Burson doesn't appear to have a balanced output option

Im an HEx user looking to maybe oneday upgrade, is the pad change worth the 80 bucks they want for it from a sound perspective?

I was unaware of any changes made to V2 from V1, for those claiming a huge difference what was changed?

Thanks for the response.  I bought a very similar one   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NOBXBVC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1   and it wasn't close to working needed another 2-3 inches... I was hoping to not have to reset the bands each evening, is that what you do to hang...

Looking for 3 help from the Forum on 3 things   1) a Headphone stand tall enough for the Edition X (inexpensive is preferred), the one I bought and returned from Amazon was too short and the cables bottomed out, all seem to be the same height   2) an inexpensive mini-phono cable plug cable...

Have a chromecast right now, and after some posts in a different forum, I did a listen to it against a USB audio input from a tablet both into an NFB-28 Audio-Gd.   I really didnt think I would but there definitely was an audible difference. Is a Raspberry Pi over Coax going to sound better than...

OK a big plate of crow for me, pass the ketchup. I ran usb audio into my dac and compared to chromcast. Usb audio was audibly better. It shouldn't be on paper but was. I didn't want it to be but...

Thanks for the responses... I did a test with my chromecast vs usb audio into my dac. Definitely an audible difference, much to my surprise.

Can't seem to find anything in between these two products in price, Looking for Coaxial Digital out, and something a little better perhaps than the Chromecast.  Not crazy about $300....   I would have assumed there would be a bunch or products.....

Per these tests the Jitter on the Chromecast Audio is below audible.   http://archimago.blogspot.com/2016/02/measurements-google-chromecast-audio_27.html   I will play with the DAC and phones some this weekend, with a USB source, but I don't believe that I will hear a difference.   There...

Maybe it wasn't clear, I am coming out of the Chromecast Optical TOS Link to the DAC....  The only weakpoint here is that it cant pass anything beyond 24/96, but as I understand it Chromecast Toslink is "bit perfect" and does nothing to color the sound... 

I will definitely try to audition a Hugo...the first review of it I googled was this one   http://www.whathifi.com/chord/hugo/review   Which says they would prefer the Oppo HA-1, which is a Sabre 9018, same DAC as in the Audio-GD I have......Which also got me looking at the upcoming OPPO...

Sorry to say but that sounds like an NFB-28 issue.

Definitely have the bug, but also have the constraints of Budget, and I look for "Bang for the Buck", and patience to wait and shop in the used market......  But having your sights fixed on what the upgrade is what I am looking to do.   I had thought that the NFB-28 was a pretty well regarded...

Recently upgraded via Ebay from HE-500s to HEXV1's and very glad I did.  My rig is now a Chromecast audio feeding a pre2016 Audio-GD NFB-28, over a Single Ended Short Silver Phone cable.  My source material is pretty good BTW, and I am upgrading that already.   My question to the forum is what...