There is also the very cheap Little Bear B-1. (a cheap e-bay jobby)
Right now I'm trying to find a second, complementary portable amp to go along with my UHA-6S. I went ahead and ordered the Apex Glacier. My experience thus far hasn't been very positive, however. The main issue is hiss on even the lowest gain setting with my IEMs; additionally the amp seems to be picking up some noise when it's near my notebook which seems odd as it's shielded. This occurs even when I'm not running it via USB and instead using the amp's internal battery. Speaking of USB, every time I plug or unplug the amp's cable, the amp itself will no longer power on unless I reset it. I've had to reset it like ten times thus far.So back it goes. I'll be giving a second Glacier a shot since this behavior isn't normal based on what I've read about the amp. The SRM-002 is also going to Yama at some point to get serviced due to its noise issue in eco mode. What is it with me and noisy amps? Seems like a string of bad luck.As far as SQ goes, the Glacier sounded very good in my opinion. It's an airy, open, and detailed sounding amp. The UHA-6S sounds more natural to me however.Question is, where do I go from there if the Glacier doesn't work out ultimately? ~> At the top of my list of considerations is the Pico Slim. Comes in purple! The Pico Power seems interesting, but I'd be worried it wouldn't be very quiet with sensitive IEMs.~> I'm mulling over the idea of getting a CLAS -dB to use with my notebook at the office, and even going so far as to return to using an iDevice for music (paired with the CLAS). Combined with the Pico Slim, this might result in a nice but rather bulky combination. Given the nature of the CLAS anyway, I'd just be using the Pico Slim with any non-iDevice DAPs.~> Along those lines, the CEntrance HiFi M8 seems interesting. I'm assuming one can bypass the iDevice support and just use the amp section with a DAP? My understanding is that it'll also function as a USB DAC / amp combo for my notebook as well.~> The Decware Zenhead is seldom mentioned on head-fi. It's been around for a while and costs more than the UHA-6S but less than the Glacier. Scant impressions suggest it has a "very warm" and "very analog" type of sound, which I sort of translate into "a bit mushy." Not exactly what I'm looking for at the moment.~> The RSA Intruder interests me for some reason. It's got an built-in DAC, so when paired with my notebook it would potentially fulfill my office needs. Using the balanced output with IEMs is also intriguing, though again I'm wondering about noise levels. Not to mention the RSA house sound.~> Of course, there's a certain secret something on the horizon that I'm looking forward to, though it still seems far off enough to warrant putting it out of my mind for the time being.
-Check out VorzAMP Pure, it's fantastic with low impedance phones. Actually the best amp I've tried in the portble domain. Not equally good with trickier loads like orthos and such, but not too bad either. However I prefer Rx MkIII for orthos.It can't handle hot sources (> 1Vrms) in stock form, but you can ask Vorzüge to lower the gain if you plan on using e.g. a CLAS or such.-So VorzAMP is it suitable to be used as the LOD amp for iPod classic? I can't find the stats about iPod classic's VRMS.
