I'll be attending. Will be my first meetup of this kind. : )

Oh, I've also got a few other newbie questions.   What's the difference in implementation between just a "volume control" and a headphone amp stage on a DAC? I'm guessing "volume control" is just a preamp while the headphone stage would include both a preamp and an amplifier?    Also...

Thanks for all the advice everyone!   For the time being, my setup will be as I previously mentioned: Yulong DA8 (in Pure Dac mode) >> 1 CMA800R >> HD800   And I won't have to worry any little bit about pre-amping since I'll let the CMA800R take care of that. That'll keep happy for quite...

I have a Yulong DA8 that I've been using as a dac/amp for the past few months, but I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to actually hooking configuring a multiple piece system...   I just pulled the trigger on one CMA800R and it will arrive in a few weeks. When it arrives, I'll send the output...

I submitted the registration / frequency response graph request late Monday night and got the pdf emailed to me Wednesday morning. So, relatively quick turn around time!

Here's the frequency response for my pair that arrived several days ago. : )      

FiiO announced the E09k on their Facebook page a few days ago. I noticed that no one had posted this to head-fi yet, so here I go. : )   They haven't shown a full spec sheet yet, but they have posted a handful of pictures with a high level overview of what the desktop amplifier has to offer...