Portable Headphone Amps - Graham Slee
Just like a desktop type headphone amplifier is designed to get optimum sound from hi-fi-grade headphones at home via your streaming, CD or vinyl source, these portable design headphone amplifiers are made to deliver the best sound to you from your on-ear or in-ear headphones by overcoming the constraints of the output on your phone or portable audio player. We also sell a selective range of Portable high res music players.
Graham Slee designs and manufactures a range of phono stages and headphone amplifiers. Each new product builds on the knowledge gained from the predecessors to create superior performance every time.
The audio quality and clarity of Graham Slee headphone amplifiers make it possible to hear-out and fine-tune the detailing in their phono stages. Whereas, other phono stages from other manufacturers, are not as precise to allow for such fine-tuning. Furthermore, the excellent detailing of their phono stages helped improve the quality and dynamic sound of their headphone amplifier each contributed to each other in a very unique manner.
In conclusion, Graham Slee creates some of the best phono stages and headphone amplifiers available on the market today, and over the decades have become synonymous with British hi-fi and superb sound quality. They have received numerous awards and excellent reviews from the hi-fi press.
Why do headphones or earphones sound much better when paired with a portable headphone amp? Most phones and portable players can offer fantastic sound quality, with an aim to deliver every possible function at the lowest acheivable price, the socket and internal pre-amplifier of the headphone doesn't always offer the best sound quality possible nor the power necessary to drive your headphones effectively.
One of these portable headphone amplifiers should not only improve sound quality, it should also improve the degree of bass response by being specifically built to drive your headphones effectively. Many of these models also include various input options and/or onboard DACs for direct connection to digital music sources (check each item for specific features).