No longer surprise then

  AFAIK, dock to mini yes, analog signal. but surprised me in case dock to USB as related to this thread, could you please elaborate and name some application? would be interested to know.   Quote:      

To me, I have no problem with HP-P1 and a sensitive CIEM like ES5. I like to listen to the music as the same level of the real instrument sounds, i.e. not too low and of course not too loud. For ES5, I set HP-P1 to low gain. My listening level starting at 9 o'clock to about 12 o'clock.  ...

I did experiment myself occasionally with digital cables, e.g. XLR (AES/EBU), Coaxial, HDMI, Optical, and even with the USB (Furutech, Wireworld, Viablue, Kimber). I have to admit that it is noticeable different in sound and of course effect the level of music satisfaction.   However, I'm...

Right, USB cable doesn't carry analog signal. So, apparently Macbook's DAC is used for digital to analog conversion for that setup.

Macbook --> DAC/Amp device --> headphone : You are using external DAC, i.e. from the DAC/Amp device iPod --> Macbook --> DAC/Amp device --> headphone: You can think that the iPod is just a storage unit, and you didn't listen to the iPod nor Macbook DAC but still the DAC from the DAC/Amp device...

Before I got the HP-P1, I used to pair my ES5 with iPod Classic 160 GB and Whipmod as well as RSA Predator. However, at that time I found myself rarely use my portable rig since I always listen to desktop or speaker system when I want a serious listening session. So, I decided to let them go...

Hello all   Subscribed to the thread. My portable rig looks like this, iPhone4 + HP-P1 + ES5     I couldn't figure out how to use a Fostex's carry case either. So, during transportation I just put it to a ES5 case which perfectly suit.     and, ready to go    

The nonsense thing that I could found on this thread is that APS didn't, and seems unwilling to deal directly to their value customers, and keep them wait for 8 months without a clear message. The second is some people here wanna manipulate thing from wrong to right. I'll see if he could follow...

Brightness is base on personal preference and music listening, I used to own both 4070 and O2. I found myself enjoy listening to 4070 over O2 by some sort of music. LCD2 excels in bass to mid range but a bit lack of extended treble to me. HD800 is very good in image/sound stage but less...

I just got this combo (160D,T1) setup a couple days ago. I would say that even it's not the best setup for T1 but it's fine. By the way, I may need to do some power cable, fuse and probably headphone cable replacement to suit my personal preference.   Note that "High Gain output" provided...

Normally integrated amp sound better for music listening. Better go for int amp w/ headphone output unless you want the decode part for watching movie.

Power cord is not new to audiophiles community, some might prefer to change it rather than speaker cable or interconnect However you do not have to worry about it at the moment, just do your research on dac Ps since my first try, I was busy with power cord about a year

Good to you though, I am not surprised since read your dac 's comment.

It is hard to believe unless you try it yourself, but then you will probably busy with power outlet and fuse :D