[mosshorn]

I would love to try one, but that size kills me, I might as well carry a Discman.

 

[mark2410]

After several months passed by, can you comment about the sound between HM650 and Studio3rd Anniversary?
Which one sounds warmer, more detail, better soundstage & separation?

 
warmer, thats easy, it the 650.  comparativly the 650 is warm and smooth, the Studio is much cooler, dryer, crisper.
 
soundstage, well the 650 is the more smooth, intimate so in scale id maybe give it to the Studio, neither is really "better" though just different.
 
Seperation, the 650 is good but its less explicit about things, its sound sig is the more mellow whereas the Studio is the more transparent and explecit so has more clean intrument seperation.
 
 
still overall both are excellent so its not really a  case of one being "better" than the other.  they are just differently flavoured.

 

[mark2410]

oh and if its of any use, ive fallen into the 650 being my default DAP to pick up.

 

[mannkind246]

Can anyone tell the sound signature comparison between HiFiMAN HM-650 vs HiFiMAN HM-802 ?
They are both have Dual-Wolfson WM8740 DACs.
I'm interested to know about their detail, separation, soundstage.

 

[kofk]

Thank you for the fine review mark2410, it was both enjoyable to read and informative. Looking forward to receiving my HM-802 even more now. After 2+ years of almost daily use/abuse my HM-601 finally stopped working i figured the HM-802 might give me some of the magic the HM-601 gave me perhaps even a little bit more.

 

[arrowmark]

Nice review on the HM-650. Have you ever tried a portable balanced player? I have the Hifiman RE-600 earphone and was thinking of getting a balanced player.

 

[sarang-i]

I'm using it with discrete card v1.2.
That sounds really wonderful as much as can comparable to mojo in terms of resolution.
Better imaging, more refined, having more balance on mojo, though.
 
Actually i bought this one after reading this review.
And i can tell that i totally agree with mark2410's very objective review

 

[mark2410]

  I'm using it with discrete card v1.2.
That sounds really wonderful as much as can comparable to mojo.
 
Actually i bought this one after reading this review.
And i can tell that i totally agree with mark2410's very objective review

my thanks good sir, and yeah its still what i use most days, especialy with its hand warming tallents in winter time

 

[LetheFB]

  my thanks good sir, and yeah its still what i use most days, especialy with its hand warming tallents in winter time

 
I totally agree with your review,too. I'm very curious about what other amp cards can do and i purchased musical amp card(aka discrete card,am i wrong?). Unfortunately, my card will arrive friday. According to Hifiman, musical amp card's hand warming talents are much more improved, compared to the other amp cards 

 That's a good new.
 
@sarang-i What are the differences between power ii and discrete card? Is it's sound much better than that of Power ii?
I hope your former card was Power ii

 

[sarang-i]

Yes notable difference is there.
Sound stages quite same, but seperation and dynamism, also bottom and top end slightly better, especially bass slam noticeably enhanced on musical card

 

[SiggyFraud]

I've recently acquired a used HM-650 DAP and I wanted to update the device's firmware (it's still on 2.001). Unfortunately the only link I found on the official Hifiman website seems broken/no longer valid.
I'm aware that this is not a new product, but perhaps someone here could share a working link for the TAICHI 2.004 firmware? I already contacted Hifiman support, but I figured I might try here as well.

 

[TeamHiFiMAN]

Hi, erm are you sure, looks working here?

https://down.hifiman.com/hm-650/2.004/update.zip

 

[SiggyFraud]

Hi, erm are you sure, looks working here?

https://down.hifiman.com/hm-650/2.004/update.zip

Thanks a ton! I couldn't get it to work. For some reason an error popped up each time I wanted to download the zip file.

 

[SiggyFraud]

@TeamHiFiMAN I managed to install the latest software, but I keep having a very annoying issue with my device. When I turn on the player and start playing music, the playback speed is higher than it's supposed to. Basically it plays 2 or even 3 times faster.
Removing and inserting the SD card doesn't help, only resetting the device seems to have an effect. It's just very annoying, since I have to do it almost every time I want to use the player. I also tried memory cards with different speeds, both SD and micro SD, but it doesn't make any difference.
Have you ever heard about such issues with HM-650? Is there a way to fix this?

 

[TeamHiFiMAN]

@TeamHiFiMAN I managed to install the latest software, but I keep having a very annoying issue with my device. When I turn on the player and start playing music, the playback speed is higher than it's supposed to. Basically it plays 2 or even 3 times faster.
Removing and inserting the SD card doesn't help, only resetting the device seems to have an effect. It's just very annoying, since I have to do it almost every time I want to use the player. I also tried memory cards with different speeds, both SD and micro SD, but it doesn't make any difference.
Have you ever heard about such issues with HM-650? Is there a way to fix this?

Thats really odd, try reinstalling the firmware, ive never heard about anyone encountering that issue before.