Apielet

Tyrion, i remember you from Head-fi years ago. You had a steal yer face for an avatar. As for what I was doing when I was 13, I was collecting Dead tapes and going to my 1st show @ the Rosemont....'89

New mastersounds- "This is What We Do" Black Crowes- " Warpaint"- Really good, better then expected Jamming w/ Edward- sick used LP score, Ry Cooder w/ some stones, stickly jamming.

What i want is a portable amp that matches well with triplefi's. i want to straight up improve SQ in my portable, since it is my main system now that I have a little one ( daughter)in the house. I know the sonic character of Rays stuff, I want to be sure that there is an improvement in SQ rather then a "pocket attenuator". I am not up for the FOTM just because. just like a home system, I want to upgrade to the best sounding portable amp I can find that has synegy w/ the trips.

I should clarify, the Pico amp only. No DAC.

Why? its got to be set sometime. Or the Pot setting so at least there is more play under 9 o'clock. Unless it is at the lowest it could go. Hopefully someone can have an explanation (or answer) instead of a guess.

So, would it be possible to have the gain lowered on a Pico so those with IEM's can enjoy more of the amps sonic characteristics? I would also like to have more volume control for IEM's. What I have gathered from home amplifiers (ex. Macintosh) is that the less gain and more volume or (the other way around) really has a dif effect on sound. Is it possible to change this or is the gain set in stone? I really think you can get a better taste of the sound of a headphone amp When the gain is set propperly for your headphones. Witha portable like Pico, I think users will usually use the same headphone. Way back 7-8 years ago, the META42 and penguin builders always asked what HP you would be using for this reason.