[BennyLecter]

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External battery charger and line out cable now available at HeadDirect web store.

Thank you!!!

 

[jelt2359]

HM801 had EQ with some older firmware versions, but not with the latest firmware.

Actually I have the latest (0.23) and it does have eq. Significantly brings down audio quality though so it might as well not be there.

 

[jelt2359]

External battery charger and line out cable now available at HeadDirect web store.

Am I seeing this right- it's just a battery dock and so you STILL cannot charge an external battery while your current unit is plugged in??

 

[archeryc]

Am I seeing this right- it's just a battery dock and so you STILL cannot charge an external battery while your current unit is plugged in??

It's actually a battery dock + a power cable.

 

[jelt2359]

Are you sure? The picture shows only the battery dock.

 

[seeteeyou]

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[zachchen1996]

 

[jelt2359]

I just confirmed with Hifiman.
 
With a "", they told me that this does not come with the charger (which is the adapter that we have). It's just a dock, which must be plugged into the charger.
 
In short you can only charge either this or the HM901 at the same time. You cannot charge both.

 

[fzman]

Looks like you can buy the cradle, the battery, and/or the charger module individually.  If you want to charge a battery outside of the 901, you would just need the cradle, and use  your own battery and charger. If you want a spare battery for longer play-time, you would buy the cradle and an additional battery and use your charger.  You just have to make sure that one is charged while the other one is charging.
 
I suppose you could buy the battery, charger, and cradle, and be able to charge them both at the same time - but how often would that be necessary?  I would imagine that these batteries require "smart" charging, and the current charging unit is probably not equipped to monitor 2 batteries at the same time and adjust their charging cycles accordingly - we're talking a small, specialist audio company, not HP, Canon, Nikon, etc......
 
 
I'd love a pmp the size of a credit card, with a 9" screen, 6 month battery life, able to drive 86 dB speakers, 1 Tbyte of storage, DSP eq of actual in-ear response with specific iems, thought-control, and at a retail price of $99.99
 
sorry for the rant.  It's nice to wish and want - let's try to be a bit more realistic.....  now, where's  my credit card for that cradle and battery....

 

[Trogdor]

What are you folks doing for a case? (I never understood why HiFiMan doesn't make one)

 

[jelt2359]

Looks like you can buy the cradle, the battery, and/or the charger module individually.  If you want to charge a battery outside of the 901, you would just need the cradle, and use  your own battery and charger. If you want a spare battery for longer play-time, you would buy the cradle and an additional battery and use your charger.  You just have to make sure that one is charged while the other one is charging.

I suppose you could buy the battery, charger, and cradle, and be able to charge them both at the same time - but how often would that be necessary?  I would imagine that these batteries require "smart" charging, and the current charging unit is probably not equipped to monitor 2 batteries at the same time and adjust their charging cycles accordingly - we're talking a small, specialist audio company, not HP, Canon, Nikon, etc......


I'd love a pmp the size of a credit card, with a 9" screen, 6 month battery life, able to drive 86 dB speakers, 1 Tbyte of storage, DSP eq of actual in-ear response with specific iems, thought-control, and at a retail price of $99.99

sorry for the rant.  It's nice to wish and want - let's try to be a bit more realistic.....  now, where's  my credit card for that cradle and battery....

My use case is (and this is not hypothetical- ive bought a second battery because it happens to me all the time)- I'm traveling. I run out of battery. I plonk in the other one. Finally I get to my hotel and want to charge both batteries.

I can't do it with this external "charger" they are selling.

 

[jelt2359]

What are you folks doing for a case? (I never understood why HiFiMan doesn't make one)

I've seen some cases being sold in china. But I didn't get them because I worry about heat dissipation with my balanced amp.

 

[kkcc]

I've seen some cases being sold in china. But I didn't get them because I worry about heat dissipation with my balanced amp.

I didn't buy simply becoz they are SO UGLY

 

[Trogdor]

I've seen some cases being sold in china. But I didn't get them because I worry about heat dissipation with my balanced amp.

Got a link?

 

[fzman]

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My use case is (and this is not hypothetical- ive bought a second battery because it happens to me all the time)- I'm traveling. I run out of battery. I plonk in the other one. Finally I get to my hotel and want to charge both batteries.

I can't do it with this external "charger" they are selling.

Point taken.  I was just being a bit frisky when I typed it.  I guess your options would be two chargers, or one charger, one cradle, and 3 batteries, and charge them sequentially.  I am not sure what specific circuitry a dual charger would require, and how much it would cost.  It's not that I don;t see the point of it, but it might not cost less than 2 of the standard ones.