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sorry, forgot, i got it, with dragon amp, its very awesome, it very much depends on amp choice, very musical, i own also HM1000 silver - and hm1000 is much worse.
Respect. Do you have any other amps for a comparison ?
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yep, standard, phoenix and balanced, phoenix and dragon are my favourite
BTW is it easy to replace a battery? Maybe someone has had such experience.
Please could you describe a difference between them? Between Phoenix and dragon in SQ. I just ordered a Dragon amp and thinking about phoenix.
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Sorry, been on travel, Dragon is better in my opinion, its more spacious, you can tell immediatelly you have something "special" when you try it first time, phoenix is more laid back but also very nice, its more a matter of taste I guess. Both will give plenty of detail, full spacious sound, great separation and rich bass. With those cards unfortnately gain setting makes no difference. If you ordered dragon - enjoy, good choice, no need to get phoenix, dragon card makes me tempted to buy some other older players
On build quality side, I wish the hm901r was fully metal, anyway, sonically, HM901r is actually much much better than i expected, you will enjoy this combo a lot, if i tried hm1000 silver and hm901r and to decide to keep - it would be hm901r.
The battery swap requires opening it, im not sure if its dual battery but I suspect it is as voltage on rails is high (which is very good!). I would not worry about battery IF you just do one thing: never charge it while it is on, it will switch on when you plug to charge but just switch it off. Using while charging ALWAYS puts stress on a battery (unless some nice circuit used but i dont trust it). I have players with batteries 10+ years old and still are great by keeping that rule.
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I also own an amplifier using same schematisc from that company and ive tried hm1000 through line out and difference is very big, hm1000 has something wrong with amp section :| probably distortion, my ears also witness it, its a pity as it has the awesome pcm1704 inside. Ill be sending it for modding...
It's actually very strange but my player always charges when connected to pc. Even if the red and green lights are alternating. I cannot stop charging.
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That's not really normal, overcharging or iverduscharging is easy way to puff battery. I just never charge while using, unless I'm confident on circuits.
Got my Dragon amp. Wow. Amazing. I could compare only with basic one but differences are huge! The Dragon is very analog sounding amp. It’s remains my Vinyl setup with tube KT88 amp. Every instrument has a natural “life” sound. A huge space between them. It’s not very powerful, but for my HD660S from 4.4mm is pretty decent. It’s also cover all meze 99 c needs from 3.5mm. But a battery is going down very vast as well.
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Yeah, it's excellent, it reminds how much important is amp stage rather than dac specs.
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