In case anyone's curious: I got my Banzai amp in today and after a few albums listening time I can give it an unconditional thumbs up. It drives my 300ohm AKGs to above comfortable listening levels and sounds fantastic all the way. Battery life may turn out to be an issue but I'm planning on getting some rechargeables anyway. Yay!
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
egr wrote:
In case anyone's curious: I got my Banzai amp in today and after a few albums listening time I can give it an unconditional thumbs up. It drives my 300ohm AKGs to above comfortable listening levels and sounds fantastic all the way. Battery life may turn out to be an issue but I'm planning on getting some rechargeables anyway. Yay!
try running a few sets of 9V's in parallel. 
You'll get more battery life. hehee.
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NY, US
egr wrote:
low-gain wrote:But $20 w/ chassis is stupid cheap. no clue who they're making money on it. but oh well.. When i get one i'll give it a listen to see how i like it.. and report back to this thread.
I've got one on it's way as well. I finally found some real discussion about it (including some responses from the builder):
http://rockgrotto.proboards.com/index.c … amp;page=1
Very positive stuff.
I was satisfied with my Altoids tin CMOY until I read this, looks real slick and for that price, why not take a chance on it? Definitely want one for my desk.
egr you wanted cheap and portable so I gotta recommend a CMOY in an Altoids tin over this one though, fits in a pocket and only takes one 9v instead of two like the Banzai, those get expensive to replace quick.
Premade or kit, can't go wrong: