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Pocket-Size Headphone Amplifier

Gary North - February 16, 2019

I like to listen to old CD's these days. I have about 200 of them. My wife has a lot of them. If I listen to one a day, it will take me almost a year to go through them.

I listen when I am doing Web searches. I don't listen when I am doing serious reading or writing.

I own a discontinued Sony Walkman CD player. It works OK with a pair of closed headphones. I like the sound better with closed headphones. My first pair of Koss phones in 1958 were closed. ( http://bit.ly/Koss1958) That was back when I had good ears.

The main problem with the CD player is this: the amplifier is weak.

Here is an $18 CD player. Maybe it has a great amplifier.

http://bit.ly/CheapCDplayer

If not, there is a cheap solution: the "Altoids amp." It runs on a 9-volt battery. Take a look.

http://bit.ly/PocketAmp

You need a cable to hook it to a CD player. It's also cheap.

https://www.garynorth.com/snip/1367.htm

It works for me.

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