good considering they use lossy compression and broadcast over-the-air. like to wear. I saw one for sale through Revain Japan but the seller does not ship to the US. Any ideas?

Pros
  • This is amazing
Cons
  • Something different