Yes ... I wear mine out and about every day - street, train, bus, metro, etc.

  Ah yes I see.   You could achieve the same outcome by using your phone to create a Wi-Fi 'hotspot' and connect the Pioneer DAP to it for streaming purposes.

  It's not.   Would it be any advantage when you can install Spotify directly on the device?

  Ah, I see what you mean.   The cable is identified as suitable for V-Moda 'phones that have the right and left connections available at each earcup connector, so the wiring won't suit the Beyers.

  I'd agree with that and would expect the cable dede4metal highlighted to work.   Incidentally, I've found that the OEM locking feature quickly wears when the cables are removed regularly so offers little advantage. Nevertheless the plugs stay in under normal use and having them pop out...

  Yes, that's what I would use.   Good luck with your repair efforts 

  Great find!   Looks like a double sided adhesive tape holding the screen to the case.   Some gentle heat and leverage with a plastic spudger should do the trick.

  Tidal offline is also reported to be working correctly on the iBasso DX200 further reinforcing that it's an Onkyo / Pioneer specific problem.

  I've never experienced any hiss on Tidal either. Plenty of short interruptions to playback of offline content, which I have given up hope of ever being fixed, but certainly no hiss.   It's really odd that it's affecting balanced output only on your player. It would suggest a hardware fault...

  As a closed-back 'phone the silver covers are decorative rather than functional. It is very disappointing that a high-end component has such a defect and similar problems are not unknown across their range. Rightly or wrongly I try to console myself with a view that they concentrate on what...

  I've an SSD in an old iPod and it takes a lot of power for writing but reading is no problem to give acceptable playback time.   A 4x mSD device would be fine too.   I'm sure FiiO or other manufacturer could produce a high-capacity transport based on existing products with minimal...

  Spot on.   The quality of the X1A may be superb but that of the original X1 was sorely lacking in relation to the output jacks. Onkyo's only reaction was to cynically withdraw the optional extended warranty that was originally available in the home market.   Riley has commented on the...

Personally I'd prefer a device using an SSD rather than SD cards but whatever the format high storage capacity is the No. 1 priority.

  I suspect you are right. There is great enthusiasm in Head-Fi for DAPs with TB storage capacities but the general market is probably content with much less.   Given that there is some demand however, I would have thought it worthwhile for a manufacturer to design a device capable of taking...

  not with large storage capacity.   No 1 in the original list of features was up to 1TB storage.   Well I can already have that on my modified 5th gen iPod, but the best available on 'modern' daps is 512 GB via 2 x microSD.   I'd rather not have to stack devices but I'll take that...

  Thanks for the update even if it's not what we'd hoped to hear.   I find it so frustrating that the only portable device capable of supporting serious storage capacity is a 2005 era iPod 

  Agreed ... it's pretty disrespectful to ignore the thread for six months    I'm beginning to lose interest in FiiO's offerings.

  Congratulations      That's the combination I use and love. I think you'll find that the Beyers 'loosen up' a bit over time and sound even better.   It's well worth getting a balanced cable for them too to get the best out of the DP-X1.    Happy listening 

  ... as he searches the depths of Spotify to find anyone that might perform at the inauguration      It looks a fantastic device ... hopefully it will sound as good as it looks. Looking forward to user opinions.

  The filters add impedance in the power supply circuit that can negatively affect the transient performance of equipment such as power amplifiers.   It´s not likely to affect a small headphone amp like the LC but, unless you have a particular problem with a noisy power supply, it won offer...

  Absolutely ... and if iBasso only realised at the last minute that they couldn't implement a key feature of the device there is no certainty that the rest of the implementation is going to be correct.   The DAP marketplace at the moment is a sad array of flawed and overpriced products.   ...

  To make lots of money for headphone cable makers 

  The 'glitch' problem is, as far as I am aware, only relevant to playback of Tidal Hi-Fi files stored on the SD card. Streamed or stored in internal memory is fine.   The low-level distortion problem can be identified when listening in a quiet environment. Start a third party app playing and...

  If your main use is to play stored files using the native music player app, I'd recommend it without hesitation.   If you are likely to make a lot of use of third-party music apps such as Tidal, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon etc. I wouldn't recommend it.   I need both and while I'm not...

Certainly my experience in the UK, and I've seen similar reports from US based members.   Onkyo have never oficially acknowledged any of the problems with this device. They did however quickly withdraw the optional extended warranty that was available when the device first launched in Japan...