Hehehe you guys! Any poor guest on these forums would think that RSA kit makes your iPod sound like the ass of a rhino that lives off a diet of cabbage and beans.

I couldn't resist

Smarties = Yummy

Exactly. If you're going to be taking a placebo, at least go yummy.

But the important question is do they have synergy with tkam?

Silly nate. Everything has synergy with tkam, according to PFKMan23

Silly nate. Everything has synergy with tkam, according to PFKMan23

Lies. There are many things that don't have good synergy with tkam.

Lies. There are many things that don't have good synergy with tkam.

Your signature isn't very convincing

Has the supposed similarity between the Predator and Hornet amp sections that was mentioned some time ago been confirmed?

I have a borrowed Hornet here to compare with the Pico, and I'm interested if that translates much to the Predator's amp section. The Pico is pretty clearly better sounding than the Hornet (though I think some complaints about the latter are a bit overblown).

i picked up a predator about a week ago and am really enjoying it for what it is...

i have yet to hear a pico, so my enjoyment of the predator is relative to no other portable 1-boxen

to me, the amp section does not sound like a hornet nor an sr-71...not sure if i like it or not...it isn't bad though. there is some sort of synergy with the dac, since i think it sounds better from the dac than input.

i have no use for portable gear (just something that will fit in a backpack for transport to work where i plug it in). i'm almost certain i'll go back to a da10 or minidac and sell the predator in the next week or so (mostly because i don't want to wait a month or two for a pico...but i am very eager to hear one some day)

mjb

i picked up a predator about a week ago and am really enjoying it for what it is...

i have yet to hear a pico, so my enjoyment of the predator is relative to no other portable 1-boxen

to me, the amp section does not sound like a hornet nor an sr-71...not sure if i like it or not...it isn't bad though. there is some sort of synergy with the dac, since i think it sounds better from the dac than input.

i have no use for portable gear (just something that will fit in a backpack for transport to work where i plug it in). i'm almost certain i'll go back to a da10 or minidac and sell the predator in the next week or so (mostly because i don't want to wait a month or two for a pico...but i am very eager to hear one some day)

mjb

I might be able to give oyu a decent deal on a usb capable minidac, if it comes to that. Send me a pm.

I might be able to give oyu a decent deal on a usb capable minidac, if it comes to that. Send me a pm.

MOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOT!!!!

;D :dance:

i picked up a predator about a week ago and am really enjoying it for what it is...

i have yet to hear a pico, so my enjoyment of the predator is relative to no other portable 1-boxen

to me, the amp section does not sound like a hornet nor an sr-71...not sure if i like it or not...it isn't bad though. there is some sort of synergy with the dac, since i think it sounds better from the dac than input.

i have no use for portable gear (just something that will fit in a backpack for transport to work where i plug it in). i'm almost certain i'll go back to a da10 or minidac and sell the predator in the next week or so (mostly because i don't want to wait a month or two for a pico...but i am very eager to hear one some day)

mjb

i've decided that, to me, the predator's dac sounds pretty good, but the amp, not so much...

even though it's within the 30 days, i was actually just going to sell it since i don't like returning stuff if it lives up to my expectations and i'm only moving on to something else...but i've concluded that overall, i prefer my dell laptop headphone jack as an amp...which in my book, falls quite short of expectations

mjb

i've concluded that overall, i prefer my dell laptop headphone jack as an amp...

Oh wow, that's pretty terrible.

i prefer my dell laptop headphone jack as an amp

are you just being kind to the predator or is the dell headphone out that good?

The sound from my Dell laptop :mikey2: is certainly not good. How it will compare to a Predator, I don't have an opinion about. But the Pico is fantastic.

are you just being kind to the predator or is the dell headphone out that good?

the headphone jack (i.e. laptop's internal soundcard dac and amp hp out) on the laptop is crap (for a number of different reasons), but as an amplifier, it is far more "open" and "powerful" sounding (read: not necessarily louder)...the predator amp just makes everything sound more compressed, thin and slightly more distorted than even the laptop. that said, the predator dac is really not half bad, in fact when i run the hp out as a "line-out" to a different device, it sounds ok...sort of like any other $200 dac might sound...nothing special )

mjb

I just don't know what to say to this

I just don't know what to say to this

Clearly a non-Canadian who had his brain frozen into mush by our cold winters.

Or maybe he was just born stupid.

That post was priceless

Oh, aerius. Your boobies are awesome

I just don't know what to say to this

Uh, hasn't Justin been at this longer than Ray? I mean, just for starters...

Shill?

Uh, hasn't Justin been at this longer than Ray? I mean, just for starters...

Shill?

Ray is old, therefore his designs must be superior.

Ray is old, therefore his designs must be superior.

It's well known we old fuckers are better at everything.

It's well known we old fuckers are better at everything.

Especially nearly deaf old fuckers

Especially nearly deaf old fuckers

Whut?

Anyone who listens to music as loud as Ray does would be mostly deaf by the time they're his age.

Anyone who listens to music as loud as Ray does would be mostly deaf by the time they're his age.

I think it was more related to jet engines than music.