Quote: Not sure to understand, what do you mean exactly?     Quote: So for you, no need to get HIFIMAN or portable amps?  

Yuriv, doest it mean that with my headphone it make no sense to go with HIFIMAN ? If yes, I'm disappointing because I expected a really SQ gap.   My D5000 is pretty new  and I'm pleased with it, don't imagine for now to go to IEM.

Hello all Yesterday I tried extensively the HM-601 and HM-801 vs my current iPhone 4. Headphone : Denon D5000 iPhone 4 : 320k mp3 HIFIMAN : FLAC The songs were ripped from the same CD source. Frankly, I can hardly tell any differences. HM-601 vs iPhone 4 : same SQ, when switching from...

Hello all, I'm going to Jaben store, Singapore, in a few days to buy a hifiman player : don't know again if it will be HM-601 or HM-801. Given your experiences, would it be a good idea (in term of SQ improvement) to add a good portable amp to the players? Are the default HIFIMAN amps already...

Hello all, I'm going to Jaben store, Singapore, in a few days to buy a hifiman player : don't know again if it will be HM-601 or HM-801. Given your experiences, would it be a good idea (in term of SQ improvement) to add a good portable amp to the players? Are the default HIFIMAN amps already...

Hello all   I'm hesitating beetween hm-601 and hm-801 (to be used with Denon D5000 headphone). Given only SQ criteria, is it a better deal to have hm-601 + a very good amp (let say meier stepdance or RSA P-51) instead of hm-801?   Thanks

I'm not going to say that you can't profit of an amp. Having read several reviews, hifiman amp part is so good and signal path from DAC to amp so short that even when using the line out with a good amp, the headphone out still has the edge or at least is comparable. The bonus is that you...

Thanks for your reply. I focus only on SQ, for all others stuff I already have a wonderful iphone 4. What I find great with hifiman is that you don't need to buy another amp, a LOD, etc. So yes I'm sure I want a hifiman :)

Hello   I'm going to buy a HIFIMAN players for my Denon D5000 headphones. I have a collection of CDs ripped to 16/44 FLAC format. I am wondering which of the HM601 or HM801 would be right for me : given the price difference it is a touch choice. If SQ of the HM801 is far better than...

Hello all,   I'll be in Singapore in a few weeks. Do you know a store where HIFIMAN players (hm601 and hm801) are available ?   Thanks

Quote: Thank you for your answer. The HM-602 is a USB DAC (it is also a portable player) so I guess it cannot be connected using optical connection. So if I understood, once the DAC is connected it simply appears in the audio devices of the control panel : I just set the DAC instead...

Hello   Seems to be a newbies questions but I would really appreciate your help... So here is the problem: at my office, I have a Dell computer with an integrated chipset to manage sound (there is not a 'true' soundcard) and want to use a DAC to listen music with best quality ((I'm looking...

Hello   Cowon J3 seems to be a very good player. I currently have a Denon D5000 headphone (using them with my iPhone 4). If I switch to Cowon J3, would it be an improvement to add an amp ? I'm currently wondering about added a RSA P51 amp to my iPhone 4. Also is there a portable player...

ianmedium thank you for your helpful review Por my part, the stepdance would be use with iphone 4 + D5000 and I'm expecting a big improvement   I would love to see a high end amp with the following form factor...

Hello all, What about the stepdance and Denon D5000 combination ? Sound improvments? Main differences? etc... Thanks

Hello all,   Who has this combination? How is the sound with / without the amp? What main differences / improvments did you notice?   Thanks !!!

Hello all   I plan to buy a P4 amp (to be used with iPhone 4 + Denon D5000). I wonder about opamp rolling: - how sound the default opamp setup? - is there an ideal opamp setup? is it related to the headphone to driven? - what could be a opamp setup for a neutral sound? - any other...

I mean, will the sound quality will improve greatly? Thanks

Price around 300-500$....

  Hi all,   The amp will be used with the line out of my iphone 4. What portable amp would be good with the D5000? (noticeable sound improvment not just subtle differences)   Thanks

Thank for all your answers.   I think I will take the Denon road because:   - Grado seems to be the open headphone which have the most sound leakage (Denon D5000 seems also to have sound leakage at high volume, but less than Grado) - Denon would be more confortable - Denon design is...

Thank you for my wallet :)   The G cush seems to set the Grado more confortable, at least that is what peoples are saying. By listening softly you mean that otherwise peoples around me could be disturbing or hearing easily the sound of an open headphone ?

Hello all,   Here is my first post at headfi, I hope you will be able to answers to my question...   I was planning to buy a Grado SR325is (with G cush pad). I mainly listen to rock music, even if I have never heard at a Grado before, I like the "magic" they seems to have.   But...