alright, thanks for the info guys. Im just concerned about the headphone. The wait is 3 months ive been told, that'll give me enough time to think which amp to go with in the meantime, which I hadn't decide just yet.  I am actually looking to the upcoming high-end stax amp, its pretty elusive...

hmm, need to clarify something that I am ignorant of. is there an issue of a 100v stax headphone driver or  240v driver that I should be concern about? like say it wont work or not optimised at 240v for 009 imported from japan? or are they all the same Was going to order a SR009 from price...

that only works for people with large armpits.. , sadly even then I would have to spend a good few grands again for a decent voltage converter for that, we run 240V here in Australia. although the SR009 headphone is quite tempting in its self. P700U runs about 4400AUD here. so over all its just...

Thanks for the comment. Cool, I really liked the DA06 for its musicality particularly, it simply had more mass and sentiment in the music than the Auralic Vega (which in its self is already a very impressive DAC), could be one of the best piece of gear I auditioned in the shop that day. I...

Hi there, I had actually posted something on the Luxman P700u thread, hopefully this could help you in making decisions if you hadn't went for anything. 

LUXMAN P-700U Quick Review. This day around I went down to A2A melbourne for a listen at this. The guys over there are kind enough to allow me to handle so many things at a time, and helped swapping cables and moving all those heavy stuffs around the room for some ABing on their equipments...

Quote:   I just answered that, the 'he' in my post refers to King Wa. check above

Kschiu is correct. From his own words, not too much difference for extra an $1000USD 'HE'-PSU, -gives quieter,cleaner background -makes it sounds less harsh while maintain sound quality -* uses DC instead.

Thank you guys for the nice info, ordered ref 7.1 + USB from king wa. : ) now my only worry is that half of my musics are still on flac 44.1 (though high bit rates) which will probably sounded uh'' brutal with it. will try to update my libraries and see. thanks guys.

nice input there meguire thanks. mind clarify under how bad the recording quality you find it brutal with the 7.1? betting on W4S DAC2 so far and now im not sure anymore. Need a nice dac for my future STAX rig. 

Quote:   Wrhgh''.., just really how good was the 7.1 . Thinking of getting one since my DAC is getting old, but never thought that a DAC would change music experience by THAT much, not after you doubled my interest with 'this post.  I mean seriously, that good? Would love to hear...

Quote: C'mon, sexy girls love cigars what are you talking about...     ---- as for magik man's question anyone care for an answer? i had a wa22 max on loan atm and that question about other similar balanced contenders of the same range interests me too.

Quote: She was probably taking about the WA7000 sewing machine that allows tube rolling.   Quote: lol. apart from her being very sexy, she must also be very sneaky then.  

  Quote:   What a turn. Send her to more of those 'classes' im sure it'l work.. with that comin...remember to tell her she had just became sexier than ever! (and for a moment there i though the cause was she thinks you love your phones more than you love her...)  

Quote: Ignorance IS a bliss... indeed. and what you say was true and is unfortunate. *not to bash any thing though but,   See, I could have kept on munching on my $20 beef burger happily until i saw the workers rubbing and sticking fingers into their nose while making other...