PrinceOfEgypt
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Guys how does the HA2SE pair with IE800? Will be using my Iphone 7 Plus.
Cheers
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I can't claim to have enough money to try out all kinds of boutique DACs, so I reached way down into my meager pocket book and purchased one of these HA-2SEs.
It's simply awesome. Yesterday I threw the following at it:
Stereo
24BIT/352.8kHz
24BIT/192kHz
24BIT/96kHz
5.1 Surround
24BIT/96kHz
5.1 Surround
DSD 64 2.8224Mbit/s
Stereo DSD
256 11.2896Mbit/s
128 5.6448Mbit/s
Stereo DSD 64
2.8224Mbit/s
It played everything and played it well. I was able to hear the difference between hires and cd quality for the first time in the form of better voice and instrument separation.
The hybrid AB amp sounds really great, and the gain and base-boost buttons aren't just for marketing: they can be used to good effect. I also find the on/off click potentiometer very quiet, smooth, and satisfying. Oh, and did I mention the line output . . . you can feed your amp with this thing and get awesome tone at home. It detects line-out and disables its own volume control - pure DAC and no guff!
Not bad for a portable device that doubles as a charging battery for your android or iPhone.
I think if I return it I will get huge regrets. There may be better, but this suffices for me as I couldn't tell 'better' anyways.
If only they had balanced headphone out......I'd be all over this.
Are you saying Balanced out into another amp or straight balanced out to a headphone?
Been having the HA2-SE for 6 months (since november). It really boosts all of my Japanese Hi-res music to another level of awesome
By the way, can anyone confirm the signal dropout issue in iOS 10.3 been resolved yet?