Refusal to take responsibility.
Hi, Just thought I would make a note here of your handling of my issues. I ordered a pair of HD6xx headphones and then earlier today recieved the package. I drive to go and get it, as I like in the UK I had to pay import tax and handling fees. These total £47.92. The breakdown being £35.92 in tax and £12 in fees. These taxes were calculated of the shipping label of the box, which marked the shipment as the 6xx headphones of $199 value. Before leaving the parcel depot, I open the box to find a $35 lord of the rings mousepad. So now the problem is not only do I not have the headphones, but you have marked the shipment wrong so I have paid £47.92 fees for the handling of the mousepad. Which would have acrued £0 of fees if marked correctly as it is under £135. I go back to the desk but as I have already paid the fees I am unable to reject the shipment, but as the box said 6xx, there was no way for me to know before opening it. I contact support and they offer me a replacement, which...
Jan 17, 2025
What's next? An AMP with USB audio out?
Maybe CEE_TEE can chime in.
I do not agree completely that 'USB power supply just doesn't cut in the audio world'. That's a rote and gross generalization, though if one is trying to step it up with differential inputs it would follow that one would want to upgrade power supply. USB PS definitely does not cut it in the High End audio world, but it perfectly acceptable in this format. I was skeptical, but after comparing the unbalanced xgrace with similarly chipped DACs, PS issues were not a big concern.
As for optical...it rarely crosses my mind and that reminds me that I should probably do some listening via TOSLINK...but likely won't.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-grace-design-standard-dac-balanced/talk/2199563?utm_source=linkshare&referer=DGHRNY