Maybe interested in selling C4?
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801 is the best. C4 DAC is more digitally sounding, amp is weaker and has bass roll-off.
After reading papagano's comparison of the two players, I suspect that most of us would be happy with either player. For me, the clincher is the 801's modularity, particularly the balanced amp module with TRRS connection for my 262s.
Not to sound harsh or anything, but I am tempted to listen to people like 3X0 who've been here a long time rather than new guys. That is a stilted line to take, but after the AMP3 fiasco where every employee of that firm came in to chime about how wonderful the AMP3 Pro was, I think Headfi should be boarded up against potential product shills. 500 hours burn in is a wonder itself, really. Either you listen that long or you burn in that long and magically overcome some barrier. Whatever the fact is, the debate about players getting better and better spins now like an old record, rubbing ever more thinly.
I'm sure the C4 is worth admission to its potential market, but it has stiff competition from Hifiman, which despite its high price, is probably the best audiophile-marketed player.