+1 to whoever mentioned the Rat Shack brand Auvio tips for the ASG-2.  Picked up the assorted pack for just under $9.00, they also sell sizes individually for $4.99 if you already know what you need.  I have been struggling with seal vs comfort and these solved the issue for me.

Quote: Oh, yeah I know.  He has no idea what he has.  To make matters worse, he isn't going to give it to me as far as I can tell.  It will probably end up matted to some Wal-Mart speakers and iBuds!  Must think of something I can trade him......

So I can't find any high power Marntz or Pioneer units where the seller isn't grossly over-inflating the value, or too far away, or unloads it the day before I get to it.  My Dad knows I am into this kind of stuff and I think he just picked up a working 2270 for $20.   damn.

Quote:   Some of them come with screen protector film?  I had to buy one for an iPod and cut it in half with a razorblade.

Quote: Wow, that sucks.  Mine was nothing like that and sounds great, but to answer your question: "What would you do..."  I would be pissed and hopefully be rational enough to do what you are doing instead of something more extreme.     Quote:   Sure, if they where as large a...

Quote: ^^^^This^^^^ This is what I am starting to wonder about!

Quote:  Yeah, that is how it is, and was, set.  I remember someone mentioning it before I even put them in.  They sound great now, they just didn't at first.   Going to give it a week and then switch back to stock cables just to see what happens.  I mean at this point it has to be either...

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Quote: Yeah that's a good idea and I will do that.  I didn't really intend to ask a question other than maybe a rhetorical one.  Really, I was just trying to share some of my initial impressions.  I generally make up my mind rather quickly whether I like something or not, and these have...

I don't know if it matters at all, but I just received my ASG-2 and have only listened to it for three 30 minute sessions.  I honestly wasn't completely impressed by anything because the bass bleeds over on all my 90's and newer music...this doesn't seem to be the case with my recordings from...

Quote:   Quote:   I can see it now....battery life 30 minutes...be careful not to touch unit while in operation with bare hands to avoid burns....   I was waiting to hear more about the minibox and iem cards but I got impatient and placed an order for the balanced card.  At...

Quote:     Can't wait to hear about your impressions.  I am sticking with the stock card until I get more impressions from the others.

Thanks again Pekingduck.  You are making the small issues I am having with this player easy to deal with and overcome.  

Now on firmware 1.081 and everything recorded in 24bit and above 96khz still plays super slow.  Tried using Music Converter Pro to convert said annoying ALAC files...it maxes out at 96khz and downgrades everything to 16bit :(

Yes, definitely thanks for the links.  Really wish Hifiman would put them on their website, but I guess they'll get to that eventually as they have them for all their other DAPs.  

Okay, one more question.  Thought it would be rather obvious, on their homepage or in the instruction manual, but where do I go to download the latest firmware?

Quote:   Great news.  I suspected this, but thank you very much for the reply.  I just can't bring myself to stop listening long enough to update it.  Maybe in the morning.

UPS delivered.  So far this thing is everything it was hyped up to be.  Part of me always thought these high end players were more of a placebo than anything else, but I've owned several other Hifiman products in the past, they sounded amazing, so I gave them the nod when it came time for a one...

This is going to be a little vague, just sharing my experience in this area.  They are only my experiences and opinions, not facts.   I got into this hobby three years ago and had a whole lot of the same questions you are asking now.  Started out with headphones and MP3, moved on to...

Okay, so the minibox amp card is probably if you are interested in running full size headphones unbalanced,  IEM card is obviously for IEMs.  The balanced amp card can run single ended or balanced but not a lot of volume range for sensitive IEMs, I am guessing.  Am I missing anything?  Wouldn't...

So I bought this monster two years ago off ebay and never bothered to take it out of the box:   Now, I know, who in their right mind does something like that?  The reasons are probably too personal to get into on a forum, but I did.  Today I hooked it up to my NHT classic 3s for no good...

Quote: I have both.  I hesitate to give you any kind of in depth explanation simply because it has been some time since I listened to either and I don't recall ever directly comparing the two.  From memory the two have drastically different sonic characteristics.  The National definitely...

I have the VP 130 phono preamp of theirs, but I didn't know they even made a headphone only amp.  The VP 130 also has a headphone jack and the two look virtually identical cosmetically except for the different color.  One could probably go out on a limb and say the inards are very similar if not...

Bump again...still think I am right from my technical knowledge of the product.

After further testing I think I am right.  Any other input?