This Micro Dac is definitely a nice piece... H140 --> microdac --> Heed --> beyer 990's = my aural bliss thanks Headroom!!!!!

56 Pages? Jeez... I love my canamp, not even itching for something else (which means alot!)

H140.... I bought 4, just in case can't beat the optical out, love the storage and Rockbox....it's a no brainer

I received my Heed from Dan at Blackbird Audio on Thursday. Needless to say, I've been burning it in and taking some extended listening sessions ever since. Please understand, before taking this with anything other than a grain of salt, that my tastes seem to change by the predominant gear...

fORTUNE, please post your early impressions for those who are waiting. Sorry guys, just ordered it, didn't get it. I'll let you all know when it gets here, it'll probably be after the rest of you because I'm living in the Caribbean

I'm a happy man this morning Just got my order in for the Heed and I have to say I am real exicited. Thanks to Dan for such a pleasant ordering experience. I hope this thing sounds as good as I think it will....

anyone?

I've been considering one of Jan's HA2's for quite awhile now. Now, with all the excitement and glowing talk of the Heed, I'm torn between the two. Anyone hear both? I realize the Heed is new and few people have heard one... that being said, the people that have constitute a wealth of...

Mr. Do, Ok, the normal current "portable" rig is..... H140, rockbox, optical out--->microdac---->supermacro III---> UM2's, Proline 650's I also have an X5L that I was using prior to getting the M6 for light travel, walks around town, etc The M6 sounds very good to my ears, i like it...

I got a black 4gig M6 last week and i'm thrilled with this thing. It's a nice little portable player, good size, fantastic sound. I'm using it and UM2's and enjoying it quite a bit. It's nice to not have to lug around the "Hi-Fi" rig.

Just answered my own question.... ignore the previous post. thanks

Hello, How do I activate the optical output on my H140 in Rockbox? I used to use the optical out with the normal iriver firmware but I just installed rockbox and I do not know how to get the optical out to turn on. thanks

I'd like to echo Skylabs interest in this amp. I'm very interested in this beauty from Jan and I think that it would be a great re-entrance in tube headphone amps for someone who took some time off to plow through med school. I was seriously cosidering getting another micro-zotl, I really...

Hey all, I decided to get the prolines and I've been REAL happy with them.... I've had them for about a month or so now and I use them everyday. I study with them at school and they're absolutely wonderful. The sound is great and they are real comfortable. I use them out of X5 and...

Is there any chance the 770's or K271's will work straight from an X5? I read a post saying the beyer 250/250's worked better out of a portable than the 250/80's. It didn't make any sense to me at the time and still doesn't now. My problem is this: I have to order from headroom because I...

Thank you both for the replies. I live in the West Indies so returning isn't really an option unfortunately. After VAT tax, shipping, long and I mean long time for them to get from the dock to me, it isn't worth returning. I thought about the AT's but I really need something than can take...

Hello, I think I'm gonna get the Ultrasone Proline 650, I just can't find another closed can that really looks too exciting... I want comfort, isolation, and a FUN listening experience. Not too bright but with good separation and clear highs. And good, clean impactful bass. I've been...

What do you think of the Proline 650's or 750's. The 750's are spendy but could be option considering impedance of 40. Real mixed reviews here on head-fi, any experience with them? This is becoming much more complicated than I hoped

thanks ASR.... I'm having such a problem finding the right phones unamped that I may have to dust off my old portable amp and go for the best sound quality I can get. I'm leaning in the direction of the 250/250's but also am thinking of the 770/80's. Maybe even the k271's though they...

I think the major problem I'm having is that I don't know much about the new cans out there and I'm not sure about how some of these phones will sound unamped. Looking strictly at impedance, the 250/80's seem hard to drive with a portable player. There are other phones with a lower impedance...

I like the suggestion of the beyer 250/80's, they were one of the models I was considering. I owned some about 5 years back and used them with both a meta and unamped out of my sony md909. I liked them, but at the time I was also listening to the ath-w700's and the HD600's with the equinox...

Portability is less important than durability. I will be lugging these things around in my backpack every day so they'll probably get banged up a bit.

Around $300 or so is the upper limit.

Hi All, I'm trying to find a comfortable closed phone for extended use (6-10 hours a day). I enjoy mostly rock, classical and trance/trip-hop. I will run them directly out of a cowon x5 as I don't want to use my amp and chew up batteries. I also don't want to carry an amp/batteries and...

John Mayall and the Blues Breakers w/Eric Clapton Check this one out, you won't be disappointed.