I'm in.

That's not a terrible thing.  I have the 940 as well and why they aren't the best they're definitely good enough that you will be able to appreciate the difference between the two stacks and give you time to look around/save money for an even better pair of cans.

I had this combo for a while, it felt a little underwhelming to me.  I wound up finding a really good deal on Lyr and the extra power made a world of difference but I never could find a pair of tubes that sounded quite right to me.  I've also tried the HE-500 with a Little Dot MkIII and a head...

Quote: Do you actually want hear any of those sounds at all?  I work with a Mac and use AudirvanaFree and let it get an exclusive lock on my DAC and just let EVERYTHING else go thru whatever the default output is.  I have a Gungnir at home and do basically the same thing with Windows and...

Quote: I had actually forgotten about that one, but I think I want to stay solid state for my next amp.

Quote: I had/have the Headroom Micro DAC and the Schiit Modi.  The differences aren't huge but are very obvious.  Everything sounds a little deeper, everything seems to decay better, there's just a little more of everything.  I'm pondering all kinds of ideas on what to do about an amp.  I...

My setup has changed quite a bit since last posting!   Home:     Work:  

Today's Woot! is refurb Galaxy Note 10.1's and they're about $100 off normal price.  It's been a while since I've seen anything about them in this thread, does anyone know if they have the DAC support that the SIII and Note 2 do?

Quote: $400 for the stack 

  My current favorite setup.  Caught the headroom micro stack on the garage sale a couple weeks ago and have been loving it!!

That certainly helps! This would be for work (I leave my headroom micro stack here so I really just need a source to carry back and forth) so 16/44 would be plenty for me.  Does the NFC app work with any music player?

This may not be the best place for this since it's not exactly portable but I know at least some of us have been lurking in this thread trying to find a good back and forth between work and home set up.  Belkin is fixing to release an NFC/Bluetooth "hd" audio...

Quote: Yes, I think soundstage is the right term, or the lack thereof.  I had it maxed out in Windows with the volume nob turned all the way down on the E10 itself.  It didn't sound bad, it just sounded really really close, and considering how amazingly clear the M&M made my 650's sound I'd...

Quote: I've not done any serious testing with the E10 vs Modi but simply switching between the two I was able to immediately tell the difference.  I'm terrible at describing the way things sound but compared to the M&M the E10/Magni sounds like you have a box around your head.

Quote: I let a friend of mine with the 600 ohm DT880s borrow my Magni for a while and he said they sounded fantastic.

Quote:   I actually borrowed a pair of the 701's while using the IBasso stack and noticed I had to crank the volume up way past where I would on the 650's to get anything out of them.  I'm just a noob but maybe there's just something special about the 701's?

I got my M&M stack this week.  I have a pair of HD650s and the last few days have been a "I don't know why I even bothered listening to music before" kind of experience.  I've been hearing all kinds of things in my music I've never heard before.  To keep it in perspective my previous dac/amps...