OK..that helps. I still stand by the observation that it seems there's a gap in your new lineup (a new portable DAC only unit).
If you want to buy a new one and work out a trade for my 2006 which runs on 9v that would be fine. It has not once ever left my desk. I don't even think I HAVE any batteries for it. Don't mean to hijack, carry on.
I actually feel like I was one of the ones pushing to make the newer line less portable and more focused on a cheapish, quality non portable unit for those without a limited budget. The MicroDAC is probably the best thing that has ever happened to this segment of the market imo. I am seriously considering pairing my MicroDAC with either a HR Millet Hybrid or a Woo6 and have a lot of thinking to do before I decide. However, I know the MicroDAC will be a constant in my system for a long time that would not need replacing until I was ready to spend $2k+ on a DAC.
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Home: Chaintech AV710(Foobar2k!) or Macbook Optical Out--->Headroom Micro DAC--->Rotel RA-1062 HP Out---> AKG K701
Changing the information on my account hasn't worked out too well.
1st order: When I set up my account online for my first order, I obviously had to set up my billing and shipping information. Everything worked out fine.
2nd order: I had changed the "bill to" and "ship to" information (from my dad to myself) online in my account information. The package was sent and billed to the old name, along with the old city from my first order, instead of the new information I provided, despite the emailed receipt I received that had the correct info on it.
3rd order: The ship to information was correct, but the bill to name remained wrong.
All packages got to me fine and the products are great, but working on getting the correct info for everything might be something you can work on, seeing as it has the potential for things to go wrong for customers in the future. Other than that, no complaints
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Headphone Collection:
Grado RS-1
AKG K701
Sennheiser HD 280 Pro
Sennheiser PXC 300
iM716
Amps:
HeadRoom Max'd Desktop Amp/DAC
HeadRoom Total AirHead
I was wondering why Ultrasone headphones get such low value ratings in general by HeadRoom. I mean I can understand at first they don't sound very good because they need very extensive burning-in but after 500 hours there's really nothing to fault about (in my opinion ofcourse). So how exactly do you rate them? How well they sound at first, how good they mate with HeadRoom amps? What they're intended for (audiophile or professional use)? Or do you simply think they're too expensive for the quality they offer?
I wanted to ask that someone work on your web page, its time consuming to click on a headphone and read about it and then hit the back button and you always return to the top of the list. So if I'm looking at Grado 225s and hit return I'm at Sennheisers and no longer looking at the Grado list I started from. It'd be nice to return where you were specifically in the general listed headphone page.
I was wondering why Ultrasone headphones get such low value ratings in general by HeadRoom. I mean I can understand at first they don't sound very good because they need very extensive burning-in but after 500 hours there's really nothing to fault about (in my opinion ofcourse). So how exactly do you rate them? How well they sound at first, how good they mate with HeadRoom amps? What they're intended for (audiophile or professional use)? Or do you simply think they're too expensive for the quality they offer?
Sincerely.
I think HeadRoom has a clearer head about this than half of Ultrasone users. Majority (except Edition 9) of Ultrasone headphones have very very colored frequency response, which is unreasonable for a high-fidelity listening AND monitoring headphone. You should have seen the graphs shown to me by another head-fier of my Proline 2500 which had over 1000 hours on it.
HeadRoom: it would be great to see Ultra-Micro amps start coming with quarter inch jacks. From my 4 years experience with headphones, when mini-jacks are in use, something ends up broken sooner or later (at least on my messy table, say hello to college and lack of space).
Ooo! And speaking of college - Student HeadRoom discount? (That's how I bought my computer and such...wouldn't be able to afford anything without these).
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YES!
MaloS has got it right!
Even if it were a small discount, if word got out, people would jump on it. There are tons of students into headphones (for various reasons). It's a good sized market I think, and even the idea of a discount (even if it's not that big) seems to change customers. They like to feel like they've got a special deal (which I suppose they already are since HR prices aren't too bad). But seriously - I'd be all over it if you did!
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