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ok i have to ask immitbiker,what is the purpose of hifiman?isnt it designed to be the best portable solution with unmatched sound quality?
Even though I am not a scientist, just a person who has been in the audio business since 1977, and this question was posed directly to me, I will "un-digress' and attempt to answer.
I have many needs when it comes to the world of portability, and the HiFiMAN fits
one of my needs nicely, and that is the one reason that I use it.
I live in a Garden Apartment Co-op, 15 miles away from a huge city, with a 1000 acre park directly across from my house.
When I sit in my chair, outside my front door, and I want to have a higher-end listening session without the use of electricity, the HM-801 and some well recorded 24/96 files, fulfill my needs quite nicely.
If I want to walk across the street and watch an amateur softball or soccer game, with the use of mu UE-10's or JH-13's, I can sit on a bench or a chair, close out the audible world, while being visually stimulated, and hear music that to me, sounds better than any other portable setup I've ever heard or have ever owned (including iMod>portable amp of choice, or even and H-120 feed out optically to a HR MicroDac>portable amp of choice). The HiFiMan can fit in my jacket pocket or easily be carried in one hand.
When I take my 2-3 business plane trips/week, and stay in hotels, then my 5G Nano w/ alac files velcro'd to a Shadow, meets a different need, perfectly.
I am a man of may needs, and I search the far ends of the earth to fulfill them (it's called a hobby) and all of this is done with any products without the name "Fluke" on it.
I came into this thread (B4 it was moved to the Science Forum BTW) and read that a Clip measures better than a 801, and posted my intent, which was to buy a Clip+,
listen to both with the same file on it, and post my results. I said what I was going to do, and stuck by what I said, and if I remember correctly, there were a couple of replies
stating that they would be interested in hearing what I found. No one said that I would have to go to MIT and ask to borrow any measuring equipment. I went with what I've trusted
for 50 years, and those are my ears.
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Anticlimatic cop out!
I'm assuming you meant something along the lines of yield or defer, instead of digress ; ).
Your writeup was interesting to read, sure, but how will it convince me to buy one? If I'm reading up your writeup, there's almost no factual information that I can base my information on other than how great it is, to you.
I think that if you are depending on me for your climaxes, you're looking in the wrong direction.
My information was indeed factual, on the basis of what I heard. I am not trying to force my opinion on anyone else, just merely state what I hear, and how I feel about it.
If you do want to base your information gathering on things other than "how great it is to me", then, by all means, seek other avenues.
I posted what I promised that I would post, and that was a side by side comparison of the 2 units.
A gynecologist sees women's "private parts" all day. When he goes homes to his wife, that part of her body isn't as exciting to him as a guy who chases after beautiful
women, merely to find one who will please him without using stirrups and a specula to perform a pelvic exam.
In the end, you can use all of the measurement devices that you want, but in the end, it all comes down to what you hear and what you like! All the time that you are measuring
(unless it is for a living), is time wasted that could be used for listening.
Now I digress,
yield and defer!