DonkeyBalls

I am sensing that I am missing something important in my newbie innocence... some forum bodies lurking in a basement somewhere... perhaps some unintentional plagiarism? Should I sever a pinkie joint in atonement - Yakuza style? I just don't know how these things work here. Perhaps some sorbothane would help?

I might cop some shit for this one...

Some Utopia Porn: With a custom 300B amp. The Taks are fresh, so not sounding at its best just yet. Another few weeks and it will be singing. Direct drive from the Bricasti M1 DAC. This is the best setup I have heard so far. Once the Taks have 200 to 300 hours on them then the tube rig might be something special for the mids.

The hyperbole was supposed to be humourous (with a "u" - learn how to spell, yankees).

I really enjoyed my HE6, after modding, but will never buy another HFM product. The shitty reliability of my HM901S was a big disappointed. The build quality of the 3K V1 HEK was laughable. I think I would rather stuff my nutsac into a bacon slicer than buy another HFM product. Never again.

From the condensed list of "Comments you will never see in a 6 Moons review" - number 53.

Yep - simple XLR harness from Moon Audio. 2x3pin female XLR into 1x4pin female XLR. Just have to be careful to adjust the DAC volume out before connecting the headphone, otherwise bad things can happen.

If you get the chance to run the Utopia direct from the XLR outputs of a high end DAC, then you might find its performance leaps upwards significantly. It did for me. Requires a very good DAC with a excellent volume control implementation, especially for a relatively sensitive headphone like the Utopia. Not all DACs support doing this - best to check with the manufacturer. Anyway, my experience has been that the very best head amp I have heard is no head amp at all. If you haven't tried this with the Utopia I highly recommend giving it a go.

I'm kinda tending the same way in my view of the Utopia, but I have never heard a BHSE or KGSSHV Carbon driven SR-007/SR-009. It certainly beats any dynamic / ortho I have heard. I am running mine direct from the Bricasti DAC. I am getting much better results than via a headamp by going direct. Would love to compare this setup with the stat holy grail rigs mentioned above.

Unresponsive for months - so either dead or incapacitated in hospital would be my guess. Meantime a lot of unhappy PJ customers. Even if Kaneda recovers his business might not.