[piotrekfronc]

I ve one but I wont sell I for less than 10000 USD (im serious)



It's a that good. Alex mod + 3 amps an 4 b sets.

 

[SDBiotek]

I should have replied to this thread ages ago. I actually did contact Alex and bought the last modded MA9 he had. It was used but in good condition. Compared with some other portable players I have or tried, it isn't quite as airy as some, but it has a "natural", more full bodied sound that I can't usually get with other players, at least not without a separate external amp. It's definitely a long term keeper in my collection. I just have to get back to trying to get Rockbox installed on a higher capacity card.

 

[3stun]

I ve one but I wont sell I for less than 10000 USD (im serious)



It's a that good. Alex mod + 3 amps an 4 b sets.

 
What is 4B sets?

 

[piotrekfronc]

Four batteries sets

 

[zecha]

anybody have compare it with hdpr10?
i have hdpr10 and yesterday i try ma8 with er4pt and my hdpr10 sounds "thick" which i don't like it
so, someday i use the IA when plugged er4pt to hdpr10
 
i interested with the removable ampcard

 

[svartr]

Feeling myself lucky - got the ma9 alex edition

 

[3stun]

I heard only ~300 pcs of these were made.
I wonder if anyone here has Golden Card for MA9 - apparently they never made it to serial manufacturing.

 

[svartr]

I heard only ~300 pcs of these were made.
I wonder if anyone here has Golden Card for MA9 - apparently they never made it to serial manufacturing.

Correct ~300 we're produced. 45 of them were modded. There were 2 balanced card - standard and golden (with better operational amplifiers)

 

[3stun]

And a few Golden ones (like mine) were custom-upgraded with Black Gate caps
I think not more than a couple of dozens Golden Cards were made, but no proof.
Black Gate Golden Card sounds so much better than standard or regular balanced.

 

[svartr]

Black Gate Golden Card sounds so much better than standard or regular balanced.

Unfortunately I was able to get the standard one only, but considering they are not in production any more, I'm feeling like I got a deal.

 

[Piotr Michalak]

Guys, I need help. I have a semi-broken MA9. It should be in working order but somehow it stops playing music after 5 minutes and there is only hum... resetting doesn't help. Tried to switch software versions to no avail, on some versions I get 5 minutes of music (or not) and then it breaks and there is only hum / noise. It's a new unit for me bought from a friend here on head-fi. Could you please help me get it in working order?

 

[svartr]

Guys, I need help. I have a semi-broken MA9. It should be in working order but somehow it stops playing music after 5 minutes and there is only hum... resetting doesn't help. Tried to switch software versions to no avail, on some versions I get 5 minutes of music (or not) and then it breaks and there is only hum / noise. It's a new unit for me bought from a friend here on head-fi. Could you please help me get it in working order?

What firmware do you use? stock or rockbox?
What file format you're playing when having that issue?

 

[SDBiotek]

Guys, I need help. I have a semi-broken MA9. It should be in working order but somehow it stops playing music after 5 minutes and there is only hum... resetting doesn't help. Tried to switch software versions to no avail, on some versions I get 5 minutes of music (or not) and then it breaks and there is only hum / noise. It's a new unit for me bought from a friend here on head-fi. Could you please help me get it in working order?

Is the unit fully charged? If one of the batteries is very low, it may cause a shutdown.

 

[svartr]

The issue that a file plays for a while and then there is a constant noise usually appears on a stock firmware with a flac files encoded with high compression settings.
With stock firmware I suggest using flac with compression no more that 4, or even decode them in wav.
Also there are issues with 24bit files

 

[Piotr Michalak]

What firmware do you use? stock or rockbox?
What file format you're playing when having that issue?

I've used various Rockbox builds. Maybe I could test stock? Can you provide me with files?
Formats were various, nothing special here, normal flac files, 16bit 44k CD quality.

Is the unit fully charged? If one of the batteries is very low, it may cause a shutdown.

Yeah, one rockbox build shown me one of batteries was down (other builds didn't!) and it shut down the device. So I charged it. And other build weren't shutting down the device. That makes me think maybe one of the batteries is broken?
(Where to buy new batteries?)