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B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

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Old 10-01-2005, 4:03 PM   #1
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B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

Hi,

I have just bought one of these and was wondering if its any good and how well it compares with other headphone amps?

Also, i have looked on various websites and theres lots of mods you can do to it.

http://www.rock-grotto.co.uk/B-tech.htm

Has anyone modded this? How well does it sound now? Compare to other headphone amps?

Thanks
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Old 10-01-2005, 4:12 PM   #2
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Did you read further down the review and the mods.....for the price,a real bargain,and with all the mods suggested...on a par with the Creek OBH-11.

Which would still suggest a bargain in real terms,but not a stunning amp in overall terms.
The Creek,in my view,is good,but not up to either a decent X-Cans(with NOS tubes)or other amps above it's price range.....just a thought.
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Old 10-01-2005, 6:36 PM   #3
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I had one. Its fine for cheap headphones, and as alexs2 says its probably as good as an OBH-11 if modded - but ultimately thats not saying all that much. If you ever get some reasonable quality headphones, the sort that cost more than about £50 then I'd say you will want to upgrade if you wanted to extract the most from your cans.
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Old 13-01-2005, 5:27 PM   #4
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does anyone know where i can get this modded? I know there are a few people on some of the forums which have this modded.

Thanks in advance
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Old 13-01-2005, 5:57 PM   #5
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pinkfloyd from headfi forums has experience of modding this
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Old 14-01-2005, 5:36 PM   #6
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Just gave a B-tech hp amp, mentioned above, to another forum member to test whether one would benefit him or not. No feedback yet. I thought it was perfect for playing a zoom guitar pedal through and not upsetting the neighbours!

My combination of x-cans v2 (with amperex tubes - awesome), hd600 (with Cardas cable upgrade) , and MF x-ray connected with VdH the first sounds amazing - can cope with any taste thrown at it.

However would love to try an earmax pro with grado rs-1. Has anyone had any experience of these?
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Old 15-01-2005, 12:03 PM   #7
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Ive got one with upgraded caps and resistors - does sound pretty good much better than the stock one

also remove the tone control
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Old 25-01-2005, 4:31 PM   #8
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did you upgrade the amp yourself?

I am in the process of upgrading the headphone amp, should be done by 7pm (i am doing it in between work)
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Old 26-01-2005, 11:16 AM   #9
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I have upgraded the Amp.

I tried it last night and it sounds awesome. I used a mixture of Panasonic FC and ELNA capacitors and metal film resisters and a new op amp
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Old 29-01-2005, 2:28 PM   #10
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hi

no i bought it pre modded second hand, i would have done it myself but i saw the modded one for sale cheap so snapped it up
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Old 31-01-2005, 8:43 AM   #11
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Smiley Man:

What do you think to the amp (modded)? What headphones do you use? Have you compared it to anything? How does it compare?

Thanks
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Old 02-02-2005, 10:16 PM   #12
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went to maplin on-line....they don't seem to stock it.

Anyone know where i can get one from?

thanx
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Old 03-02-2005, 8:44 AM   #13
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Are you after the B-Tech headphone amp?

Best place i found is eBay.

Thats where i bought mine from and RS for the extra parts
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Old 09-02-2005, 7:36 PM   #14
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Smiley Man:

What do you think to the amp (modded)? What headphones do you use? Have you compared it to anything? How does it compare?

Thanks
hello :D

the only amp i compared it to was the unmodded one and my iriver, its much better than the stock amp, much clearer sound and erverything sounds crsiper and less muffly. its a lot better than the iriver as well

i havent tried a top end can amp although i might have to invest :D
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Re: B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

i know this is old, and i bought one of these headphone Amps, and i did all the mods, panasonic caps, metal film resistors, B brown opamp. And i wasnt impressed for a year............until. i finally took away the Tone pot.

Why i didnt do this a while ago, i dont know, i always thought that it sounded kind of Muffly toned, couldnt understand the fuss. but removing the pot was a revelation, sounds fantastic. I feel no need to get an expensive Headphone Amp now, and it works very well, with my Sennheiser HD580's

I highly reccomend to do the mods and remove the tone pot
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Old 29-11-2007, 2:35 PM   #16
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Re: B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

To be honest i took the tone pot away straight away because its an extra thing in the signal path.

You can also replace the volume pot with an Alps one for even greater sound!
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Old 10-11-2008, 3:29 PM   #17
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Re: B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

Any idea where I can get a replacement power adapter for this.

I just bought the amp for £3.00 from ebay as it had the adapter missing.

15v DC 20ma

Last edited by ReDsHiFt1; 10-11-2008 at 3:49 PM.
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Old 11-11-2008, 1:51 PM   #18
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Re: B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

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Any idea where I can get a replacement power adapter for this.

I just bought the amp for £3.00 from ebay as it had the adapter missing.

15v DC 20ma
Maplin is usually a good bet for these....may well be worth getting a regulated one for a few pounds extra.
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Old 14-11-2008, 12:13 AM   #19
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Re: B-Tech BT928 Headphone Amplifier

Thanks mate, I'll take a look in my local Maplin at the weekend.
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