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Practical Devices XM6 (Overview and First Impressions) - Head-Fi TV, Episode 002
Apr 1, 2011 at 5:15 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 51
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The second episode of Head-Fi TV was just uploaded.  This episode is a feature overview and early first impressions of the Practical Devices XM6.
 
Unbelievably, I neglected to mention the XM6's price in the video.  The XM6 is priced at $395.00.  The Wolfson WM8741 DAC upgrade option is $42.00.  The AD8397 DoubleCat opamp/buffer option is $22.00.
 
Products mentioned in the video:
 
  1. Practical Devices XM6 portable headphone amplifier and USB DAC
  2. Sennheiser HD 598 headphones
  3. Sennheiser HD 800 headphones
  4. Grado HF-2 headphones (no longer available, but were sold exclusively by TTVJ)
 
The video ran a few minutes longer than the 10-minute maximum we're going to try to stick to (per episode)--I'll work on being more concise.  The focus is a bit off on the closeups--sorry about that (we'll work on that, too).
 
Again, we hope (and fully intend) to get better at this over time.
 
Thanks to joe for working with me on these videos--couldn't do it without him.
 
 
 

Head-Fi TV Episode 002 produced by Joseph Cwik and Jude Mansilla

 
 

Also, we may occasionally include a Q&A segment in future episodes of Head-Fi TV.  If you want to submit any questions (or comments), you can do so via email to tv@head-fi.org
 
Apr 1, 2011 at 5:36 PM Post #2 of 51
would you say its worth it for the $400 price tag. i have the shure srh840 should i just stick to a fiio e7 or udac? thanks. i want a usb dac as my sound card is bad on my laptop.
 
Apr 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM Post #3 of 51
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bcasey25raptor said:
would you say its worth it for the $400 price tag. i have the shure srh840 should i just stick to a fiio e7 or udac? thanks. i want a usb dac as my sound card is bad on my laptop.
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You could check out the XM5.  Its got most of the same features for quite a bit less.  I'm going to buy one or the other pretty soon myself.
 
Apr 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM Post #7 of 51
Great vid and all that, I am glad that we did not have to see an un-boxing, I always find those rather dull. I would just like more info on the products.
I was just mad because I could not put a darn comma in my post.      o
 
Apr 1, 2011 at 8:23 PM Post #9 of 51
Nice review, I thought about buying this amp about a month ago, nice feature's, upgradeable and is well worth it. I remember they where doing a special at that time with thier interconnect thrown in. Check it out on thier site You never know. And Jude I liked the Godzilla theme, It's Zilla taking on Head-Fi, Oh No there's no place to go, here come's Godzilla!   
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   Keep up the Great Work. 
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Apr 1, 2011 at 9:01 PM Post #10 of 51
Great video, Jude. So far it seems your impressions track with mine. I wish I could have gotten the DAC chip upgrade, but I don't think James had decided to offer upgrades at the point he offered the XM6 to me (several months before he put it on his site).

Still, I think it's a pretty good little piece of kit. It's now my only portable.

Cheers!:beerchug:
-HK sends

P.S. - Can you make the Head-Fi TV episodes a new category on the forum? I didn't even know about them until a poster on my thread pointed it out.:popcorn:
 
Apr 1, 2011 at 9:08 PM Post #11 of 51
Great job Jude!
 
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