Thanks for the clarification.  What led me to buy the element for home listening is that when I plugged my headphones directly into my computer headphone jack, the sound was terrible.  I could immediately tell very clearly that the sound was inferior.  When I connected a portable dac/amp that I...

I'm slow in the mornings... I just reread your post that says that there are no DACs will the VRMS I am looking for.  So I guess I just have the question about lowering pc source volume and re-amplifying.

ok, that's interesting.  When you mention that I should reduce DAC volume, do you just mean that I can lower the volume slider on my PC, or that I should get a different DAC that happens to output at lower VRMS?   If the former,  I have a question about this, because I've seen a lot of...

I'll definitely email them (and the same sentiment I have sent to schiit).  I feel like I am in a weird niche spot of wanting a really nicely made (physical design as well as technical design) mid powered amp rather than all these 1.0W+ (at ~30ohms) amps.  I love the physical design of several...

I am definitely using low gain.  I originally thought I was being forced into lower volume ranges due to the gain so I clicked it and the volume got louder, heh.  Appreciate the thought though.

I got my element a few days ago and I am concerned about the amount of channel imbalance that I am hearing at low volumes.  I have several headphones that I have been trying (at low gain): Oppo PM-3 (~25ohms), Beyerdynamic DT770 pro (250ohms) and Beyerdynamic DT880 (600 ohm).  Obviously I can...

Just a clarification on my earlier issue (battery drain on android phone while using HA-2 via usb OTG):   It was indeed an issue with a corrupt file on the SD card.  Media Server process was cycling on the bad file, draining battery at an accelerated rate.  Reformatted card, put a few verified...

I've had the HA-2 for a week or so now, and it's a gorgeous piece of machinery.  Like everyone else has commented, it is quite fetching, and the build quaility is very high.   I've been testing it mainly on a pc, but my main reason for buying it was to use it as a portable device on upcoming...