I have a pair of Genelec 8331s. For someone so small it's surprising that they can dig so deep--flat to about 38hz in-room, and very punchy. I don't even feel like needing to pair them with a subwoofer.

It looks like the drop version doesn't include the Balanced cable either. So this is basically a brighter sounding 800S with blue trim and missing some accessories.

People with Tinnitus suffer from ringing when there's an absence of noise, not from the presence of it :)

  I don't think anybody is going to be able to tell the difference in a blind test. Neither are really that high powered amps in reality. Any decent desktop headphone amplifier is going to be outputting > 200 MW @ 300 Ohms / 1 kHz. These are both portable amps that have slightly more power than...

  There's a huge difference on my 300ohm HD800S. On my 25-40ohm headphones which I have honestly there's no difference between AM1 and any of the other modules. You simply don't need that kind of power on low impedance stuff.

  Most likely around 3 weeks for most people. I live right next to the port in Oakland where it arrived from customs and it took 18 days. So if you live in the East Coast, I imagine probably 3-3.5 weeks.

I'm pretty sure DSD64 is the SACD format standard. Those other file formats are probably from digital recorders used to convert high res audio from DVD-Audio and other non native DSD sources and sold to you from "Hi Res" online distributers. But the actual retail music in SACD form is DSD64.

Just got my AM3. Seems like it's noticeably louder than the AM5 in balanced mode with the HD800S. Impressive.

Depends on your size limitations. I would look at the Kef Muo if you need something small or a used Harman Kardon Go Plus if you don't mind buying used on ebay.

So you are using a USB DAC?

There are nice products at every price and performance tier. It's not a question that can be answered without a budget.   For a stand alone kitchen unit, the B&W A7 is quite good. It's $799. Some people consider this pocket change. Some people consider this prohibitively expensive for...

Dynaudio C1 MK2s during day-time, switch to HD800S during nighttime gaming.  

  Sure, but I have a Sennheiser HD800S with a balanced XLR cable, so my question is does the AM3 come with a XLR to TRRS adapter, or do we need to buy an additional one?

  Hi, my understanding is the AM3 only has a TRRS output, is that correct? In that case does the AM3 module come with a XLR to TRRS adapter, or do we need to buy that separately? Thanks!

Does this promotional also include unreleased modules like the AM3?

The AM5 drains power incredibly fast. I'm losing charge while charging via USB to my computer, with wifi off in pure audio mode, idling, with no headphones connected to it and no apps running. I've gone from 62% to 57% while "charging" in the last 20 minutes.   Pretty crazy lol.   If you are...

Got the AM5. Like the reviews say, it's basically a few db higher gain compared to the AM2. Nothing earth-shattering. High dynamic range DSD files will still need to be run at very high volume (100+ on high gain) to get decent volume out of them with high resistance headphones (using HD800S). I...

Foobar does convert to PCM. The only way to natively play DSD AFAIK is either through a DVD ISO on a Oppo BDP-8x/9x or on a DAP that plays DFF files riped from a PS3.

Is it normal for the colors to be all messed up in youtube or other video sites on the Fiio x7? After trying the stock browser I installed chrome and firefox and its the same; videos look like they are in 256 colors and the skin tones all look blue. Also video and audio arent in sync.

Wonder how long before this is available outside of Europe or Asia.

  More like stock 800 has 102% of the SQ of the S, it has cleaner bass and more micro-detail and wider sound stage, but has a troublesome 6.5KHz peak that the HD800S fixes.

  For me it's mostly a volume increase of several db.    I could hit 120/120 on the volume dial on high dynamic range DSD and it still sounded quite low in volume with the AM1 on high gain even.   Now I can get the same volume at around 100/120 to 105/120 mark.   Still I'm waiting for the...

Paper worldwide launch? Itll probably take 3 weeks to get here from HK with EMS.

Also Im not sure if its the OS or drivers but youtube audio from HD music videos (and internet streamed audio) is awful on the Fiio x7. It sounds like listening on $5 iems. Theres so much hiss in the audio while it sounds perfectly fine out of my computer. For some reason it sounds a lot...

  As far as glare they seem pretty similar to me. Both are brighter/more noise level then when I drive my headphones directly from my PC to my receiver. Then again I am driving them with a 80 pound receiver with a dedicated headphone section that's way bigger than the Fiio X7, so I dunno. I...