Thank you arnaud. What an interesting read, i am glad to hear that STAX are doing well. An amp from them that will do the SR-009 justice is an exciting prospect.

Thank you for the fine review mark2410, it was both enjoyable to read and informative. Looking forward to receiving my HM-802 even more now. After 2+ years of almost daily use/abuse my HM-601 finally stopped working i figured the HM-802 might give me some of the magic the HM-601 gave me perhaps...

Sorry for the Brain-Fail. Just noticed my signature. Yeah they sounded pretty good though to be honest the Woo-Wee was always going to be a limiting factor. I have since moved on to powering them from a KGSSHV, a Huge improvement in my opinion.

ß22 balanced?   sorry for double post.

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Thank you for those lovely photo's arnaud. The care and attention that goes into every amp is amazing a thing of beauty in my opinion. As beautiful the BHSE is on the outside (and i have yet to see photo that truly captures this) in a way i actually find the innards even more stunning...

I attended the event on the Saturday specifically for the headphones on demo, and boy they had just about every pair of in production headphones that i wanted to listen to.  These guys had an amazing setup http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk   amps were fed the same signal an Oppo player (Sorry i...

Of course i did. I guess sound quality is a very personal thing. I have used the dx50 with ALL my headphones both amped and un-amped and find the hm601 to just sound much nicer. Wether this is because it uses a NOS dac i dont really know. What i did find the dx50 to have is lots of power to...

I think you have hit the nail on the head. The nicest sound i have experienced (dac wise) is from the metrum acoustics octave. I have listened to quite a few and owned a few different dac's and the octave to my ears is my preference. Still i want to give the dx50 a chance, i shall hold onto it...

I had heard about this dx50 for some time but resisted purchasing one until i was sure that all the little niggles were ironed out. I kept on however hearing all these positive comments regarding it's music playing capabilities. I thought to myself this dx50 must be really something i think i...

Oh dear, i just received my dx50 today and boy am i dissapointed. I was seriously expecting it to be an upgrade over my hm601 but the hm601 stomps all over it, and what's with the eq? it does not work!! god i thought it would have been fixed in the latest firmware but no it has not. This shall...

Thanks for the heads up. I briefly listened to a pair of TH900's driven by one and i wasn't as impressed as the HP-A8/TH900 combo, so i cant see me liking it with the TH-600's. Unfortunately the HP-A8 is a bit too steep, besides i really only need an amp as i am very happy with the Metrum Octave.

I too am looking for a desktop amp to drive my TH600's being fed by a Metrum Octave mk1. At the moment i am using a Just Audio AHA 120, but would like something to sit on my desk permanently.     I guess i should mention i have approx £600 to spend on the amp.

I too would like to thank Andy for organizing such an amazing meet. I cant believe how many setups there were on demonstration, there simply wasn't enough time to demo all of them and of course it was really nice to meet some fellow head-fi Er's.  

Love the idea of an audio-mart Andy.  

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As far as i could see it was the only chip labeled SAMSUNG in fact the wording was very faint (like it had been rubbed with something!!) i guess i was taking a chance really by shorting the pins, but then again as it was it was unusable so really i had nothing to lose. I do wish the ROCKBOX team...

Quote: AH-HA......Now i see it. I followed the instructions mentioned earlier about shorting the two pins which are now visible after removing the 4 screws mentioned in an earlier post and there was the SAMSUNG chip. I then followed the instructions to the letter and voilla!! The real...

Quote: Here are the insides of the HIFIMAN HM-601SLIM. I cant see a SAMSUNG chip anywhere! any thoughts from anyone as to what i should do? sorry about the photo quality, time for a new camera me thinks.  

Quote: ill do just that, now i just gotta find my camera!

Quote: I followed the instructions laid down in post number 1 along with all the necessary linked files. I believe it was the latest version of ROCKBOX. I have held down different buttons whilst pressing POWER ON and still no luck, just a white screen! I i e-mailed head-direct telling...

Had my HM-601 slim 4g for a few days, decided to try ROCKBOX and now i have bricked the device!! when i turn it on there is a white screen.The HM-601 slim will not show up on either a mac or a pc. Opened the device up and it looks quite different to the regular HM-601, so am unable to bridge the...

Thank you. I have the feeling attending such a meet, and hearing all those source/amp combos that my wallet is in serious trouble afterwords. Should the STAX 009/blue Hawaii make an appearance i am almost too scared to audition it

count me in. i will bring along MARANTZ SA7003- STAX  SRM-006TII-SR 404  STAX SRM-212 SR-202 PURE I-20 APPLE IPOD G6 HIFIMAN HM-601 SLIM S:FLO2 MACBOOK PRO 13"