Quote: No need to wonder as he clearly states he has, you can read some of his reviews on the Fiio products.

Amarra claims to have to little memory even if you have 16gb....Time to revamp it, they are not alone on the market anymore.

Quote: A3x or A5x ? 

http://noblehifi.blogspot.se/2012/07/ibasso-d7-sidewinder-review.html

No kernal panics here either, not with final version or the betas that been out.

Quote: There are plenty of HDR/Tonal mapping plugins to try. Now granted the shown HDR here is done quite well, multiple raw exposures will help a lot in keeping details through out the DR.

Would be nice to see it without the HDR and tonal effect....

Quote:   It's quite amusing reading your older post about the MX5021 compared to this.. your not very consistent in your arguments thats for sure!   Not sure why you felt the need to make the statement of using a internal sound card, i think it's quite clear to everyone.   You and...

Well give the D1 a try, the E17 is quite a upgrade from the original E7 so if you need a portable setup i would definitely take the e9/E17 combo over the Audioengines D1.

Im not sure what your after, there is no point for us to tell how the software performs, as it just a mouse klick for you to try them for your self with your own setup and compare to the player you use at the moment.     I'd say the thread contains a lot of feedback on the different...

Looks a bit messy but some very nice gear indeed!

Quote: If you read the thread i linked to you see there are a lot of people using other software then itunes to play their lossless music.

DAC (soundcard)   Desktop solutions that will sound better then your currents setup   Audinst HUD-MX1 Yulong U100   A portable alternative is the Fiio E17 which is clear upgrade from your current E7.   Connecting You can refer to your subwoofer manual for how to connect your...

These software players are just one part in the chain, installing them will not magically make all your music to sound better.   First in the chain is the source, meaning the music files you will play. If they are low quality MP3 your off to a bad start. If they are FLAC or ALAC your haven...

Well if you use them for mixing there are certainly better DAC's as the KRK series are a bit bass heavy to begin with so a DAC that color the sound even further isn't helping.   The Fiio DAC's are not very neutral, closest you will come to that in the same price range is the Audinst...