[avitron142]

Makes me wonder who the heck said the X1S was lacking power 

 I kid, I kid 

 

[Cotnijoe]

Makes me wonder who the heck said the X1S was lacking power h34r:  I kid, I kid 

Hifiman HE6 is only 50 ohms afterall

 

[Army-Firedawg]

Just shipped off the X1s to @hakushondaimao Please refer to the sent PM for customs tracking numbers also @AuneAudio please address a question I had in the PM as well.

 

[avitron142]

  Just shipped off the X1s to @hakushondaimao Please refer to the sent PM for customs tracking numbers also @AuneAudio please address a question I had in the PM as well.

Why? Just curious, I thought he was in the Canadian group.

 

[Army-Firedawg]

  Why? Just curious, I thought he was in the Canadian group.

 
I'm unsure, he could answer that better than I could, it was just where I was instructed to send it is all I know.

 

[nmatheis]

Probably because hakushondaimao is coordinating a headfi meet in Calgary

 

[avitron142]

Hifiman HE6 is only 50 ohms afterall

It seems from a few people that this doesn't pair the greatest with planar magnetic's, so I get ya.

 

[hakushondaimao]

  Why? Just curious, I thought he was in the Canadian group.

 
As @nmatheis mentioned, I'm organizing a Head-Fi meet in Calgary on November 15th, and I asked Aune to provide a unit as a sample for participants to try out. Aune graciously agreed to send me a unit for the meet. Since the Canadian tour is lagging behind and probably won't be finished in time to get the Canadian unit here by then, Aune decided to have a unit from one of the tours that has already run its course sent to me.

 

[avitron142]

   
As @nmatheis mentioned, I'm organizing a Head-Fi meet in Calgary on November 15th, and I asked Aune to provide a unit as a sample for participants to try out. Aune graciously agreed to send me a unit for the meet. Since the Canadian tour is lagging behind and probably won't be finished in time to get the Canadian unit here by then, Aune decided to have a unit from one of the tours that has already run its course sent to me.

I had no idea. Kudos to those brave enough to arrange a meet 

 Good luck with that!

 

[equedadoii]

super heaps of gratitude to everyone who heaped a review onto to this pile.
for the past month, i had my heart set on the aune t1 mk2. and intermittently, schiit's stack and similar setups within the price range.
 
but today, i just stumbled upon the x1s (i saw them for $150, then realized i was ogling at the x1 pro).
 
for $224, i saw a chance to leap,
and feeling sufficiently enthused by all ya'lls characterization that the x1s is a fantastic post-entry-level-setup, i leaped.
given the breadth of glowing reviews, i feel pretty damn good about my purchase.
almost none of the cons i read about relate to my situation. perhaps i may need to invest in one more piece if i someday end up pairing it as a pre-amp with the new elac b6 speakers.
clutching straws, etc. though.
 
still being quite the audio newb (my 5-6 year old setup comprises ath ad700s and a $50-60 hotusb1 dac/amp from way back),
i don't think i'll reciprocate the most insightful perspective when my setup (a grado 325e) arrives, 
but again, i want to thank everyone for their time. indispensable stuff. i ran a comb through every fiber of everyones' reviews.
it's never easy navigating all of this, and i'm sure arguments can and will be made about what i could have or should have bought (ie grado impedance), but i'm content with my purchase.
 
call it an impulse buy, and if it is, well, i've never felt this positive about an impulse buy.
here's hoping it lasts me another 5 years.
 
by the way, does anyone here have any knowledge around modding grados? looks like the symphones magnums (turbulent x driver i think) aren't in production anymore. i was wondering if there are any other similarly quality options.

 

[peareye]

You cannot make a mistake with this one!!!
 
It is definitely a ground breaker for VALUE vs. performance. 
 
I am not sure but i think it might also be used as a preamp just as it sits...
 
looking into this today.

 

[yage]

 
I am not sure but i think it might also be used as a preamp just as it sits...
 
looking into this today.

 
The analog outs are fixed line-level so it won't function as a pre.

 

[peareye]

Too bad...seems like we can still plug it into the back of a preamp though...but that might be
 
too much along the signal path...degrades the sonics...
 
Back to the drawing board.

 

[yage]

  Too bad...seems like we can still plug it into the back of a preamp though...but that might be
 
too much along the signal path...degrades the sonics...
 
Back to the drawing board.

 
I don't think you need to worry about connecting it to a preamp. I hooked it up to my integrated amp to see how it performed as a DAC and it sounded great.

 

[peareye]

Okay...was it just the audio outs of the X1S into the preamp? How do you use the DAC only?
 
Thanks....