[kunalraiker]

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just want to ask sir. will those DAPs be better than the HM-801 just because they use an LOD? 

definitely, we don't have many people buying a brick of a DAP similar to the 801 or whatever you call it, I like hifiman but their brick DAPs are ridiculous, all you need is a decent DAP with a line out, that is where you could use the true potential of your amp.
 
I feel that is very simple to understand,it would always be a nice idea to check with us before making purchases.
 

 

[Hcjung10]

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definitely, we don't have many people buying a brick of a DAP similar to the 801 or whatever you call it, I like hifiman but their brick DAPs are ridiculous, all you need is a decent DAP with a line out, that is where you could use the true potential of your amp.
 
I feel that is very simple to understand,it would always be a nice idea to check with us before making purchases.
 

Do many "consumer" DAPs play 94/24 FLAC?
With the same depth and the muscular bass of the HiFiMAN?
I'm not trying to defend my purchases, I just want to tell you that the HiFiMAN + RSA the Protector sound much better than my former iPod classic + iQube rig ...
And also, the true potential of your amp is reflected when you use the TRUE line out... which the HiFiMAN has.
Although I am thoroughly confused by your case, whateves ^^
I'm happy, thats the important part. 

 

 

[11amaberry]

Good point. In the end, that's all that matters.
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I'm happy, thats the important part. 

 

 

[r31t0]

 

[grokit]

r31t0,

What the Hell is that?
 
That your MDs are plugged into, one of them Gumsticks?

 

[Inks]

those are actually pro golds not MDs

 

[grokit]

 
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those are actually pro golds not MDs

Duh, I should have known by the cable color

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[r31t0]

yup the hippo gumstick... the gumstick have enough power to do justic to mtpc

 

[rawrster]

the hippo gumstick you have there looks very similar  to the cube c30. Is that a rebrand of some sort?

 

[dfkt]

It's just a generic Chinese OEM player, sold under many different "brands". One of them even has BBE. The other one is a HiSound thing....

 

[rawrster]

I've been tempted to get one of those recently since I do need a 2nd dap but not much information out on them I believe.

 

[tds101]

The battery life on those things is like 8-10hrs, horrid. Not really worth it IMO, but YMMV. Plus, it's an OEM generic player, buy at your own risk - but I hope you don't have any issues w/it, as you'll most likely be out of money & out of luck.

 

[rawrster]

Well that's one of the things that raised a red flag for me. My clip+ has a bit over 19 hours and I ideally would want somewhere around that amount and not half of that. If it had around the same amount of battery I probably would buy it. I'll get a 2nd dap again one day. Maybe I'll go back to cowon which has much longer battery life.

 

[tds101]

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Well that's one of the things that raised a red flag for me. My clip+ has a bit over 19 hours and I ideally would want somewhere around that amount and not half of that. If it had around the same amount of battery I probably would buy it. I'll get a 2nd dap again one day. Maybe I'll go back to cowon which has much longer battery life.

If I end up getting a Cowon J3, and I post a pic here, PM me and we'll meet so you can test it out. We are fellow NY'ers after all!
 
PS: I really HATE the way this new forum layout works. Copy/paste, just working it in general SUX!!!

 

[rawrster]

Well I'm never one to turn down a free audition of stuff...unless it's for ibuds or something similar to that. Now if only the J3 wasn't so expensive