Do you have an experience with the Cobalt? It is priced similarly, despite having less features compared to the W2.

So basically, any smartphone and pair that with the W2 will work wonders, right? Saw this review: https://thepcenthusiast.com/luxury-precision-w2-usb-dac-amp-review/

Here's another review of the Cayin i5: http://thepcenthusiast.com/cayin-i5-portable-digital-audio-player-review/ Looks like a pretty well-rounded and fully featured DAP. Great work Cayin and @Andykong!  

And here's a long list of the GTX 1070 currently available or announced - http://thepcenthusiast.com/geforce-gtx-1070-compared-asus-evga-zotac-msi-gigabyte/ I was not expecting Palit to be on top this time.  I thought it was going to be Zotac or Gigabyte that will have the fastest GTX 1070.

@JohnYang I think the "cutoff" that  @BRCMRGN was talking about is the same thing that I mentioned to you before about a certain distortion at the very beginning of some music. They are of the same album all in FLAC and same bit rate. some of the music have this very short distortion or "cutoff"...

like I said earlier, can't seem to find the right word to describe that distortion. probably it may sound like a thump. but it definitely distorts the very first split second of the track. It doesn't seem to affect all track, and it's not random either. it only affects specific tracks.

not really a clicky sound. can't seem to find the right word for it. the distortion/jump or bump happens very fast, split second, as soon as the next track is played.

I have the same experience. But it didn't happened to me only twice. It happened several times already. I'm not sure what triggers that bug. Only way to fix it is turning the unit off and on again. Which is quite tedious considering that boot up time takes a few minutes.

I noticed that every time I play a song or skip next, there is a short short distortion, like a bump or slight distortion on the very first second of a music file. Any one here having the same problem? Any fix? Running at FW 1.0.0.2 @JohnYang how about yours? @twister6?

@twister6 I got a question for you. What AK DAP do you have there? Can you do a comparison? I'm getting feedback that "micro details" in songs is the weakness of Opus#1. I can't confirm this since I don't have an AK on hand. I'm not starting an AK vs Opus war, but curious how does it fare with...

Now that was really fast. the bit recently released a new firmware. It's in Korean, so I had to use translator.   FIRMWARE UPDATE_160407 (ver.1.10.23) *** Firmware version 1.10.23 major enhancements ** - Additional functions Resume - DB Library stability improvement - If ExFAT speed...

Hi @twister6 I found a very convenient way to test SE and balanced outputs side by side. And I found out that balanced out is still louder than SE. Quality seems to be identical though.  

Woot! New Firmware has been uploaded (FIRMWARE UPDATE_160404(ver.1.10.22)   ** Fixed bugs ** Build Date: 16032118 1. File playback resume bug fixed. 2. SD card scan speed improved (exFAT format) 3. Core voltage change from 1.0V to 1.1V to resolve LCD shaking issue. 4. Decoder library...

I'll try to post later. need more time for this. :)