[EinZweiDrei]

I don't know what you mean by "not powerful enough" or "not quite the juice" what do you mean by "juice" in real terms? more voltage would just make it louder if you're not running out of headroom (anything sub 90 on the volume and you aren't running out of head room). Ohms law suggests that this supplies near infinite current (you're dividing by 0.08), so that shouldn't be an issue either.

maybe im just too use to the thicker sounding m stage i've had for a long time.
im not saying m9xx are thin or anything. but well yea m9xx sounds good.
although there are still some stuff i prefer on m stage. i'll leave that job to the hd650 from now on.
im still not hearing this veil people describe the hd650 to have. and i come from a k701.
im glad im not hearing this pop sound when putting my headphones in my m9xx.
now im not sure what to do with my old setup.

 

[fjrabon]

maybe im just too use to the thicker sounding m stage i've had for a long time.

im not saying m9xx are thin or anything. but well yea m9xx sounds good.

although there are still some stuff i prefer on m stage. i'll leave that job to the hd650 from now on.

im still not hearing this veil people describe the hd650 to have. and i come from a k701.

im glad im hearing this pop sound when putting my headphones in my m9xx.

now im not sure what to do with my old setup.

Yeah, I didn't mean that accusitorily just wasn't sure what you meant. Try one of the other filters. Some of the other filters sound a bit fuller than F1, which is the default.

 

[EinZweiDrei]

this sounds so good with my m9xx.
 

well if i ever need a fuller sound i'll just use my hd650.

@fjrabon do you use u1 setting or u2 setting?
u1 turns device into m9xx
u2 becomes xmos

 

[Hi-Fi EDU]

It's the volume level it starts at on power-up, 0 by default. 

I haven't found anything yet this setup does NOT sound good with.  The bass response and separation is a dog-send for dense, textured heavy electronic music. I have a number of tracks that I had really never heard out of satisfying speakers or headphones but man, this "X stack" handles them with style points to spare.

I know it's open vs closed (maybe semi-closed), blah blah, but could you offer quick thoughts on the K7XX vs the TH-X00 through your m9XX? Thanks.

 

[StolenToast]

I know it's open vs closed (maybe semi-closed), blah blah, but could you offer quick thoughts on the K7XX vs the TH-X00 through your m9XX? Thanks.

I would love to but it's very hard to stop listening to the X00s.  I'll tear myself away, I want to know too anyway.

 

[EinZweiDrei]

is it safe leaving this thing on 24/7 without music playing in high power mode?

 

[JakiChan]

I'm just starting to play with this, but I have a DSD question.  I downloaded a trial of Audirvana Plus and a sample DSF file from oppo.  But I can't seem to get Audirvana to send DSD to the m9xx.  Can anyone recommend a simple way to experiment with DSD on a Mac?

 

[Ormia]

I'm not a Audirvana user, but here is how you can use foobar to play DSD files:
 
http://www.audiostream.com/content/how-play-dsd-file-using-foobar2000#7rzBe6o4Ea6AlTTQ.97

 

[sheldaze]

  I'm just starting to play with this, but I have a DSD question.  I downloaded a trial of Audirvana Plus and a sample DSF file from oppo.  But I can't seem to get Audirvana to send DSD to the m9xx.  Can anyone recommend a simple way to experiment with DSD on a Mac?

Have you successfully sent DSD to another external DAC?
 
It was not obvious to me, the first time I did this, because the DAC (not m9xx) did not show up as being DSD-capable in the Audirvana+ software. Once you are in the second tab of Audirvana preferences, Audio System, you should be able to choose between automatic detection of a DSD-capable DAC (did not work for me) and manual assertion that the DAC is capable of DSD. Try the non-auto detect options.
 
And be sure you've set the m9xx to the higher data rate. It defaults to USB audio implementation version 1.

 

[mmlogic]

  I'm just starting to play with this, but I have a DSD question.  I downloaded a trial of Audirvana Plus and a sample DSF file from oppo.  But I can't seem to get Audirvana to send DSD to the m9xx.  Can anyone recommend a simple way to experiment with DSD on a Mac?

Use DoP 1.0 or 1.1

BTW, if you play ISO DSD files, you will find the L/R channels are reversed.  

 

[ehmora]

I know it's open vs closed (maybe semi-closed), blah blah, but could you offer quick thoughts on the K7XX vs the TH-X00 through your m9XX? Thanks.

 
 

  I would love to but it's very hard to stop listening to the X00s.  I'll tear myself away, I want to know too anyway.​

 
 
Just received my m9xx, can't comment on X00's but so far so good with K7xx!

 

[JakiChan]

BTW, if you play ISO DSD files, you will find the L/R channels are reversed.  

 
Yeah, I noticed that with my sample.  Am I suppose to fix that somehow?

 

[JakiChan]

This is my first external DAC.  I'm trying to switch between internal and external in some way, because what the new DAC adds seems to be going over my head.  I'm trying to setup a "quick change" method to compare my laptop's DAC to the m9xx.  Any suggestions?

 

[mmlogic]

   
Yeah, I noticed that with my sample.  Am I suppose to fix that somehow?

 
Wait for firmware update, until then, I'm afraid flip the headphone is the only thing we can do.

 

[JakiChan]

   
Wait for firmware update, until then, I'm afraid flip the headphone is the only thing we can do.

 
So it's a bug in the m9xx?  And they're committed to fixing it?