Drives the OPPO PM-3 quite well.... if that helps. Still prefer CIEMs personally (in no particular order, Noble K10, HUM Ref, 64Audio A12, JH Audio Roxanne, etc.).

  Yes, Sony likes a bit of "euphoric" sound. This may be why many love 'pure DSD' as it seems to add in the type of sound signature. FYI i compared my master 24/192 of a live concert to the same master in DSD and the DSD has that sound signature whereas my master does not. Both signals were fed...

  Very true. Within the recording studio you can easily add effects, yet it is hard to add 'emotion' (or talent, though even that's up for debate).   Now comes the uploading of ~60GB of music files to the internal memory (for starters). Tom Petty is right, the waiting is the hardest part :(  

i have done the comparo and the Questyle is more on the accuracy side whereas the Sony is more musical. Just updated the NW-WM1Z to the new firmware 1.02 released today, so we'll see what's going on once things settle. My full review link from RMAF was posted here earlier, though Google also...

  Standard TRRS as paird it with Noble K10 using Double Helix top-line balanced silver cable.   See review at www.EnjoyTheMusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/1016/Sony_NW_WM1Z_Review.htm

  Just find some medium efficiency headphones imho as that way the load is not just a 'constant'. OPPO PM3 are great for this :)

At that price, frankly, i tend to be a bit more cautious. Yeah yeah, go on and say i'm 'loaded' and my Bentley drop top is a daily driver, yet PLEASE keep in mind i've also lived out of a POS car and was homeless for many months too. Re-started life with literally 2 pennies to my name about 28...

Agreed guys, and we all know those caps take time to fully burn-in. i remember panicking a bit when the Sony NW-ZX2 turned 'ugly' with sound after buying it and at 20 hours or so. AT 50 hours it was better and at 100 she was pretty much there. Once Sony send me a unit i'll give her a listen cold...

  Ahhh thanks for the VERY kind offer. And yeah, someone stiff me AND CanJam/Head-Fi. He seemed so very enthusiastic too. He also reserved some gear and got fitted for custom IEMs so i had to quickly contact manufacturers to have them cancel sending him anything.   Can o' worms stuff, it...

  We'e doing text / pics, yet would be waaaaay cool to also embed a video via YouTube. FYI: Have pro vid via TriCaster upper line unit, Canon XA-25 field cams, Sony wireless pro mics, etc. here, plus the Sony A7rii does 4K yet haven't done much with it for video. Only so many hours in the day...

  Excellent question and did 'direct' on both and also with some EQ on both units depending on what i was analyzing. Used the Sony stock app on the ZX2 and not one of the two fave Android apps for library sort / sound customization. Noble K10 were TRRS so same cable both units as the new Sony...

  A most humble thanks and did my listening the LAST day of CanJam Denver hoping they'd have more hours. The rep did say any time you flash/reset the unit it resets the hours used on the settings menu, so if they had the unit in pre-production firmware yet flashed to final production firmware...

  Wow, a most humble thanks and am simply a guy who hears and reports. Yes the Sony DAPs need 100 hours, which we already know. The headphone connector for balanced is interesting, as i never liked using a SMALLER connector for balanced (looking at your AK in a less than positive way). Copper...

Anyone live streaming? Was going to live stream last year but things fell through on their side. Surely someone has a new Samsung S7/Edge or other device with YouTube or Ustream account

    Nope.       Quote:   Yeah, that Huawei sounds like a winner for such a 'rare' phone.     I'm waiting for about 100 hours of use before fully judging the sound quality. After 50+ hours the S7 Edge has impressive channel separation / stage width. Am liking the separation of...