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    Focal Utopia Shorter Cables

    Good idea! I'll give it a shot, thank you
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    Focal Utopia Shorter Cables

    Hi All, Just ordered the Utopia, Topping D90+A90 stack and I'm sure I'll have a hundred questions, but first things first: Is there a good short (1m) cable for connecting the Utopia to the A90? The balanced cable in the box is 3 meters which feels like overkill since I'll be sitting less than...
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    B&O H9 Discussion and Impressions thread

    Exactly this!!! I got the h9i's a few days ago and the random pauses are incessant. It keeps randomly pausing even after I updated them to the latest version. It seems to calm down after I've had them on for 5 minutes, but there are times when it stops two or three times during the course of...
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    B&O H9 Discussion and Impressions thread

    Hi all, Just picked up a pair of h9's and I have one burning question which has probably been covered here but I wasn't able to find it via browsing or Google, so.... Can I turn off the double tap to dial the last number? Ridiculously annoying and I've only had them for a day! Many thanks...
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    Headphones for 13 year old girl? Beats? (I know, I know...!)

    Quote:   Okay I think we have a winner here folks, they're $70 on Amazon!!! Now to find a Marshall's...
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    Headphones for 13 year old girl? Beats? (I know, I know...!)

    Quote:   Quote:   Hahahah these were actually my office headphones! And I love them but I can't imagine anyone saw them wrapped around my head and thought "I wanna look like that too!" But the Phillips are a great suggestion, they're officially on my final list of considerations...
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    Headphones for 13 year old girl? Beats? (I know, I know...!)

    Quote:   $100 would be perfect, $150 would be on the outer limits and $200 is only for the beats 'brand value'....    I was actually thinking about Souls but they have that 'copycat' feel to them, like getting someone a Zune when they wanted an iPod, or the Monkees to the Beatles...
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    Headphones for 13 year old girl? Beats? (I know, I know...!)

    Thanks for the replies everyone.     The M-80's look good but they're $170, and I figure I might as well splurge an extra $30 and get the beats, sound quality be damned.  Woe, if the M-80's were $100 I think I'd be willing to justify it but for a $30 difference I think she'd appreciate the...
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    Headphones for 13 year old girl? Beats? (I know, I know...!)

    Hey folks,   It's my boss's daughter's bat mitzvah next month and as the resident audiophile I thought I'd get her a good set of cans.  I was looking at the Beats Solo HD because they're what all the kids are yippity yapping about these days but they're a) $200 and b) getting terrible...
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    HiFiMAN HM-801 Portable Player / DAC Review: Part One of Two

    I would actually be really interested in an in-line remote control, my iAudio X5 had one and it was great, a little screen so I could flip around tracks without taking the player out of my backpack. I'm surprised more players don't have one, but I guess it has something to do with the iPod...
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    HiFiMAN HM-801 Portable Player / DAC Review: Part One of Two

    Quote: Originally Posted by jpelg I owned an H120 + HR MicroStack for a short time. Not bad on storage, but the package was far from portable. While I do miss it sometimes, if I were to assemble a work rig again, I'd probably go with a Pico amp/DAC or something similiar in size/cost...
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    HiFiMAN HM-801 Portable Player / DAC Review: Part One of Two

    Quote: Originally Posted by jpelg Thanks for your perspective. Have you tried it at Can-Jam? Have you? I'm happy to admit the ferrari 430 is a sweet ride without driving it and Dom Perignon is a tasty champagne without having drunk it. The 801 looks like a sweet player based...
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    HiFiMAN HM-801 Portable Player / DAC Review: Part One of Two

    Quote: Originally Posted by jpelg How I see it An "interesting" product from an audiophile/geek proof-of-concept perspective. Yet I remain more than a bit confused about the HM-801. What exactly is it's intended use? 1. Portable player? Waaay too large, yet not enough storage for...
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    HiFiMAN HM-801 Portable Player / DAC Review: Part One of Two

    Quote: Originally Posted by swanlee Part of the issue is for the money why should we have to sacrifice anything? With this device we will have to sacrifice storage space, battery life and audio customization options. I fully support the endeavor to make a high end portable audiophile...
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    Updated: HifiMAN HM-801 Portable Music Player Preorder

    Yeah but we're an impatient bunch! If I could make a suggestion on the firmware, could you include a 'Now Playing' playlist? So if I am listening to an album and I want to add another song I can just go to the song and click 'Add to now playing'. It's not an essential feature, and it...
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