Guys, would like to bring an affordable balanced output DAC/Amp to the attention to anyone who needs it - i.e. for Sennheiser 800/800s - or wants to upgrade-proof themselves for the future when they might get planar headphones or the like. It's the new Fostex HA-A4BL headphone DAC/Amp equipped with 4-pin XLR balanced output connector. MSRP is at $399 and it should be quality Japanese made from a well respected company. I believe it will be hard to find anything that's better value than this anytime soon. Product link: http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/HP-A4BL.shtml#content-1-tab-tab
Also some discussion about it on Head-Fi: http://www.head-fi.org/t/792916/fostex-hp-a4bl-the-a4-with-balanced-output
For anyone interested to get a drop happen, feel free to show your interest for the HP-A4BL with a vote at https://www.massdrop.com/vote/Fostex-HP-A4-DAC-AMP
Here's hoping for your votes!
UzuzuI thought it was beneficial to make likeminded enthusiasts in market for a good headphone amp aware of a new, likely very good quality and relatively inexpensive Balanced dac/amp we might want to have a drop for... but I'm open to suggestions on how to do that better!
Solidus22no you start your own poll and use the forum there. discussion here should probably be about the product listed or comparisons with it against other products.
Also some discussion about it on Head-Fi: http://www.head-fi.org/t/792916/fostex-hp-a4bl-the-a4-with-balanced-output
For anyone interested to get a drop happen, feel free to show your interest for the HP-A4BL with a vote at https://www.massdrop.com/vote/Fostex-HP-A4-DAC-AMP
Here's hoping for your votes!