Close, but no cigar then! Thank you nc8000. Pretty well all of my collection has been archived. Just on physical a medium called MiniDisc.:smile_phones: While I admire what ATRAC managed to do, I don’t fancy converting what is mainly compressed audio to FLAC and using HDD storage. I guess the...

G'day nc8000, Looks like you've done what I'm considering to do: go wireless. Would I be correct in thinking that your Auralic is used to stream from your music platform of choice? I've been looking at the Yamaha WXC-50 instead of the Auralic. Have you simply connected it via TOS/COAX to...

No laughs here, top level respect! I have but a mere TA-ZH1ES and feel like i should be wearing gloves with that! The DMP-Z1 is something else. I've popped an old Surface Pro 3 back into service, connecting it to the TA and running the Z1Rs. I seem to drift between entry level 2 channel (er...

As soon as I typed the cricket metaphor, I wondered if anyone on a mainly US forum would know what I was rambling about! I keep wondering if my years long relationship with and enjoyment of "Grado-esque" sound in the portable audio world and choice of Focal Chorus speakers has made me immune to...

Malevolent, you just took the words out of my mouth. I used to search for the elusive, true neutral sound. In my deadset honest opinion, if you want that you have to go to a concert hall and listen live. Generally speaking, recorded music has too many "middlemen" to be as the artist intended...

Hey mate, apologies for the delayed reply. Work getting in the way of my downtime. I was expecting an uncontrolled hot, muddy mess. There is no doubt that these things are for bass lovers, but never realised I was one until I picked up this headphone? I've been trying to identify the high end...

I'm a biased, one-eyed and rabid fan of Focal speakers and made a bee-line straight to their closed back line of headphones just recently after I discovered they now made headphones! (Hey, I've been out of the game for a while!) I ignored the Z1Rs on the shop's demo shelf thanks to reviews...

Hey mate, your question has been answered, but the Z1R pair I demoed was running Focal cables as you describe.

If I had to describe the Z1R in as few words as possible, it'd be: "Toe-tapping." No other headphone has given me such an urge to get up and dance. Quite the accomplishment, I reckon. They have their limitations though, occasionally the "fog" descends on certain tracks. Unsure if it's the...

I don't think I've ever heard a pair of headphones that change their sound so dramatically depending how forward or aft the band sits on your head.

It's not every day you walk out of a shop with a set of, well, anything that is a equivalent to a mortgage repayment. The Z1R? I can say that they're unbelievably odd. And I bloody well love them. I'll post something far more constructive when I can, but if you're here reading this you...

Ah fer f...really?! So I'd either better get a wriggle on and stump up for the Z1Rs and the TA in one hit or attempt to snag some clearance sales. I really hope they're just at the end of a product cycle. Their recievers and upper level turntables are listed as discontinued here as well.

Thank you VladYR. I had read about 260 pages of this thread before asking the question, only to find it was asked a few pages back...! I also have a ZX507 DAP. It doesn't have the greatest battery life while you are running the screen and streaming at the same time. I figure since I've got two...

Tsiklon, thank you. So it can be done. I've not really dabbled in USB audio in any meaningful way. I guess it's a basic question, but I've been out of this game for a while and to say it has moved on is an understatement indeed.

G'day VladYR, I'm looking to put an old iPad back into use as a streaming device. From what I can gather, you can connect one up to the TA via USB no worries?