Thank you Sonywalkmanuser! This is good to know. I've hit the capacity threshold, hence the need to reach for a higher capacity but good to know the Ultra itself ought to be enough. I keep a backup of my music on my QP2R which is also facing "the same music" re SD limits...but powering my old...

Neilsoto30 : Sorry to hear the bad experience with your Sony, hardly a cheap piece of kit either. I bought mine in Japan from Sony and also purchased a 2 or 3 year warranty straight off (was not hugely expensive). Dread the thought of anything going off (my NW1 lasts 5 years with no issues) as...

Hi, did you come to any conclusions as to what SD cards work well (I am less interested how they might sound but more on a 1 TB card working efficiently and durably (given that the advice here seems that fast read/writes are not THAT necessary) on my WM1ZM2 for a few years. Or would my current...

Hello! I bought the WM1ZM2 also from Japan directly last year and am absolutely delighted with it, having had the earlier model. I have JHA13R2 Pro running balanced for a year plus and am extremely satisfied (though I would like to hear from anyone suggesting an even better IEM for jazz)...The...

Hi, I bought the WM1ZM2 last year after having used the earlier gen NW1 (the black cheaper model to the previous WM1Z which I had set my eyes on but not wallet). The sound is… fantastic. As much as I love the NW1 (my other player is the QP2R Chinese DAP which is pretty good but has some...

I had bought a Ray Samuels DarkStar (as well as HeadRoom Balanced amp and Hifiman EF6) and RS 71B (portable). The DarkStar is easily the best sounding to me over the years (apart from looking great). I have since gone electrostatic.

Hi, I have the same combination and experience powered by 901s DAP, so good to hear your own feedback, I am toying with a Yggy DAC introduction and wondering if it would add to the overall sound....Birgir (supplier of my coveted amp) did suggest it might be an interesting idea. I listen mostly...

Hello mrmax,   Thanks for your feedback. I tested mine now: 4 seconds from power on to ready to hear (I have about 210GB/256GB card capacity)...which is great!   But the moment I add a track or album to my card on my iMac, and the reindexing of the whole card starts automatically when...

Hi mrmax,   I used the card-formatted format ExFat that came with the Lexar card.   Hifiman Customer Service did advise me to use MS-DOS format (that advice came after I had done a test run of a few GBs transfer to my card from an iMac and 901s digested this fine AND then I transferred some...

Hello LarsHP,   Thank you for your comments and advice. I will look at the tag issue. I can report that my Lexar 256GB SDXC card seems significantly faster in use than my Kingston 128GB Class 10 cards - indexing and general retrieval within the 901s (while in use) is notably zippier. I am...

  Hi LarsHP,   I've had HM901 and 901s (and 801) Balanced and found my LCD3 [a well respected headphone of course] also not sounding that great on these for my ears (with Darkstar). Specially a lack of adequate treble in jazz and narrower soundstage (but HE-6 was fine all through, perhaps a...

Hi, Good to see the Vienna thread going...hope it can be one thread. Any news on the next meeting? Best wishes, Nishy.

Dillian,   I have been also trying to find out technically and soundqualitywise how the AK380 compares with eg HM901s (which I own and run with a Carbon amp [great combo] and one day will upgrade). Have you any pointers to such reviews/comparisons as I am finding it hard to find such articles...

Thanks plakat ! Well noted re. headphones.   Incidentally my SR-009 + KGSSHV Carbon amp sound fabulous for jazz...above Stax 007M2 amps. The Ray Samuels Dark Star and a top end planar/dynamic headphone (HE6, LCD3, HD800 etc.) are the next best, just IMO only. It's all a matter of personal...

Hi!   I enjoyed the last meet and my thanks to those who organised it and brought equipment I was able to listen to!   I will try to come for the Feb 27th. I can bring my HE-6 (as Plakat suggested some planars) if anyone is interested, and my faithful HM-901s+ the new Hifiman Dock station...

Carbon and Jazz!  (for potential jazz lovers)   I am thoroughly enjoying my Carbon from Birgir bought a couple of months back. I bought it to simply get the best off my SR 009 + Hifiman 901s and without going into whimsical details (which I am not capable of), I can say that it meets my...

Edgar,   Re. what do you do to drive your 009s...   1. As a footnote to my own general request if anyone had a Blue Hawaii Special Edition (BHSE) in Vienna, or a Liquid Lightning or a Woo WES to drive a Stax, the answer seems sadly : No. However, one person answered... 2. Me!, awaiting...

I think Edgar circulated the venue and time as follows:   "In the meantime I got a confirmation from TU: Seminarraum 351 is booked on October 17th from 14:00 for us, so save the date.   The address is 1040 Gußhausstrasse 27-29 (new building of Electrical Engineering faculty), first floor. It...

Hi Edgar,   Wow, you are way ahead of my simple 801 enjoyment, very interesting! Would be very keen to hear it on the meet and see how you have built on the DAP!

Hello Rafa,   I see from the photos you have the good old Hifiman 801, same here. Great DAP for me for years, and I have known (and own) all their DAPs myself...IMO the best value for high end DAPs around. I am currently very much enjoying the 901s, which I traded my older 901 for with...

Hello Almoskosz,   I will bring it for you to hear. Your HE-400 (planar I presume) should be easily driven by this because I bought it to run my HE6, notoriously power demanding....but a great headphone.   Best, N.

Hi almoskosz,   I have a Hifiman EF5 tube hybrid amp that I have little used and looking to sell. It will drive even the power hungry Hifiman HE6 headphones, which is what I bought it to do before I went into bigger amps... 

Hi All,   Thanks for your comments. I started with the humble HM 601 player and went up. All 3 big headphones are good in their own signatures/user tastes, but my favourite through many amps I owned is the Hifiman HE6 (planar mag) with Ray Samuels Darkstar amp (superb match, and superb looking...