February 8, 201115 yr A buddy of mine asked my opinion of these today. I told him I like the way the 801 sounds, but I haven't heard the newer, cheaper ones. Has anybody heard them?
February 8, 201115 yr I've got the 602 and love it, maybe not as good a the 801 but still a nice step up from the iphone/ipad
February 8, 201115 yr Ditto what Jp said. Carl, if your friend wants to check it out, I can lend it to you for the weekend. I use it in the office as a dac during the week.
February 8, 201115 yr its a great dap. but the idiotic UI kills it altogether. i would rather listen to a slightly inferior sq with a better UI, after all the idea of portable is convenience Edited February 8, 201115 yr by forbigger
February 8, 201115 yr Carl, I have both the HM801 and HM602. If you want to borrow them let me know and we could meet on Thursday or perhaps next week for lunch.
February 9, 201115 yr Author Thanks guys! Carl, I have both the HM801 and HM602. If you want to borrow them let me know and we could meet on Thursday or perhaps next week for lunch. Let's do lunch next week in any case. Maybe Jim could come along and have a listen on the spot.
February 9, 201115 yr I agree, the HM-602 sounds great but the UI is not very good. My main gripe is that it doesn't seem to play my music in the proper order unless I add track numbers to the front of the file names. If I recall it also doesn't support gapless playback. The tone of the amp reminds me a little of my Pico Slim (and HM-801) but with a little less extension, and it's not aggressive sounding like some amps. I also think the 801 has a little better micro-detail and ambience, and maybe a little better extension than the 602. It sounds best to me with music stored on the internal memory or SD card, while the USB DAC is not as good. The 801 as a coax DAC is about as good as music on the SD card, beating the USB DAC on the 602 or 801. Both units can play 16/48 files from USB or 24/96 files from flash memory, but the 602 down-samples the hi-res files to 24/48 first. The 602 being smaller is much more portable than the 801, and it can run off of a universal cigarette lighter adapter when set for the proper voltage. The 801 needs a special PSU, and is too big for carrying around.
February 10, 201115 yr Carl we will coordinate on Monday or so. Right now I am getting ready for the ham fest in Orlando this coming weekend, I hope I can make it.
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