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Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« on: March 05, 2012, 08:20:51 PM »
One of the few upsides to domestic air travel is putting together a portable rig and getting in some quality, uninterrupted listening.  We are lucky at how good portable is now.

For this short trip to Houston I went with an iPod classic loaded with nearly everything, CLAS, and a newly aquired Headamp Slim driving my UE-11's.  The slim keeps the brick "manageable" in size.  Customs are my go to for isolation at the airport and on the plane. 

Because I always like to play a little on trips I threw the Pico In the bag so I can compare the amp section vs. the slim when hanging at the hotel.

Like a boy scout I always have a back up in case any gear gives me trouble... iPad is loaded with some FLAC files. Shure 530's in case something bad happened to the UE's.


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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2012, 03:48:09 AM »
Hey ship!


Nice to hear you have the Pico Slim already, do you find it a better match for the UE 11 over the regular Pico?


How does it match up?


Happy travels...
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2012, 05:33:26 AM »
I'll let you know how it goes when I a/b... but I really enjoyed it with the UE-11 on the flight down.
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2012, 05:26:50 PM »
I'm hoping to be able to get a pair of customs this year. Most of my listening is done on-the-go as well (BART, work, out and about), so it'd be nice to have some high quality listening within arms reach anytime the feeling strikes.

I had a pair of E4c before I got into this hobby/sickness that I didn't care for (moar bass!). I got TF10s last Black Friday that I was impressed with for a few days but ultimately crave my full-sized setups. Hoping a pair of customs does the trick for me!
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 06:04:57 PM »
My current portable rig:

Ultra Portable:

Sansa Clip+ 8GB w/ 8GB micro card -> Fischer Audio DBA-02's


Normal Portable:

240GB iMod 5.5G iPod -> Fischer Audio Mystify PortaAmp -> Fischer Audio DBA-02's

I have some UE-10's but I rarely use them ever since I got my DBA-02's. I'd still love to get some JH-13's though....
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2012, 06:39:31 PM »
my portable rig is ipod -> really really hard to drive orthos :-0 
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2012, 07:47:23 PM »
i never been on a plane before. must be interesting flying and stuff. i use to use my ipod and pair of k601 for use of outside or around the house but after few days i realized i don't need anything for portability so i gave them away. i didn't want it sitting around taking up space anymore.
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2012, 11:56:04 AM »
If you're as lucky as me when I came back from Hong Kong into Brisbane (Australia), I had around... 40kg of stuff with me and the customs waved me right out, no x-ray, nothing, just told me to go straight out.  If you could carry that amount of stuff then join the brick layers club...

I have an ipod touch 64gb > CLAS > Objective2 > Magnums at the moment, want to buy the LCD-2...
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Re: Rocking portable... Random travel thoughts...
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2012, 06:42:16 AM »
Nokia N8>Leckerton UHA6S (OPA209's)>UERM/ES5


OTG when I need to be light and worry about shit breaking:


Clip+>DBA/B2


I'm actually looking for a ported/vented Custom or IEM that will give the performance I crave and keep me aware of my surroundings.  Low volume performance/dynamics is critical too.  Haven't found a winner yet.
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