Im assuming you were able to use some type of devise to measure this change?

Anyone else here by the HA2 for the main purpose to watch movies with an ipad? I travel a ton and normally watch movies and crush episodes from TV shows to kill time on flights. When I travel with my wife we daisy chain two B&O H6s from the ipad which IMO isnt nearly enough to drive that. I...

If you are able to use the full abilities of the HA1 there is simply nothing that compares.

Instead of Oppo it should read Poop. 

lol.... There are a % of people that will think because the firmware says 1.3.3. instead of 1.3.2 it will sound better regardless what the manufacture says. Its new therefor I NEED to have it. I don't know what it does, why I want it, but I do know I NEED TO HAVE IT!   Anyway, there are a few...

No, im not a believer in cable burn in. I'm an "audiophile atheist". If science cant measure or or prove it then it doesnt exist in my book.

thanks! :)   Makes them a bit blingy, but its obviously not something id ever leave the house with and wear around public.  

The XLR termination is from McIntosh its one of their own XLR cables. It's just the housing actually becaus their XLR connections are 3 pin vs the 4 pin needed for the Oppo. Essentially I stared with the Oppo XLR cable built for the PM1 and changed the terminations on the ends to both fit my...

Finally got my custom cable made for my McIntosh headphones so I can plug them into the HA1 via XLR. Sounds Great!  

Finally got my customer McIntosh made, so I can plug the headphones into the XLR output of me HA-1. The cable itself is the Oppo balanced cable, and the terminations are from McIntosh cables. Since the XLR termination on the Oppo is 4 pin, and McIntosh uses 3 pin for their XLR connections to...

I've been using my HA-1 McIntosh MHP1000 for lots of gaming recently and it's pure bliss. My custom balanced cable should be done next week allowing me to plug into the XLR output. Nothing useful here just praise

what id like to know from the believers is what specific material used to wrap around the cable increases the sound quality. If you were listening to the audio and you unwrapped that magic material would the sound drastically change? Why isnt this magic material more widely known about?

If you are looking in that price range add the McIntosh MHP1000s to your list especially if you prefer a closed back. Its what I paired with my HA1 and I couldn't be happier.    Comes with a cool stand too ;)

I was just writing a similar reply. I believe people dont want, or havent been properly introduced to accurate reproduction. Its all i have chased in 2 channel audio for the last 15 years, and the Oppo is very good in this regard.    Id liken pepole calling a neutral sound to "bright" as I...

The Oppo isnt "bright", its neutral. Thats just my opinion. I find it somewhat similar to the sound my Classe equipment delivers, which to is neutral.