[stacey]

Interesting, I feel like Storm sounds even plenty dynamic from the iPhone dongle (sacrilege I know), but I don't have portable DAP right now.

However, this is all I need for now <3

No more DX260?

 

[aaf evo]

No more DX260?

I was not the biggest fan of the DX260 to begin with as I felt the treble resolution was weak. But the mjolnir for my tastes blows away every dap I have heard, so I couldn’t help but see the DX260 as ~$800 tied up in something I no longer needed.

I am using my PAW S1 now for on the go usage. I would like to find something better but I’m torn in that mid-point between trying to find something that’s worth keeping around without breaking the bank as most of my listening is done through the Mjolnir.

 

[stacey]

I was not the biggest fan of the DX260 to begin with as I felt the treble resolution was weak. But the mjolnir for my tastes blows away every dap I have heard, so I couldn’t help but see the DX260 as ~$800 tied up in something I no longer needed.

I am using my PAW S1 now for on the go usage. I would like to find something better but I’m torn in that mid-point between trying to find something that’s worth keeping around without breaking the bank as most of my listening is done through the Mjolnir.

Ever consider the DC- Elite or the W4? I’d imagine that those would be a great dongle compliment for the Mjolnir.

 

[aaf evo]

Ever consider the DC- Elite or the W4? I’d imagine that those would be a great dongle compliment for the Mjolnir.

I don’t really like dongles to be honest. I’m only using the PAW S1 because I have it already. I try to avoid using my phone for music when possible.

 

[goodvibes]

A STORM has arrived





The cable featured is the Nightjar Acoustics Sovereign 2W, one of the upgrade options for STORM.

Seems to me that the only way to purposely do that is with phase cancelation via the super tweeter crossover. I can't comment on the actual sound so won't but will guess it would sound very friendly and open on top with an added ethereal factor. Looks like the dip is prevented from being even greater by elevating the tweeter in general with a side benefit of enhancing the air/harmonic ranges. Perhaps a way to elevated harmonic detail without harshness... or I may be completely off base. Probably not for me if done that way but obviously, well regarded people really like it.

 

[rickles]

I know that some folks had compared the N30LE to the DX320 Max Ti with the Storm. I'm curious what the power difference is between these two. It seems that I cannot find the same measurements comparing the two. I am liking the sound of the N30LE with the Soleil a ton. I lent my Storm + DX320 Max out, so I cannot compare... yet!

 

[Rolu]

I was not the biggest fan of the DX260 to begin with as I felt the treble resolution was weak. But the mjolnir for my tastes blows away every dap I have heard, so I couldn’t help but see the DX260 as ~$800 tied up in something I no longer needed.

I am using my PAW S1 now for on the go usage. I would like to find something better but I’m torn in that mid-point between trying to find something that’s worth keeping around without breaking the bank as most of my listening is done through the Mjolnir.

Stick to the Lotoo family and get my LP6k for your portable needs! Won't match the Mjolnir but will save you from the dongle sacrilege

https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/lotoo-paw-6000-lp6k-dap.66251/

 

[aaf evo]

Stick to the Lotoo family and get my LP6k for your portable needs! Won't match the Mjolnir but will save you from the dongle sacrilege

https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/lotoo-paw-6000-lp6k-dap.66251/

I picked up the SP3000T instead after 5 days of auditioning. I can’t go with non-Android sources on the go.

 

[BeowulfTheFoldin]

For me personally, I'm not terribly enamored with either design, so apathy in equal parts here. But I did find the entire faceplate debate funny as all heck.

i honestly love it lol

 

[Allears79]

Does anyone knows how to buy the Storm? Are they producing new units after the Launch Edition? Any ETA??

 

[hAbIrAbI]

They are working on Release edition which is tentatively targeted for a release in Q3 2024 if the planning hasn't changed.

 

[Allears79]

They are working on Release edition which is tentatively targeted for a release in Q3 2024 if the planning hasn't changed.

 

[stacey]

My Amex ( and the massive amount of points I’ll get from ordering from Zepplin Cafe) is ready haha

 

[rthomas]

Does anybody know if Crinacle has talked about the storm? Thanks!

 

[Doug2507]

320MAX NPAudio mod. I know mod's are generally not really accepted or want to be heard about but there's been a couple of people ask about it and feel like it's time to comment. Thought I'd post here being what I'm writing is specific to pairing with Storm and it might (unintentionally) ruffle some feathers in the MAX thread.

Can't recommend this highly enough now. I was asked how it sounds vs stock a few weeks ago when it had just over 100hrs. I struggled to say anything of real substance, one being memory from when I last heard it and two, tonally I thought it was the same. Bass had a little more impact, stage was a little better, male vocals maybe a little bit fuller, all were "a little"...

Fast forward to now and somethings changed in the past couple of days quite significantly. Last week it was going through my mind that maybe I'd made the wrong call and should go back to 300M and was even considering N30LE. The past couple of days have been an eye opener...

The bass it's producing now is just incredible. This is probably the best bass I've heard from a portable source, the fullness and texture are simply superb. Mids feel very alive and rich in tone vs stock, lower treble has zero forwardness now which was nearly a deal breaker for me when stock and using Mira2w, Sov Symph removed the distinct peak I'm sensitive to but it was still quite an in your face listen. (couldn't enjoy z1r with it).

Don't know if it's the caps finally settling in, new opamps shaking loose, whatever. It's such an easy listen now, reeks of typical class A house sound and really has pulled off some magic to easily be the best portable pairing I've used by quite a margin.

I think 3 days ago I compared it directly to the desktop rig which had quite linear tubes in it at the time, there was a lot of chat about IEM's scaling on WC thread so decided to direct AB a few songs. I mentioned to a tube friend how surprisingly similar the two setups were sounding tonally to the embarrassment of the desktop rig as it's no where near the same price bracket as a modded MAX . Two nights ago I had to check sanity the following day as the bass was sounding exceptional (Radiohead - The Bends, never an album where I thought bass sone through and sometimes really led the song - High and Dry for example), and a morning set of ears yesterday confirmed it with various artists / tracks followed by 3hrs of pure enjoyment last night. I'm a firm believer in mood / time of day can skew impressions so felt obligated to cross check my ears / brain.

Highly recommend it to anyone else with the same pairing, don't expect miracles straight away as you'll be disappointed, I'm probably 300hrs in at a very rough guess and it's now changed considerably, that's also with very little listening as I kind of shunned it for a bit so it's not a case of brain burn in.

I'd say if you're pairing it with Storm, have also heard 300M and maybe 320M is slightly err'ing too much on the typical ROHM side of life, take a walk on the wild side and give Steve a shout.

Mod include what's basically an array of upgraded capacitors, Steve will tell you the intention wasn't to significantly change anything but upgrade in keeping what's already there to higher quality so you've got the likes of Audio Note, Nichicon UFW changed to Nichicon UFG etc in there now. I also decided to go for the upgraded opamps which change whatever TI opamp iBasso uses to the flagship OPA1656. There may be a possibility to use AD chips but Steve says they put out more heat and remain untested so far.