Meier Audio’s CORDA 2MOVE
Sometime this month, while browsing some on-line discussion forums, I came to know something called headphone amplifier. It is necessary for more hi-end headphones which have higher resistance and a normal CD/mp3 player won’t have enough power to drive it, i.e. no sound can come out of the headphone. In other cases, it is believed with this attached, the sound will be better, clear, louder, etc.
Hence, out of curiosity, I begin my quest of finding a suitable amplifier. Ones that are within the price range that I can afford are the CORDA’s portable series: CORDA HEADSIX, CORDA XXS and CORDA 2MOVE. I choose the 2MOVE series because it has built-in digital-to-analog converter (DAC), with it, the music can by-pass the build-in “cheap” sound card on my motherboard and hopefully can provide a much better music to my speaker and earphone.
The headphone/earphone shop (音悅音響) where I bought my Shure E3C and brother’s Westone UM1 is also selling it, but the price is little (really, very little) cheaper if I deal with the manufacturer myself. And anyway, it will be interesting to deal with the maker of the product personally than through a dealer/third-party. Therefore, I emailed Jan Meier, the owner of Meier Audio, on the 22nd to query on the pricing, shipping, delivery method, etc.
After having several elaborate email exchanges, payment was made on 23rd and CORDA 2MOVE was shipped on the same day. Jan told me it will take around 10 days to reach, which is expected.
On the sixth day after delivery, CORDA 2MOVE reaches its final destination!
The content
Shiny 2MOVE
Control Panel
The logo
Inside 2MOVE
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