[AnakChan]

I use the 901 mostly with NT6 and it sounds wonderful. What do you like more with the balanced card?

 
Balanced output?

 

[Mimouille]

Balanced output?

Balanced output with my iems....no clear benefit for me.

 

[fzman]

I finally sold my minibox card using the local classified... I warned the buyer that the card is a little harsh sounding for iem, but he still bought it and reported back that its better sounding than the discrete card with the IE800...i guess we all hear things differently.
For me i am just gonna be faithful for bal card

 
I prefe the minibox card myself, using mostly iems: cardas, Noble N6, both Ditas, and ocassional headphones HD25 or Viso50's.  I thought it had better instrumental timbre than the iem card, but the iem card was more open and a bit bigger stage.  For me, I don;t care how good the stage or imaging is if, e.g., saxes sound like kazoos!
 
I have not heard the balanced card at all, and am not inclined to reterminate all of my stuff or have to have adaptors for compatibility with other gear...  Just my 2 cents wirth.

 

[kkcc]

I finally sold my minibox card using the local classified... I warned the buyer that the card is a little harsh sounding for iem, but he still bought it and reported back that its better sounding than the discrete card with the IE800...i guess we all hear things differently.
For me i am just gonna be faithful for bal card

 

   
Wow, you're that happy with the Yellow Discrete that you're prepared to sell your Balanced amp module!? I'm not too certain if I'm ready to make that step yet personally.

 
I prefer... to have... em...  all the cards  
 
Need.  Moar. Cards...... 

 

[Mimouille]

I prefer... to have... em...  all the cards  

Need.  Moar. Cards...... 

But you have not bought the latest balanced iem ultrabyte card yet have you?













Got you worried for a moment there.

 

[tupac0306]

Minibox to my ears is clearly the most accurate, and best sounding card for IEMs. 

 

 

[caseyse]

Yeah baby, we now can have 512GB SD cards in our HM-901's!
 
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8522/sandisk-launches-extreme-pro-sd-cards-up-to-512gb

 

[kenz]

Sweet lord ... there's not enough high res music to fill that card 

 

[pekingduck]

HM901s....
 

 
This teaser appears in a Taichi UI 2.0 introductory video released by HIFIMAN.
 
There is a product launch event in Guangzhou this Saturday, and most likely that's when the 901s will be announced. 

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

Hm-901s with native DSD!?

 

[pekingduck]

Hm-901s with native DSD!?

Not likely, given Fang's attitude towards DSD.

 

[Kiats]

Not likely, given Fang's attitude towards DSD.

What's his attitude, PekingDuck?

 

[kkcc]

What's his attitude, PekingDuck?

Well I won't say its Fang's attitude per say (like that of the Schitt team) but more of Fang's pragmatic view that most DAC chips available today are decoding to pcm internally anyway and the claim of "native" dsd decoding (and its benefit) is questionable.

 

[Mimouille]

HM901s....




This teaser appears in a Taichi UI 2.0 introductory video released by HIFIMAN.

There is a product launch event in Guangzhou this Saturday, and most likely that's when the 901s will be announced. 

Man I will be in Guangzhou on Thursday only!

 

[Kiats]

Well I won't say its Fang's attitude per say (like that of the Schitt team) but more of Fang's pragmatic view that most DAC chips available today are decoding to pcm internally anyway and the claim of "native" dsd decoding (and its benefit) is questionable.

Ah... I see. Thanks for the clarification, Vince. Well, as long as he keeps producing 901 and similarly excellent DAPs, no DSD from hifiman is not really an issue.