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HeadRoom Total AirHead
MSRP $99.00
DISCONTINUED / SOLD-OUT!
12/10-2012 ~ THIS ITEM is NO LONGER AVAILABLE at HeadRoom - Headphone.com!
Experience the best sound coming out of your favorite headphones with the portable HeadRoom Total AirHead amp. The missing link between headphones and your iPod/iPhone, mp3 player or other device, the AirHead avoids loading down your player's efficiency to drive headphones with amazing clarity and detail. The AirHead operates via 4 AAA batteries (AC power supply available; sold separately) and features our famous HeadRoom crossfeed to improve headphone imaging. Built-in 'low/high' gain switch matches most headphone impedances from 16 Ohms up to 300 Ohms. Designed and made in Montana USA.
More handy info can be found in our Total AirHead FAQ.
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Product Features:
- Get a clear, clean listening experience with good headphones + any portable player
- Delivers tighter bass response and better musical body with articulate highs
- Improves imaging via HeadRoom's famous crossfeed circuit.
- Low/High gain switch optimizes amp for headphones of different efficiencies up to 250~300 Ohms
- Runs 30+ hours on four AAA batteries (not included)
- Optional AC power supply available (sold separately)
What's In The Box:
- Short 4" mini-mini audio cable (1/8" connectors)
- Rubber securing 'feet' for AirHead
- Assorted Vel-Coins for AirHead attachment to player(s)
- HeadRoom owner's manual
DISCONTINUED / SOLD-OUT / UNAVAILABLE.
Monday 12/10/2012 ~ Sorry, we have officially sold-out of all AirHeads and have discontinued the product from our inventory :(
Your music meets your mind when you bridge the chasm between your portable player and good headphones using the portable HeadRoom Total AirHead headphone amp. Unlike what's found behind most portable devices' built-in headphone jacks, the AirHead is a true miniaturized power amplifier especially engineered at HeadRoom to cleanly drive headphones. It powers any portable cans from 16 Ohms up to 300 Ohms with the improved authority and musical finesse of quiet dedicated amplification while serving as a buffer between your player and the complex electrical load of the headphones. Hence, it makes both your headphones and your player sound better!
Controlling the AirHead amp is easy: just connect the included short 'mini-to-mini' audio cable (longer 'mini' cable lengths sold separately) from the audio source of your choice into the back of the amp, then plug your headphones into the amp. Turn on the amp, adjust the volume dial and you're done!
FEATURES
Two parallel headphone jacks on the Total AirHead's front panel allow you and a friend to listen simultaneously (keep in mind only headphones with similar impedance + efficiency ratings will play at identical volumes). The switch on the far left is power On/Off; then the power-on green LED indicator to the right; a rotary dial volume control in the middle; the 'clipping/battery low' red LED indicator; and, of course, our world-famous HeadRoom crossfeed On/Off switch at far right.
The Total AirHead has a Low/High 'Gain' switch inside the oval hole below the battery door. Inside the battery compartment you'll find the Gain switch pre-set on Low Gain for earbuds; use High Gain for most headphones. As a general rule, most in-ears/earbuds will sound good on low gain while most over-the-ear headphones will sound best on high gain. The Gain switch allows you to get excellent acoustic performance from in-ears or headphones with varied efficiency or impedance ratings.
The Total AirHead has a unique non-breakable molded rubber battery door. Lift the cover from the rear and it releases its soft detented nubs revealing the internal battery compartment. The rubber battery door also acts as a non-skid 'foot' when the AirHead is attached to the back of a portable player. Along with the mini-cable, we also include Velcro "dots", called Vel-Coins that you can stick on the Total AirHead feet and to the back of an iPod or other mp3 player in order to mate them back-to-back for easy travel.
POWER
On the rear left-hand side of the back of the AirHead is a jack for an optional AC adaptor power supply (sold separately) for using the amp plugged directly into household current. The AirHead is portably powered by four AAA batteries [not included], and will run for 30~40 hours depending on your headphones and volume setting. The HeadRoom Total AirHead amp will not charge rechargeable batteries (rechargeable batteries not recommended for best sound quality).
DIMENSIONS: The HeadRoom AirHead headphone amp measures approximately 3" wide X 4.5" long X .75" thick and weighs about 7.5 ounces with its four [4] AAA batteries inside (batteries not included).
Specifications:
- Weight: 1 lb (.5 kg)
- Frequency Response: 20–20k, ±1
- Dimensions: 3" x 4.5" x .75"
- Input Impedance at 1kHz (ohms): 18k
- Amplifier Group: The Mobile Line
- Portable: yes
Additional Resources:
- Product Manuals
- Total AirHead Manual
- Product Info
- 2006 Mobile Line Press Sheet
- Airhead FAQs
- Product Reviews
- AVGuide.com Atul Kanagat December 2004
- Audioholics J. Henry Gaddabout June 2007
- Personal Media Review David MacNeill December 2007
- Customer Comments
- Customer Comments
Average Rating
Posted by moses667 from Washington, DC on 2012-10-24
Recommend Product: Yes
If (all other factors being equal) I was making a choice between a better, but more expensive pair of headphones and a cheaper pair and an amp, I'd get the best cans I could. But I'd want to eventually get an amp to get the most out of them.
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Posted by Shooter from NW FL on 2012-02-11
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Quality, price and sound enhancement
Cons: None and I mean none
18 out of 23 people found this review helpful. Did you?
Posted by DBX from New Orleans, LA on 2011-12-28
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Best way to get true mono
Cons: Not switchable back to stereo
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