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  1. andrewwardell

    Plug headphones into iFi audio GO link for supercharged sound!

    Running my Go Link through the lightning adapter with my iPad on iOS 18.0.1 for the last half hour, haven’t come across any problems with disconnection
  2. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    Complete tangent from the above, just thought I'd share using the BTR7 in a professional context as a source to feed the assistive hearing system I'm testing at work. One of the other bits of hardware we've got came with those handy 4.4mm <-> XLR cables you see in the photo.
  3. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    @FiiO can the BTR17 *please* have a Now Playing screen? Seeing the codec, bit rare and sampling frequency is helpful but having the track title, artist and album is helpfuller.
  4. andrewwardell

    iFi Audio GO Link Owners Question...

    I found it to be way too hot for my 8-ohm CA Mammoths without an IEMatch in the signal path, but it drives my Røde NTH-100s very nicely. I’ll try and post a picture later. ps @iFi audio any chance of a Go Link 4.4 with an IEMatch circuit or would that eat into the Go Bar sales too much?
  5. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    Just curious, I assume you're only comparing them in terms of USB decoding? Because neither the Cayin nor the Questyle units have Blutetooth onboard.
  6. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    Just adding the official page for Firmware 2.0.2 here since it has the release notes. I can provide some iOS screenshots of the upgrade process later if that's also helpful :)
  7. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    Funny you should mention glitches… @FiiO I’ve noticed in the last day that when I’ve got my BTR7 paired to two phones, multipoint style, that the notifications from the second phone cause the LDAC stream on the first phone to glitch out temporarily. I would have thought the expected behaviour...
  8. andrewwardell

    Plug headphones into iFi audio GO link for supercharged sound!

    Still seeing it but I’m now heading away on an overseas trip without my windows laptop so I won’t be able to try again for a couple of months. I’ll try uninstalling the drivers when I get back and starting from scratch.
  9. andrewwardell

    Plug headphones into iFi audio GO link for supercharged sound!

    Ah, but here's the kicker; this is happening on a machine where the driver is already installed.
  10. andrewwardell

    Plug headphones into iFi audio GO link for supercharged sound!

    ...so I've finally gotten around to updating my Go Link to the new firmware but the update utility isn't recognizing that I have the dongle plugged in, is this happening for anyone else?
  11. andrewwardell

    Plug headphones into iFi audio GO link for supercharged sound!

    …so I see not one, but two new firmware updates have dropped…
  12. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    That happened to Me with the iFi Go Link when I first got it, I was lucky I had an IEMatch in the signal chain or I’d have permaborked my ears. In the case of that unit issue was resolved by flashing different firmware to it. Didn’t have any problems after that. I’ve never come across the same...
  13. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    …sorry for the massive screenshot, I was doing this on my iPad. Here’s the custom PEQ I set for my Daily driver IEMs back in September, 7kHz isn’t the default frequency for that slider, I believe it’s 6kHz.
  14. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    One of the reasons I picked the BTR7 over the BTR5 *was* the wireless charging, that way if it runs out of juice and I’m not able to plug it in I can recharge it off the back of my phone. I’ve successfully put that to the test, too. Personally I think it’s an ok trade-off, but I’m also not...
  15. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    ...Ohhhhhh, interesting. I've got EQ profiles set up for my IEMs but the one for my daily drivers (CA Mammoth) is quite subtle I hadn't noticed it wasn't working when I switch from my phone over BT to my laptop over USB using the same IEMs...putting the psycho in psychoacoustics? Even if it...
  16. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    I have found that it will cycle the battery when I’ve got it plugged into my laptop at work, once it hits 80% it stops charging (I expect this is because I’ve got the battery protector switched on) then runs on battery down to…some low percentage, maybe 20%? before the lightning symbol reappears...
  17. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    Can’t say I’ve run into issues with the connections myself, but maybe I’ll look into a magnetic USB cable as a precaution.
  18. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    I updated straight to 1.95 out of the box, but I remember seeing in the older release notes that they had made wireless charging independent of the ‘dongle mode’ switch in an earlier version so that’s not without basis.
  19. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    I can concur, mine does the same. I don’t use the wireless charging as much as I thought I would during my day-to-day life (comes in very handy when you’re stuck at the airport and your phone has reverse wireless charging though!) but the times I have left it on the wireless charger it goes up...
  20. andrewwardell

    [FiiO BTR7] Portable Bluetooth Amplifier, Color IPS display,High-performance DAC ES9219C*2,THX AAA-28*2 amps,3.5+4.4mm outputs,One-click “dongle” mode

    I can’t say I’ve run into that exact weirdness with mine, but I’ve seen similar behaviour when using short cables with other equipment. …could be a break in one of the cores of the original cable maybe?
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