Yamaha Home Theater
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- Reviewed on: 03/11/2005
This little amp is nonetheless slightly larger than an iPod--it measures 2.875 inches wide, 1 inch high, and 4.125 inches deep, and it weighs less than a pound fully loaded with 4 AAA batteries. That extra heft helps explain why the AirHead so easily betters the flyweight amps built into portable players.
The amplifier's front corners each house a headphone jack; between the corners, you'll find the power switch and a proprietary processor switch that reduces the closed, inside-your-head effect of most headphones. The left-rear corner houses the AirHead's power receptacle for a 5- to 12-volt AC power wall wart (HeadRoom offers one for $15). At the right rear, you'll find an audio minijack input--HeadRoom supplies a one-foot cable that runs between your portable's headphone jack and the AirHead's input.
Hooking up the AirHead to our iPod yielded immediate results. David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album sounded weightier; the bass filled out and firmed up. And even we before we engaged the AirHead's unique processor circuit, the stereo soundstage was downright cavernous. Clicking the processor on, the sound became subtly more open. The AirHead could also play much louder and cleaner than the iPod.
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