Quote: Icon Audio HP8 MKII, Signature edition version, wonderful pair with LCD-2   http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/icon-audio-hp8-mk2-tube-headphone-amplifier

OK! no problem, your question was useful to remind me I am still pending to test the hiface2 with asio

surely native ASIO is better than ASIO4ALL which is the solution for devices which have not native ASIO.   For the rest, there are a lot of oppinions, and I guess maybe depends on the device too.   The best is own testing, actually is quite easy, is just downloading 3 components (for...

The hiface2 drivers are provided by M2Tech, and it's possible also to bypass the mixer with KS (kernel streaming) and Wasapi in Windows with corresponding foobar components.   I haven't tested yet as for bitperfect I use KS, but the difference with previous hiface,  is that hiface2 also...

Quote: From my experience when I had the D100 (MKI) , is not just a question of power, is due to the treble, it was too harsh. I listened some heaphones that most of them made good pair with D100 (specially Denons), but in the case of the Sennheiser it didn't exist any sinergy at all...

thanks tim, I knew just kidding, but maybe I will follow your advice and upgrading it

Quote:  5.2 already discontinued and a new version is on the market? I am starting to be stressed 

I set it as minimum latency / 512 samples and I am very happy with the performance. PC is a W7 64 bits with 4Gb, the computer even is a quad core is a little bit older, the only changes I did in the OS is disabling aero and all energy-saving options. Player is foobar and also from RAM (with file...

Yes chodi you are right, is a driver update. I noticed too a slight improvement in terms of transparency   cheers

BTW, M2Tech has released an update of  Hiface2 ' firmware early this week

Quote:    thanks HeatFan, I am becoming a big fan of A-GD too,  and I hope it takes you less than 6 months next time!!!

Mine has arrived!!!    Out of the box I paired with Auralic Taurus amp (not mine, unfortunately) and the result is fantastic, I could I stay with this rig for a looong time. Although I cannot compare with my DAC19 as I am using it with other amp and balanced outputs, sound feature is quite...

thanks a lot .Sup!

btw .Sup, I 've seen you pair your ref5 with an spl auditor, do they pair well?  in my case will be a phonitor and senn hd800 too...

Quote: That's it, I got mine from Audio gd (V5) early this year, I can't be more pleased with it, but I went for 5.2 as I 've got recently a balanced amp.

Quote:   Thanks a lot rezolver, I hope too   My only concern is DAC19 is a piece difficult to beat in quality/cost ratio, but any improvement on it it worths, and I am sure Kingwa did it in this 5.2.

Some electronic units hasn't got switch off like Benchmark DAC, I ve got mine which is almost 6 years old, former owner and myself left it always plugged (just unplugged for vacation time, long weekends and so on) and any problem, but maybe these kind of units are specifically built for this...

Thanks petemac, you are right, and with any new, I meant that his answer was one I was waiting for. It's really valuable that Kingwa don't overestimate his own products and even sometimes recommend to go for a smaller version.   On the other hand you are not helping me to avoid pulling the...

Finally I sent question to Kingwa and he kindly replied that 5.2 cooperates better in balanced and is a bit improvement over DAC19, so any new.   If I haven't got DAC19 I would pull the trigger directly  to 5.2 without any doubt, but actually I am enjoying a lot with my DAC19, and for...

Quote:   Very interesting petemac,   Actually I am enjoying a lot with my DAC19, but i am starting to be tempted by this unit as I have got recently a balanced amplifier, do you believe is worth the upgrade?   this new 5.2 has got a better usb receiver than the DAC19 but I am...

ups apologizes! I've just seen a new thread is already opened for 5.2  

New Reference 5.2 is out there ... http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/RE5.2/RE5.2EN.htm and it looks gorgeous!   Actually I am enjoying a lot with my DAC19, but i am starting to be tempted by this unit as I have got recently a balanced amplifier, does it worth the upgrade? , any tip will be...

  Absolutely right, Death Magnetic has one of the poorest dynamic range measures in a recording   By the way, I shot the question regarding power output to Icon audio, maximum power of HP8 is 1 watt x channel.   Quote:          

I agree on DAC1 is a phantastic combo dac+amplifier,but in my experience with LCD-2 and the benchmark,  although the combo could be satisfying, I can tell DAC1 alone is not able to drive audeze to its best, IMO a lot of current is needed to get the best bass and texture from this cans.

Hi dagothur, I don't know and unfortunately is not stated in their brochure....