Does anyone have some more impressions of the XC with RSA Dark Star? I'm mostly curious if the dark star will tame the slightly peaky highs of the xc.

You can try for a Yulong D200. Has balanced out, integrated amp is a bonus. The sound of the dac is I would say slightly warm. Overall it's pretty good.Has a ESS9016 chip in it and plays up to 32bit 384khz. Lemme know if you're interested! I have one looking to sell.

Has anyone paired the GS-X MK2 with a XC? I've been finding the XC's a little bit lacking in the upper mids. It doesn't sound very smooth transitioning from the mids to the highs and was curious if this up would lift the upper mids a bit. 

Mine does as well.. I noticed it right when I first used it. Pretty disappointing considering I paid around 700 including taxes, exchange rate and what not. It's not that bad but I would expect better assembly from a premium product.

32.1 kg 35.6 kg 38.3 kg

Awesome! I'm looking forward to this review!

I'm not sure.. Maybe you just haven't found a sound signature you like? I guess I'll just repeat what I said before. If you have the ability to buy the DA8 you might as well.

IMO I really think you should experience the D200 first before moving on to the higher end DA8. Learn to appreciate the qualities of audio then move up to the next step. If you start with a DA8 you'll just be taking a huge leap and not learn to enjoy what is improving. It's like if someone that...

If you don't have much money then go for the D200. I don't think you'll need to upgrade anytime soon. As long as you can avoid the upgradetitis bug... What I meant by midfi hifi is that when I started this bank breaking hobby I purchased some cheap entry level cans and since then I've moved...

IMO if you have the funds to buy DA8 you might as well. I ordered a D200 since I can't afford the DA8 and I want to experience mid fi before moving on to hifi.

@project86 are you planning to make a review of the d200? I've looked around on head-fi and I've only seen two threads with some impressions

I'm not worried about not being able to turn it up enough. I'm more worried that I don't have much control since there's so much power going to the phones.

Matt I remember you having a lyr power the MD. Did you have any problems with the lyr giving too much power? Since it's 4.0 w for 50 ohms I'm not really gonna have much room to turn the volume pot. There aren't gain switches on the lyr either.

I'm still waiting for some reviewers to check it out before I drop 7 bills on this...

+1 I'm also looking forward to this! Thanks for the update

Did you order the doggie treats separate? The reason I ask is my MDP came with 2 dots on each channel and a disk on the left.

I didn't get a fancy box... I just got cardboard and a travel pouch.. 

I haven't had too much time with these, but these are so damn comfy. Clamp isn't too much and the alpha pads are just ridiculously comfy!    Thanks Dan!

Does anyone know if the mad dogs are as picky about the seal as the alpha dogs are?

That was quick! What day did you order?

I couldn't resist either and press order... I wonder if the customs guy will lose it seeing someone spend $400 on headphones haha

Oh maybe I misinterpreted what mechgamer123 asked.. I took from your reply that only the Balanced/Universal Mad Dogs could be upgraded to Mad Dog Pro's, but unbalanced/regular SE Mad Dogs can't be upgraded to Pro.

Just to be clear, you can't upgrade a regular MD to MD Pro but you can buy a MD Pro that terminates single ended, but you just have to buy a cable on top of that.

They have their own official taobao? I know of taobao but never used it... do they ship worldwide?

Really?! Even better than I thought.. Even though it has a sabre chip it's that cheap..