DIY CMOY Headphone Amplifier Point To Point Using Pure Copper Wire

High quality doesn't mean has to be expensive, at least that is what I am always put in mind in this DIY audio. Like this pure copper wire that I found on the grocery store, this will works really well to improve my previous amplifier built here.

This copper wire is the solid wire that comes in several diameter. I choose the 0.9mm that cost about US$3 per 10 meter. The quality is very good in my opinion and it easy to work with.

I ever heard that copper make sound warmer and silver good at high frequency. In fact, after I changes all the connection in this CMOY headphone amplifier, I found that this copper makes the high frequency more open and little bit. Several hours after break in, the sound become calmer than the first time I using it.

This is my setup: I using 3.5 mm end to end jack from Amphenol and Canare cable. I also using 30 pin iPod line out adapter to get the direct audio line output from iPod.

The headphone I am using here is the Audio Technica ATH-M40x.

I testing using Apple Music on the iPad 2. The difference in sound quality with or without this CMOY amplifier of course more power, more dynamic and larger head-room for the music. For the CMOY headphone amplifier, I think it is the most natural headphones amplifier. By using this in headphones amplifier will give noticeable better in sound quality. In this test I am playing the music from Rippington - Fountain Of Youth.

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