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Headphoneus Supremus
Just remember to add the price of as many SDHC cards you need to the cost of the HM801
Originally Posted by Podtweaker /img/forum/go_quote.gif This probably is'nt as important to most posters over here but all of your comparisons to other portable rig set-ups leave out a significant specification. Imods or the Jriver setups won't playback Hi-Rez music files . I can appreciate the fact that these other setups may also play state of the art(or near) Redbook , but we may be nitpicking here about the differences (I'm talking about SQ not price)we're talking about Redbook! It does appear that the HM 801 may have a slight advantage for the fact that it is an integrated solution to the player/dac/amp setup for HQ portable playback. All the concern about which version of 1704 chip is being used has me a bit dumbfounded! Are there a number of available portable players using HQ dac chips that we are'nt aware of. As is often said ,you guys may be "sweating the small stuff". If I did'nt already have my Korg MR1 (which was a lot work to make it an "acceptable" portable player, but I love the fact I can now listen to my SACDs when I'm out) this is the player I most likely would have gotten. (I know, Boo, Hiss he does'nt even have this player. I could'nt help but applaud this effort as I really hate the acceptance of compressed music as the norm) |
Originally Posted by immtbiker /img/forum/go_quote.gif To me, 2 cards, or 128GB is more than enough, right now. |
Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, if I didn't already have the iRiver H140/D10 + the iMod/Pvcap/P-51 (or any other amp) I would be in the market for the 801. |
Originally Posted by El_Doug /img/forum/go_quote.gif I sold my H120/D10 kit to make room for the 801! A single box, plus the idea of having a much larger music collection on me at all times (via carrying a few small cards around) pushed me over the edge. |
Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't know if the 801 via USB from Macbook will be as good as my current opamp rolled D10 via optical from Macbook. |
Originally Posted by spahn_ranch /img/forum/go_quote.gif 802 can't not have SDXC, which should mean, card prices allowing, that I'm scratching foobar/USB altogether. SDXC has to be the next most significant step on the upgrade path. |