WOW!! This thing looks really cool! A little big for my pockets though( How's M8 in comparison with it?

Got it, thank you. I'm thinking of Colorfly C4 as transport (BTW should I consider any other DAP with SPDIF output and hard buttons?). What would be better - C4->SPDIF->Diablo or C4->Line->Ampersand? Any ideas or guesses? I'm just a little worried about portable amp/DAC combos, because I...

Hello. Can you please recommend a DAP with SPDIF output? I don't like touch screens very much, so would be great to have hard buttons. Are there any alternatives to Colorfly C4? Thank you!

Thanks all for very interesting answers. Do I understand correctly that all the best amps are packaged with DACs?

Hello. What do you think is the best battery-powered headphone amp? I would greatly appreciate any links to relevant comparisons, e.g. I see a link to headphone shoot-out ( https://www.head-fi.org/threads/shootout-114-portable-headphones-reviewed-xiaomi-mi-headphones-added-04-21-2015.433318/ )...

Hi, I need to contact manufacturer of these IEMs. Are there representatives here on head-fi? Thank you.

Currawong, thank you for your comment. So far L3 is the easiest to listen to amp I tried - because of its fine imaging and because it sounds quite natural overall. I didn't try Rx MK3-B, but I remember MK1 being quite far from Lisa III (which is worse than L3 in my opinion) in this regard. Is...

I ordered ToGo 334, let's see what they are capable of comparing to JH13. As for the amp, does everyone agree that Rx MK3-B is the best transportable amp (better than L3 for example)?

Thanks, those FitEar IEMs do look interesting. Did you compare SXC 24 to Piccolino?

Hi everyone,   Suppose I have a backpack ready for hi-end audio. Suppose I'm not strong enough to carry things like RWA Isabellina HPA with me. For simplicity, let's limit setup with 4lbs. What components should I choose?   Source: is there anything better than battery-powered Apogee...

Fine, another question then. Anyone has L3 preordered?

Anyone knows anything about manufacturing progress?

Looks like the amp is completely non-existent. No reviews of pre-production units, no updates from the manufacturer, no leaks since mid-summer. I'm curious what's taking so long.

Quote: I believe that there's simply not enough potentially interesed audience in RS to fight with all the manufacturing complexities. On the other hand, I don't think it's fair to say that RS concept sunk without a trace since it was previously mentioned that L3 incorporated some of the...

Skylab, did you by any chance manage to get the charger?

Skylab, thank you for a prompt response! Hoped to hear from you since you're supposed to be one of the first testers. Hope you'll receive the charger soon.   BTW, still seeing iQube on your Portable Rig pic, wondering if it's about to be replaced by L3 or at least Stepdance:)

It's already mid-September, no player is available for order. Any update on release date? Any more communication with Colorful?

Any news on this amp? Any new testers/impressions? Any info on release date?

Fantoon, 2 years

The Monkey, cool question! extremely educational. mine was $150 - bigonnoise singularity. from this one, I started to understand IC importance

SiBurning, thank you for extremely detailed info about your rigs, very important. And CAN'T WAIT to see hifiman vs headroom vs headline DAC shoot-out. I strongly believe that DAC is hifiman's best part. I'm pretty sure its amp isn't any better than predator, not even talking about lisa iii. But...

SiBurning, awesome review, with a couple of dark spots though. First, it turns out that you were comparing your hifiman not to benchmark dac1, but rather to dac1 pre or dac1 hdr. Is this correct? Second, it's not quite clear how the comparison was conducted. Was it hifiman hp out vs benchmark...

Quote: Originally Posted by rxxdoc I believe it sounds better than my Marantz 67se could you please elaborate on this? what exactly is better? and what is worse? any info would be greatly appreciated

Brad from TriadAudio told me Lisa was getting about 40mA. So I guess anything slightly below should be OK as well. And don't pay attention to discrepancies between manual and real life product. Lisa is an evolving project, and its parameters may be slightly changing from batch to batch.

Did anyone besides nc8000 compare hifiman's DAC with full-size CD-players?