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I'd say the imod isn't a ripoff, if you have an amp already that you really like. But don't get the imod before you love your amp. Personally, I think spending your ipod related headphone budget on the headphones is the way to go. If you have a $250 budget, get the um2s, $350, um3s, $750, ES2s, etc.

I thought we had. Friday AND Saturday at 6pm. PM me or aim for my phone number if you're coming. I'll wear a red fairbanks ice dogs windbreaker tomorrow, so I should be easy to spot.

I'm up for both

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Ok, final candidates: friday at 6pm at Dogfishhead in Gaithersburg. friday at 7pm at my apartment in Reston saturday at 6pm at Dogfishhead in Gaithersburg Other options?

and ipod sounds better than a dac 1...so that's not saying much

I think it's not the cable you remember.

When jude encourages it, what do you expect? But seriously, portable amps today are better than anything available just a couple years ago. It's not surprising people are thrilled with the performance of their portable setup.

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I'm up for weds, fri and saturday...

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So who's up for dc bar meet weds at dogfish in gaithersburg?

No, go ahead and derail the thread, it's fine. This isn't that other place, we're not nazis.

Thanks for the pointer, I sent him an offer... I love the RS1s. They'd also never be my only cans, but aside from the PS3000s, which I couldn't justify keeping, I haven't heard any phones that could be. The VTGs come closest.

John raped your sister? Or he turned 18 and you no longer owe child support?

Yes reks, but would you rather have a headroom micro dac + a $300 amp, or an airport express + a $700 amp?

You stream music to it via wifi or ethernet. You listen via analog out. It's comparable to any $300 dac.

Just don't mention the transformers or 909 will flip out here too...

There is some software that will let you stream anything to it, but it works mainly with itunes, and with itunes is bit perfect. And nothing about itunes or the airport express stops you from playing any mp3, aac, alac, wav, etc file. The drm is only on songs you buy from apple.

If you're going separate dac and amp, you're throwing money away if you buy a $300 dac. Spend $700 on your amp, and get an airport express as your way to get the music off your computer.

Aqvox isn't an all in one solution. It's a dac, with a shitty headphone amp if you're using usb. I'd say the M3 is a good choice from that list , and if you're considering the hornet, you should also consider amps like the supermicro and the pint, etc.

He uses a sling blade. Some people call it a kaiser blade, mm hmmm.

Look at it this way. The ipod may not be the best source hooked up, or the source most frequently used, but it sure would be handy to just walk up and drop the pod on, if say you have friends over who want you to hear something, or you're having a party, or whatnot. The dock is about convenience, and the output from it isn't bad, even if it isn't up to the level of a multi thousand dollar outboard dac.