I bought a Zen dac/amp HDXX combo last year that came with two iPower X models. This week I bought a Zen Hifiman combo (it will go to my other home in another country) that came with two iPower2 modules. I haven't seen much about the iPower2 vs the original iPower and vs the iPowerX. Can anyone...

You’re very welcome. I’m happy to hear it worked out.

I see the info in fine print at the bottom of the UK link. It says the offer is for new users and expires 12/2. You can use another email address to sign up, but you would have to transfer your playlists or start from scratch. In my experience Tidal doesn’t check credit cards against existing...

Yeah, Tidal pricing varies widely around the world. In US$ what normally costs $19.99 a month in the U.S. is the equivalent of a little more than $8 in Brasil at the moment and about $15 in Canada. Those are the two markets I'm most familiar with. They wouldn't sell anything in Brasil at the...

The four-month deal in Brasil is even less (where normal subscriptions cost about 40% of the U.S. price). I received an email today.

But it’s not particularly simple, and it has been explained perfectly well in what you’ll find by googling “MQA lossy.” Better than I could do. There’s a difference between saying “google it” and suggesting what to google (MQA lossy). You didn’t ask the question, but you seem disturbed by the...

“Google MQA lossy” is being nasty? I said that because much has been written about the topic and googling it is probably the fastest way to get a compressive look at the issue.

Ok. You got me there, lol. But I assumed the question was about Masters.

It’s not “partially true,” which I suppose is technically impossible. It’s just true. However, it’s a better flavour of lossy that usually sounds just fine to my ears.

Because it is lossy. Google “MQA lossy”.

Oddly, I have the opposite experience. I have two DT 150s (in two countries). The sliders seldom move. In fact they are so stiff that it’s difficult to position them. I bought one pair about six years ago, the other about a year ago. They both seem about the same.

That was pretty much my experience, as well. They need more oomph than the Dragonfly Red can provide.

Excellent advice. Many times I’ve found myself asking why my music sounds so bad, only to discover that Tidal was on low quality after an update.

I find Tidal to be fine. I tried Qobuz and found it expensive and the music selection lacking. I have some gear that plays Tidal MQA files. At times they sounded better than Qobuz non-MQA high-resolution equivalent; other times Qobuz was better. In the end, I couldn’t justify the cost of two...

But it’s still two clients. Why should you get two for the price of one? Many services charge more for additional users, regardless of where they’re located.

If you want more than listener at a time buy the family plan. Tidal, Spotify and others offer it.

I’m not “implying” anything. The official Tidal Android app works on Android TV and is designed to work on Android TV, as is clearly indicated by Tidal. There is no Android TV app. You can go on about this all you want, but if you want Tidal on your Android TV you simply install the regular...

In this case, the Android app is the Android TV app. It configures itself for a “10-foot interface” on a TV screen. Like many Android apps, no special version is required for Android TV. Only a small percentage of apps have or need an Android TV option to run on an Android TV device. I use the...

I saw that. However, in addition to the Play Store, most of the third-party apk sites I checked also list 2.13.3 as having been released on August 5, 2019. I checked apkpure and a few others. There seem to have been four updates in the last couple of months, beginning with 2.13.0.

If you look for the Tidal app on the Google Play store you’ll see Android is still supported (in response to your earlier question), as evidenced by the fact that Tidal personnel continue to respond to questions and suggestions about the app. All Android versions are 2.13.3. According to that...

Is there some reason you think it is in need of an update? It works well for me on my Nvidia Shields, although I don’t use it often.

I think the Tidal app for the Nvidia Shield has been updated more recently than December 2017 because an update fixed its inability to play Masters files over wifi less than a year ago. My Shield reports it as 2.13,3. The Shield is a variant of Android TV, although I can’t recall whether the...

It hope the Cobalt works better as a headphone amp, since that’s what it is intended to be. I sent the S2 back because its headphone amp was sub-par. I wanted to use it with headphones.

Without getting into the reams of controversy surrounding Audio Science Review that often permeate forums such as these, I certainly wouldn’t be the least bit worried because a piece of equipment I like ranks in the middle of its “SINAD” list. Personally, I have yet to hear a better DAC-amp for...

If you’re the kind of person who buys gear according to “measurements” on that site you’re going to be missing out on a lot of good products. I buy, and keep, audio gear according to what my ears tell me. I think it’s fair to say that, like the S2, the iFi products I mentioned generally get...