January 28, 201511 yr Figured that out and got a pair. Might be a bit huge for the office but at least I will not have to get an integrated amp and I assume it will sound better than all these Studio Monitors I have amassed but never really liked. Thanks for the notice.
January 28, 201511 yr I should send you a pair with the HF-1s you have been waiting for, for 4 years.
January 28, 201511 yr Glad you guys got in on the deal - I have to tell you, these things are super impressive. Great treble and midrange, tons of bass, it gets bass-i-rific in my room. And, they have the little DIP switches on back to tailor the response, you can set the bass cutoff, treble cutoff points, there is a lot of versatility in the EQ to get it just right in your room. Mine are running flat, but I could probably trim the bass if I wanted to make it linear. Nah, just kidding, I like the bass.
January 28, 201511 yr just confirming you guys know the price is per speaker, so you technically need to buy 2, correct?
January 28, 201511 yr Yeah, most monitors I have bought have come that way. I got two, specifically determined to be better than the ones bought by the Ginger Avenger by my friend Andrea at Emotiva. Now I need to decide on whether I get the Sony HAP-Z1ES as a source or go cheap and get the HAP-S1/S and use RCA to balanced cables.
January 28, 201511 yr I need a music server as the Internet sucks here and the stupid Dell POS laptop has all kind of cutouts, etc.
January 28, 201511 yr The Z1ES won't do volume control, so unless you want to always adjust at the speaker side you'll need that. I'm using my Airmotiv 4's with a Benchmark DAC-2D (the version without analog in), it is a very nice pairing! I just go USB from laptop, or coax from disc player. Does your Dell not do USB out well? EDIT: in thinking more, do the cheaper Sony, it's $1K and still should sound pretty darn good. Edited January 28, 201511 yr by skullguise
January 28, 201511 yr Looks like neither Sony will work as I was perusing the manual about the time you posted this and noted no volume control. As the Emotivas also have no volume control, they will not work for me. Maybe an Oppo 105 with a HD attached.
January 28, 201511 yr Cocktail Audio X12? You add the hard drive, up to 4TB. Volume controlled pre-out (RCA's still), can do more if/when you want it to, like if you connect to a good network.....
January 28, 201511 yr I was thinking about that as I have a million USB DACs, just don't want to mess with a Mac Mini in the office. Edited January 28, 201511 yr by VPI
January 28, 201511 yr You can use digital output of a iphone, ipod, or ipad with the HA-1 (using the USB connection on the front). Edited January 28, 201511 yr by shellylh
January 29, 201511 yr I should send you a pair with the HF-1s you have been waiting for, for 4 years. That would, uh, clearly be acceptable.
January 29, 201511 yr Oppo HA-1 and Mac Mini I am about to decide this is the best way to guy as it will allow me to use Tidal from the iPad and potentially even bring in some of my balanced headphones for quiet time. I did buy the volume control, thanks for reminding me of this, to get me started at least as the Stealths show up tomorrow in my office.
January 30, 201511 yr I am about to decide this is the best way to guy as it will allow me to use Tidal from the iPad and potentially even bring in some of my balanced headphones for quiet time. I did buy the volume control, thanks for reminding me of this, to get me started at least as the Stealths show up tomorrow in my office. You know, those HF-1s could be re-terminated for balanced use...
January 30, 201511 yr I haven't seen them for a while but I thought they already were balanced. I guess I will have to track them down, I know the HF-2s are balanced.
January 30, 201511 yr Your memory of them is better than mine, since they were never mine! Really, I'm just giving you a bit of a hard time. Don't hurt me.
February 2, 201511 yr A groupon with Mikey's name all over ithttp://www.groupon.com/deals/nihon-whisky-lounge-1
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