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Reviews and impressions of HRT Headstreamer?

post #1 of 9
2/10/12 at 4:52pm
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I've had little luck finding reviews of this device. I know it's quite new but still!

While I'd love to hear anything about it, I'm particularly interested in how it compares with the audinst hud-mx1 and other budget priced, compact setups for USB audio. I'm considering it for use with a Macbook and akg k702.
Edited by Rockofeller - 2/10/12 at 4:55pm
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post #2 of 9
2/11/12 at 7:06am

I don't think there are any full reviews, more like impressions and odd comparisons to other products. I've been looking for more comments about them as well. There are some issues with it on Windows and Foobar that are not yet resolved, but I don't know of any with Macs.

 

Also consider the CEntrance DACPort, Audioengine D1, iBasso D7, nuforce uDAC-2SE, and Calyx Coffee. They should all be interesting compact products that run directly off USB power as well.

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post #3 of 9
2/21/12 at 8:33am

I'm the guy with the FooBar + Asio issues with the Headstreamer and they are pretty much ironed out by now. And just for kicks I bought the K701, I'll report back how they sound together smily_headphones1.gif

 

Edit: And we're having a local meet-up this weekend where I'll get the chance to A/B test the HeadStreamer up against the D7 among other things.


Edited by Sorensiim - 2/21/12 at 8:36am
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post #4 of 9
4/13/12 at 8:09am
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Originally Posted by Sorensiim View Post

I'm the guy with the FooBar + Asio issues with the Headstreamer and they are pretty much ironed out by now. And just for kicks I bought the K701, I'll report back how they sound together smily_headphones1.gif

 

Edit: And we're having a local meet-up this weekend where I'll get the chance to A/B test the HeadStreamer up against the D7 among other things.



Any update?

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post #5 of 9
4/13/12 at 8:27am
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Any update?



Just from my waning memory - The D7 is darker sounding with a more enclosed soundscape than the HeadStreamer. Output power is about the same, both of them will make the K701 play music, none of them will power them adequately. I preferred the sound from the HeadStreamer over that from the D7, but the D7 has a proper volume knob and a line out.

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post #6 of 9
4/13/12 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by Sorensiim View Post



Just from my waning memory - The D7 is darker sounding with a more enclosed soundscape than the HeadStreamer. Output power is about the same, both of them will make the K701 play music, none of them will power them adequately. I preferred the sound from the HeadStreamer over that from the D7, but the D7 has a proper volume knob and a line out.



But it sounds like you can't objectively say the D7 sounds worse?

Decisions, decisions.

 

Thanks for the reply!

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post #7 of 9
4/13/12 at 12:18pm

Haven't done a lot of comparing, but I really like the HeadStreamer.  It's tiny, easy to set up, and sounds pretty damn good to my ears (especially with higher rez files).  I've not done much on setup to tweak it, just pretty much plug it in and select the correct device in Foobar.

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post #8 of 9
4/30/12 at 5:08pm

anybody got this work work with an iPad via the camera connection kit (cck)? Im guessing there may be a problem with 'self' powered usb bus... that seems to be the issue with iPad and ckk

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post #9 of 9
5/17/12 at 10:23pm

I will get one to compare to the Audioengine D1 which I like a lot.

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