so other than kevin gilmore, has anyone else heard the xa-5400? I remember him saying people were pretty impressed with it, but a google search yields very little in terms of impressions or reviews. any help?
Do they have to be self powered like the A5's? If so, I think Asr's suggestions might be for naught. =/
I think NHT has a self powered bookshelf speaker, the M-00?
HeadAmp Pico Portable Amp (w/ optional upsampling 24/96 USB DAC) Pre-Order Thread - Page 3 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio
Read that thread. It'll probably answer most if not all your questions about the Pico.
You're probably right. I used to be a WD fan until 2 of their drives failed on me and 2 more at worked died... I went Seagate, but now they're going through issues of their own.
2008:
Sold Headamp Gilmore Lite w/ DPS
Bought and sold RSA Apache
Bought Headroom Ultra Desktop Amp/DAC combo
2009:
Sell my SPA Extreme Plat. when it comes back
Take delivery of my Rockhopper B22 to try and make up for my stupidity
Possibly some sort of source upgrade