Jimster480

Nah, look at their headphone. I've never listened to either one. I'd like to try it some day

Oh wow, that is quite a headphone. I must have missed this review in the last years as I don't remember it!

How come you want to run headphones off of speaker amps?

I understand your view. I worked in IT for years and I am primarily a software engineer. However in the case of DAC's.... there really...

So did the OP ever fix this or restore the unit to factory settings?

Since when does one have to pay taxes/duty on a defective product they are returning product they are sending to the manufacturer to...

- Arguably, it is no more or less likely to happen, regardless of the manufacturer. People's video game consoles have bricked after a...

Hate to break it to you, this can happen with any device that has FW updates, so it's not a matter of the manufacturer being...

Is your device working properly? If so don't even worry about firmware updates.

What is the actual output impedance of the HPA?

Thanks Amir for another informative review. It is hard to fault this device and IMO it ticks a lot of boxes. I find the ASR crowd is...

Lots of companies including SMSL just do designs based on evaluation boards. Most of the companies have limited independent development.

Most of these devices are based on evaluation boards or sample designs from chip manufacturers, sometimes even on other existing...

(Best bet is to start with an EQ to Harman and then tweak from there if you need to increase or decrease bass, and maybe some low Q...

Never seen dynamic output impedance. The HP Amp chip supposedly has a high output impedance. Hopefully someone else has one :)