Did I get a refurbished version, mine came just in a brown box from Adorama

Thank you, I actually searched for HO200 and H0200 but found nothing. But all is well. I've got a surprise delivery 2 days sooner than expected. Connected to just received HO200. I think my max volume at which I would not damage my hearing is High Gain @ 12 o'clock volume (max is 5 o'clock) - so...

I just ordered these headphones, will arrive at the end of the week. I want to hear your thoughts if I could drive these headphones "well" with SMSL HO200. The specs are somewhat murky, but maybe someone has tried these together? If not what should I swap HO200 within the 350 dollar range?

So what is the updated ETA for E17?

Quote: Thanks a lot for your recommendation. I've pre-ordered E10 on MP4 Nation as soon as it became available but was still in doubt if I'm right about my choice.  

Quote: I have a reason to believe that some people on this forum might have received a sample already.  

If anyone had a chance to preview E10 (I know it is not portable, but I want my first amp before E17 comes out and I can pair it with some future E9 upgrade) and D-Zero, which one should sound better with Denon AH-D2000 and/or Sennheiser HD600?

Quote: Congratulations, you have audiophile Golden Ears. I don't think anyone should ever argue with select few that have such ears, because the rest of the population just can't hear what these people can. Unfortunately I don't have golden ears and what's more quite poor vision, so I...

  Quote: I was wondering what are you trying to achieve with a more expensive USB cable? I'm pretty sure that like with HDMI, USB cable either has a connection or not. It does not matter what cable you use and definitely will not degrade any sound quality. It is like an external...

I'm from Canada so I was using the only legal service available here - RDIO. However, MOG did allow me to enter their trial all of a sudden this week. I decided to compare sound quality. While I thought I can hear the difference initially, between MOG and RDIO it was not very easy as both had...

Is there any timeframe when E17 might be available (even a rough estimate)?