I recently added a cheap tplink switch in the network chain as i’m adding a Roon Core. It degrade the audio quality comparing to direct connection to Huawei router. cant tell what exactly, but dynamics are narrow and “feel” like there is white noise in the black background. After a week I...

I have a z1r, they work well together.

Same happens with my Noble K10U. Noise floor is unacceptable and ifi suggest me their product call IEMatch

Apparently using 4.4mm balanced Noble K10u with iFi Hip-Dac is a mistake. Too much hiss even with powermatch off. iFi Hip-Dac is sweet for the price :o but i dont have a good iem to pair with otg.

It was the Noble K10 Universal. I has not got this feeling before v2, not sure if it is fatigue or “bored”. im not too sure about this upgrade... because I love most of the new feature too. Like sound quality when pairing it with my in-car entertainment has become better because of the aptx...

I think sound signature changes from the upgrade. Using K10U and WM1A, I seems to feel fatigue from long listening session unlike v1.20. Maybe because it sound analytical than before? I do like the extended bass though..

Some mp3 with good mastering sounds good on wm1a. For me it is a forgiving player.

I listen to Mahler on DSD. Comparing to the same 192khz recordings it has more dynamic! I assume Sony did this to allow more room for DSD; if it was set to same level it will be too loud and distort at volume peak

You surely has OCD! :beyersmile:

It was a serious listening session before bed haha. That is the time I figure out some underrated song from an album. but true, it is always nice to be simple, no hidden features, no need to read user manual. I'm just being lazy haha.

Thought of some improvement while listening to my wm tonight, nothing about sq, just UX. Not sure if some of you would thought the same... I love wm series button, they are built wonderfully. Now, if I could delegate a default action to long pressing "play" button, for example (wm say out...

I hear hiss when i listen to the player while charging the unit

I bought zx2 about half year before wm1a. i have totally no idea about sony's signature series atm. and the first time i try out wm1a i immediately made my choice to upgrade. totally worth it.

I have Mdr1000x, and the sq with wire is better than wireless + ldac still. but to be fair mdr1000x is the best wireless headphone i have hear to date. Just most of the time im still listen to wm1a with iem, no need to walk around most of the time. anyway bluetooth is lossy to me. there is...

Wm1a will work great with wide genre too. but if budget allow you to, definitely go for wm1z and never look back.