So I got a good set of suction cups, popped the back open, and lo and behold as you suspected, the two shield plates had come loose. I reset them and closed the player back up again, which was actually the most difficult part of the whole operation, and now it's working again, almost good as...

Huh. Ok, I went and ordered a suction cup for phone repair. I'll let you know how that goes. Thanks for the suggestion. ...in unrelated issues: the volume wheel on the M6 has been acting weird for a while now, randomly dialing the volume either up or down, regardless of which direction I turn...

The issue is that the M6 is a screwless design, so I would likely need to get a heat mat or gun and a spudger to pry the damn thing open. This design isn't exactly inviting for end user repairs. :/

My M6 took a tumble, and now something's rattling loose inside of it. The player still works, just whatever broke loose can apparently interfere with audio output, creating deafening crackles and pops, which go away when I shake the player gently. Charges all right, otherwise audio quality is...

Possible. Though the last 'droid phone I had, also no longer had a user serviceable battery or replaceable SD card. At this point I'm heavily invested in Apple's ecosystem, I have several DAPs, so I'm very unlikely to go back to Android. And like, last I checked (which, granted, was a couple of...

Got my second pair of Pro 82's after I broke the first (don't ask... this was entirely my own fault, nothing to do with the cans). And yeah, they're still my personal endgame gold standard. Especially with the dedicated Nobsound Little Bear P10 / ELE EL-D01 chain. I occasionally wish the Little...

My issue with phones is that they lack storage. I don't like streaming. So since phones by and large did away with SD card slots, I'll have to stick with DAPs. Which is fine.

So I have a weird issue and I'm not sure where to put this. Using UAPP on my Shanling M6. Sometimes when I change certain labels within tags of files, UAPP will refuse to update those. But only SOME, not ALL. Basically, I had too broad a label for a specific genre of music, so I created a new...

When it comes to cables, the one thing that can make something of a difference is isolation. Otherwise, differences are cosmetic or homeopathic. I buy upgrade cables for balanced plugs. And sometimes just because the sixteen core ones just look cool. But I'd never spend a lot on a cable unless...

I have a Loxjie P20 running off of an ifi ZEN DAC, which is a cheap and really great sounding balanced solution. But you say you don't have balanced headphones to use with those... The Loxjie P20 is a balanced amp, and the balanced end is a lot better sounding that the single ended one. Just FYI.

Ah! I was not aware. Question: If two apps on the same player reproduce a tack in bit-perfect mode... They should sound EXACTLY the same, right?

Ah OK. I was just wondering because AFAIK the M6 is still a high-res player (right?). But yeah if that's for a strictly outboard DAC it would make sense. UAPP also does Bit-Perfect which AFAIK the Shanling app doesn't do. Both are pretty close in sound. Shanling still sounds warmer to my...

I have a similar issue. Connected via USB-C to my PC. Currently it drops the connection after a few minutes, the screen begins to flicker erratically every second or so and even reconnecting it doesn't do anything. I think the battery might just be dead. Speaking of which, I use this basically...

I did go ahead and just bought UAPP. Compared to other players I have tried on the M6 (PowerAmp especially) this one actually manages to sound very, very close to the Shanling app. To the point of where I'm not entirely certain if the difference in sound that I hear is not down to bias on my...

I finally installed the latest firmware update and now file sorting in folder view is apparently just completely broken. Since transferring playlists to the player seems impossible (this is a time-honored Android tradition, playlist transfers on Android have always been extremely cursed), I...

I should update this by saying I got the Edifier R1280 on Prime Day at a discount. And I am pretty happy with how they sound hooked up to my Ele EL-01 Mini + Nobsound Little Bear P10.

They're on sale for $69 right now (or at least, were yesterday). I am however perfectly happy with the Edifiers. I simply have no room for a subwoofer here. But good to know for the future.

This is EVER SO SLIGHTLY off topic. I decided to get a pair of somewhat decent speakers for my PC and got a pair of the low-budget Edifier 1280T's on Prime Day. I thought I'd run them out of my ifi Zen DAC. But that didn't work quite too well. I guess powering speakers, even when they're...

My personal endgame combo, which seems... Diminutive compared to the sheer $ amounts thrown around on here, but honestly this is sound that punches way above anything and I'm so happy with it in terms of sheer sound quality that I don't really see the point in looking for more or spending more...

I would recommend the KBEar TRI-I3 and the FiiO BTR-5 DAC. I'm using it as a USB DAC fed from my PC and laptop, but you can also just use it with a BT connection to your iPhone. When it comes to sources, I personally don't like streaming at all. It's a really awful business model for the...

I did read someone compare them and coming out preferring the RT. I don't really NEED the bluetooth and digital (now). Oh I should add: I would IDEALLY want these to be powered speakers that I can feed from my ifi ZEN DAC (or MAYBE my One Little Bear...). So the speakers in question should...

My PC has been without actual speakers for a bit, and as much as I love me headphones for sound, it's getting a bit annoying over time. So now I've been looking into what PC speakers I could hook up here. After a day's worth of researching, hemming and hawwing, I have kinda zeroed in on these...

Spent some time with the TRI I-3 and the FiiO BTR5. They do indeed go really well together. The BTR5 makes the I-3 sound as good as my Shanling M6. Which is high praise.

So I got this thing as a strictly IEM USB DAC/AMP since my desktop setups are not suited for use with IEMs. And what can I say, as such it works pretty well. It's way smaller than I expected. I'm still taking it through the motions. Sounds pretty great with the Moondrop Starfield. I'm waiting...

So since I thought that would just straight up fry my poor IEMs I never tried running them through my Loxjie P20 balanced tube amp. Now I did and actually it works? It's not hissy at all compared with the ifi ZEN DAC. However, my TRI-I3 don't sound anywhere as good off the Loxjie than they do...