[Theogenes]

The world needs more top-notch closed headphones. Love the looks and feel of the PM-1, here's hoping the PM-3 has a nore neutral and treble-extended sound. Kudos to Oppo for jumping into the closed ortho fray!

 

[mike7898]

Is the Oppo Team doing their audition today at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, or was it yesterday? Want to make sure I catch it streaming live if so, Thanks

Mike

 

[pekingduck]

I am intrigued the the HA-2. Hopefully it will work nicely with sensitive IEMs (i.e. no hiss, no channel imbalances, lots of volume range to play with etc..). Looking forward to impressions on SQ.

 

[money4me247]

Is the Oppo Team doing their audition today at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, or was it yesterday? Want to make sure I catch it streaming live if so, Thanks

Mike

lol could you provide a link to a live stream of the oppo products???

 

[mike7898]

lol could you provide a link to a live stream of the oppo products???

Enjoythemusic.com is a live feed of all new products starting now.

 

[roflcopter159]

I've recently been looking for a closed counterpart for my LCD 2. Excited to see where Oppo goes with the PM3. If the reviews of the finalized product are good and they are sub-$500, I will definitely be interested. Might be something I'll be getting upon release.

 

[zilch0md]

OPPO HA-2 beta version with iPad Mini
 
(release version may be different)
 

 

 

 

 

 

[jexby]

It's a nice slim unit that's for sure, felt solid during my demo on Friday at RMAF.
Alas, I hope everyone knows that with the lightning to USB cable out of an iDevice that you can not send high Rez files 24/96 or higher to the DAC/Amp.
A CCK cable is required to hear 24/96 and above.
CEntrace mini M8 and HiFi-M8 has this same CCK requirement but also has two USB ports on their units.

 

[miceblue]

Alas, I hope everyone knows that with the lightning to USB cable out of an iDevice that you can not send high Rez files 24/96 or higher to the DAC/Amp.
A CCK cable is required to hear 24/96 and above.
CEntrace mini M8 and HiFi-M8 has this same CCK requirement but also has two USB ports on their units.

That's interesting to hear about. I can play a 24/192 WAV file through the Accudio app with the 30-pin to USB cable from the iPhone 4S. I didn't know the Lightning connector was limited.

 

[Claritas]

@Hastur Better to go for a matte finish on PM3. It's less blingy for wearing in public and more practical (fingerprints and dust less visible, less likely to show scratches). PM1 needs a little more padding on the headband, so that might apply here too.

 

[jexby]

That's interesting to hear about. I can play a 24/192 WAV file through the Accudio app with the 30-pin to USB cable from the iPhone 4S. I didn't know the Lightning connector was limited.

Apple firmware and cable limitation, not vendors fault.
But the topic is alive here as well:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/622939/the-centrance-hifi-m8-thread/5070#post_10938794

So if the CCK is being forced on high res music lovers, the only iDevice using a single CCK cable solution to a DAC/amp is the iFi micro iDSD and its unique USB port.

 

[zilch0md]

The Headphone Out of my Sony PCM-M10 recorder is just a convenience feature for monitoring or playback of recordings while still in the field, but using its analog Line Out, the OPPO HA-2's amp section makes a great companion.
 
Sony PCM-M10 Line Out > OPPO HA-2 > OPPO PM-1
 
 

 

 
(OPPO HA-2 prototype - the released version might be different)

 

[MikeyFresh]

That's interesting to hear about. I can play a 24/192 WAV file through the Accudio app with the 30-pin to USB cable from the iPhone 4S. I didn't know the Lightning connector was limited.

 
You can play hi-res files with that app (or also CanOpener, Onkyo HF Player, etc...) but the very same limitation exists whether output over Lightning, or 30-pin, the audio is being down sampled to 16/48 which is governed by Apple's firmware, and is the maximum unless using the CCK.

 

[miceblue]

You can play hi-res files with that app (or also CanOpener, Onkyo HF Player, etc...) but the very same limitation exists whether output over Lightning, or 30-pin, the audio is being down sampled to 16/48 which is governed by Apple's firmware, and is the maximum unless using the CCK.

Indeed. You're more or less correct.

I have an updated post here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/737787/oppo-to-reveal-pm-3-planar-magnetic-headphones-and-ha-2-portable-headphone-amplifier-at-rmaf/90#post_10956952

 

[MikeyFresh]

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