on that question i'll pass to the others in the thread; i would like to know too. is the insulation polyvinyl cloride (PVC)? on more rubbery type insulation used for studio monitors this doesn't happen even in multiple decades of daily use, but the earbuds often do it what can be done to...

i love it, but at the same time it's nothing special? it's bright, and can easily fool you into thinking a sound is coming outside the room when it isn't. non-existent sub-bass. i don't bother connecting a dac for these earbuds, just straight out of the laptop. i think of it like old akg k141...

i've sewn some tiny bags from soft eyeglasses cleaner fabric about 4cm x 4cm rectangle and put it over my fengru emx500 (CKLewis Audio Store €9.46) and the result while goofy as heck, is comfortable, it has a nicer texture than the foam covers, and sounds the same. it has a tiny opening in the...

did any of you convert your single ended Z1 into balanced? What would that entail? Is it as easy as changing the sockets for a 2.5mm 4 pole one, or is it much more involved?

raabje, I bought mine from ebay user shenglongsi, and it doesn't sound distorted to me. (can't check what's written on it because it's full of thermal paste I don't want to scrape off) Using an old pair of AKG k141m 600 Ω. Occasional noise that is I suspect caused by a worn out usb socket. I...

the Z1 had an uber-annoying two mode operation when it automatically went to DAP mode once the USB cable had any momentary connection problem, then it only went back to DAC mode after a power cycle. Perhaps it is the case with the U1 that it goes to power-bank mode in lieu of a DAP mode? Does...

reply to a 4 year old post... Well, I love mine! pros: tiny light (22g) excellent interface for a headless player (switch on to resume playback, switch on with no headphones for voice recording, led feedback is well thought out) if you like aluminum you'll like the design (not only beautiful...

yes, but it's far from ideal. every time you suspend your computer it will default back to player mode, and you can only restart as a DAC by manually switching it back off and on has a weird moment of pause before starting to play (6-800ms) has regular playback delay of about 100 ms (this is...

one more happy lme49720ha opamp swap here everyone. Definitely sounds more clear. Power consumption must be up a fair bit, but I'm still getting over 12 hours playback from a mixture of 320 kbps and lossless, with the akg k141m 600 ohm. The legs are super flimsy, and disconcerting to bend...

if anyone still looks for the latest firmware in 2019, and doesn't like baidu cloud (I couldn't figure out how to download from there), it's here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vt73jxpug567vvl/ZiShan_Z1_0.4.rar?dl=0 https://fromsmash.com/OeDaNAfmhT-c0 https://we.tl/t-hyafYtF7CL...

https://streamable.com/o6ch1 Hardware "solution" :)

any idea how to mod the Zishan Z1 to go straight into DAC mode when plugged out and in? I'm willing to open it up and solder around in it. It's super annoying, my USB ports are old, so I have to reach to the back of the PC about ten times a day to do this.

Same here! - plug in (no time) - notice it's not playing (3 seconds, you can hear the background noise from USB charging in this state) - turn on and off (1 second) - wait for it to start playing (10 seconds) If you pull it out of the socket and plug it in quickly it doesn't do this. Looks like...

I tried most of that, except another computer or the solder joints. I'm using the 0.3 firmware, I could not register to Baidu for the life of me, so I wasn't able to get 0.4, but my problem I think is that it goes into player mode (mine never has an sd card in), and when I plug it in, it just...