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October 3, 2003

pimp portable amp

There have been cmoy's, a47's, modified linkwitz crossfeeds, meta42's and now the pimp portable ppa headphone amplifier. The ppa features a modified linkwitz crossfeed, bass boost (still in need of tuning), AD8610 op amps (socketed with Burr Brown opa627 and opa637 in the listening queue), 12 buffers, a battery board housing 12AAA NiMH batteries and a recharge circuit, a toaster and the kitchen sink.

Front view of the Meta42 amplifier on top of the new PPA amplifier.

Back view of the Meta42 amplifier on the new PPA amplifier.

The inside view of the PPA amplifier from above.

View of the battery board with recharge circuit.