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System for weekly traveller to use in hotel room

I travel in my work every week. I can not bring a compact system like a Linn Classik with speakers to the hotel rooms I stay in. How have others solved this issue? I have more time to listen at the hotel in the evenings that I have when I am home over the weekends. Looking for how other have solved to get a travelling sound system that can satisfy the high end listening requirement.
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alcides
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Nothing makes me Happier than my iPod (www.iPod.com) running through my Headroom Supreme (http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=27&productID=0010012000) then feeding my Sennheiser HD580's (http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=26&productID=0020080580).
But If I'm on the plane, the iPod has enough juice to feed my Etymotic's (http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=26&productID=0020100000).
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swampwalker
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I've been very happy with the sound quality of my Sony Minidisc player when driving Grado SR-80s. I record straigth from the audio output of my Classe DAC, but Sony also sells an cable that allows you to input a digital (Toslink) signal, so you can go direct off your CDP if you have toslink out. Haven't experimented yet with my Senn HD 600 to see if the MD will drive it.
rives
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Marakantz is right. Headphones, particularly the Etyomatics are great on the plane. Couple it with the airhead amp and (don't shoot me here) the MP3 jukebox (it's actually quite good if you don't over compress and holds hundreds of CDs) and you've got a really great compact system. If you don't want to wear headphones in the hotel, MP3 has some really small portable speakers using "flat" technology. How do they sound--like you would expect for $80, but tolerable for low volume background music while working on the computer in hotel rooms--I know the routine all too well.
sugarbrie
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This is quickly shaping into a great post !!!!
jeffloistarca
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I travel weekly as well, ain't business travel glamorous? When I travel by car I bring along my Swans M200 powered speakers and my Panasonic portable CDP. The Swans weigh 40 lbs and are bulky, not ideal for plane travel. But..damned nice speakers for the size and cost, highly recommended! Plane travel..jeez I had plane travel. Anyway, I've logged hundred of thousands of miles on planes and tried a few different set ups. First up was an older Panasonic CDP with a pair of Grado SR-60 headphones. Not bad sound, and the Grado earphones swivel so they lie flat. Handy, but the sound wasn't terrific and they're uncomfortable to wear for more than an hour. Next up...a Headroom Airhead amp, a new Panasonic CDP, and Ety headphones. I returned the Ety's after a week, so uncomfortable I couldn't use them. Maybe I have odd shaped ears, I dunno. My current set up is the Panasonic CDP, Airhead amp, and Sennheiser HD600's. Stuff the gear and a dozen CD's in a knapsack as a carry on and I'm good to go. Yeah, the Senns are bulky but worth the extra space, they sound terrific and I can wear'em for hours and hours.
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