“I wonder if an audiophile is really looking for tube sound won’t they just purchase a powered tube amp and get the real thing?” As an audiophile looking for the tube sound and for whom it isn’t logistically possible to have a powered tube amp at home I’m hoping instead that the C9ii will be...

Cayin N8 BLACK BRASS edition in excellent condition and working order, please see photos. Only 300 units produced for worldwide distribution. No box or cables but comes with Dignis leather case in fair condition. I also have on ebay e Luxury & Precision DAP, message me if you're interested...

Have you tried contacting Steve at npaudio.co.uk he's very responsive and highly professional and might be able to help and they also sell Hiby daps, Amazon isn't necessarily always the first place we should look at - especially if we want to give our local smaller dealers a chance to breathe.

The price difference in the UK is £450, about 15%, so the Exclusive Edition is definitely a better proposition for the extra benefits that you get, in fact I don't understand why L&P is offering a Standard Edition considering the extra costs involved in producing and marketing two different...

Ah I see, thanks for the clarification.

From what I understand the 3 tunings are something extra reserved for the Exclusive Edition which also benefits of the L&P tuning, whereas the standard edition will have only the L&P tuning - which is already quite something! However why no card slot in the standard edition?

I remember reading somewhere that the Standard Edition would have been released a month after the Exclusive Edition so nobody would have it yet to review.

That might work, I can't verify it as I only have the N8 which has bluetooth, however if not you could try connecting a bluetooth receiver like the A&K PB1 to the N3U and then streaming from the N7 to the HB1, would be interested to know if you try it.

Would like to trade my almost mint condition Focal Utopia 2022 for an Oriolus Traillii. Would also welcome Crassirostris + cash. I'm the second owner and they have been treated with maximum care as you can see from photos. In perfect working order, the only niggle is the occasional squeaking...

Would like to trade my almost mint condition Focal Utopia 2022 for an Oriolus Traillii. Would also welcome Crassirostris + cash. I'm the second owner and they have been treated with maximum care as you can see from photos. In perfect working order, the only niggle is the occasional squeaking...

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"Otherwise it'll be redundant alongside there being the availability of the C9. C9 really is so fleshed out and can see alot of people feeling they don't need to move on the the update model. They really made the original C9 that good." If this was true there would be very few new...

I informed them by email that my ddHiFi DJ44C Pro adapter had split into 2 and I received an immediate reply from them very kindly offering to replace it for free which was the best response I could have wished for so I can highly recommend them.

I don't think this is true (I'm not from HK or Singapore but from UK) the appreciation of music is universal, not territorial, some HK audiophiles may appreciate fine sounding music even more than some Singaporeans, and vice-versa, besides DAPs and IEMs are not status symbols like watches, cars...

Denmark pay 25% vat and yet it's the happiest country in the world with best services and a sincere respect for the environment, so what's important isn't how much vat we pay but how well our politicians spend it because in the end we would benefit from it.

Price drop now £380.00

Thanks

So sorry, no intention to offend, wasn't aware caps could cause offence so I've changed it to small letters.

I have a Luxury & Precision L&P L5PRO which I would like to trade with a Hiby R6PRO II (GEN 2) or sell, UK only. It's in good used cosmetic condition with no scratches or dents and working order You are welcome to try it out if in London. Send me PM if you have any questions, thanks.

Could be a connection problem, do the lights switch on? If yes how many hours burn in have you done?

Apparently it's a special implementation of Bluetooth so it will be interesting to find out how lossy or hi-res it is when users give feedback:

Yes bluetooth from phone or laptop

I upgraded the Focal cable to an AudioWorks Forza Noir Hybrid HPC 4.4mm cable and found it a great sound improvement for a relatively small investment.

Thank you for this very useful exploration of some of the different ways our ecosystem can create or attenuate hissing and how we can in the end fully enjoy the audio benefits of the Tube Mini which is not the real culprit. Just also wanted to add that my iPad mini 6 is the non-cellular version.

Balanced, I no longer have a 3.5mm terminated cable but the adapter you're using is a good one so I doubt that's what is creating the problem.