A little history, I've been searching for the one IEM that I can settle on. And it's been a heck of a journey, every IEM I've tried either had fit issues or something about the sound that just bugged me. I don't know what the kind of "signature/tuning" that I like in an IEM (more like i can't...

on the SR25 MKII, you have to create a playlist, add songs to the list, select the songs and then apply replay gain. The more songs you have the longer it takes. Now the question, if I have playlist (about 40 songs) where replay gain was already applied. I add 2 more new songs to the same list...

Since the replaygain is applied on the playlist. if you add a new song to the playlist (after replaygain was set already) do you have to rerun replaygain again on the whole playlist? or do you just apply replaygain on the one song that you just added?

Some players like (Astell & Kern) have replay gain built into the player. Do you still need to have your files tagged for replay gain to have an effect? I know on a computer the replaygain is ignored unless the file itself has been tag with replay gain I notice that Cowon has this called A.I...

As the title states, is the Fiio M11 plus LTD as good as the Kann Alpha or is the Kann alpha better in the terms of SQ? Would any consider Fiio M11 as a mid tier or above based on SQ?

Recently purchased the DX160 (no lurker add on yet) and the sleep timer is set for 1 minute. if i leave it with the screen off undisturbed for like 10 - 15 minutes and come back to it I find that the play/FF/previous buttons do not do anything. Pressing the buttons It won't wake the unit, no...

For those using Android players, can you install 3rd party music players? and will those work with the dac? Or are you stuck with the default music for best performance

I recently got the Lotoo Paw S1 and was testing it out. First I tried my cell phone with UAPP and it sounded very nice but the form factor (big phone) wasn't very to convenient. Next I decided to try using the Hiby R3 Pro with it (I did switched the audio out on the HIBY to Dock mode). All...

I was looking to replace my current IEM (Westone AM Pro 30, used to be in a band, not anymore). I wanted something that would be usable at my desk when I'm working, when I'm in bed resting or when I go out/travel First place I looked was at the Westone line. I like the westones because they (to...

not to long ago I posted asking for advice for a new IEM, my budget was up to 1K. Anyway, after going through may reviews online (outside of forum). I brought the Tin HiFI P1, I have this thing for planar and the Tin HiFi intrigued me. I would have gotten the RHA CL2 but reviews for there seemed...

I'm looking for something that's less than $1000 with the following properties Highs, lows and bass - does not bleed into each other Highs, lows and bass - where everything is balanced and no one part trying to over take another part. Highs are not sibilant/fatiguing but present Mids are not...

I was using the Kanas pro until my left ear started to hurt (the right is fine). It's not the ear drums it's the out part where the IEM sits. Not sure if it's the weight or what but other IEM that I've tried seem okay so i m guessing it's the Kanas pro. It has gotten to the point where I can't...

I was using my ipod touch as a transport with some of my portable DAC's but sadly the touch is dead. I'm looking to replace it but most of the devices that can be used as a transport with a Dac are actually players themselves. After looking around it seems my only choice is the Shanling M0, Now...

For the longest time I have been searching for a pair of IEM's that sounded right/good to me. Went through Shure 535, 425, 215, Westone 4, Westone Umpro 30, Westone umx3, hifi man songbird RE600 and a bunch of other IEMs. There was always something that didn't sit right with me regarding how...

I posted something similar in another section but no one has responded. Maybe I was in the wrong section. Anyway the question that i have is this. I have a dap that I feel is putting to much emphasis onto the drums. I like to use the eq to tone down some of the emphasis but I'm not sure what...

I find that my dap over emphasizes that the drums (the boom boom of the drums) are a bit to overpowering. What frequency should i eq to tone down the power of the drums? available equalizer ranges on the DAP are 32, 63, 125, 250, 500, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8k, 16k

So you either stack and loose the security or have the security on by default and have problems with stacking when IOS 12 goes live

So I like to listen to all types of music. And sometimes the song volume is low and then sometimes it's super loud. I see 2 ways to fix this and both are sort of not ideal. 1. listen to only songs that are in/near the same volume level at one time. When those songs are done, move to another...

Not to long ago I started a post about wanting to upgrading/replacing my portable system into something new. The order of priority was this sound quality Physical controls portability $100 - $400 UI I decided to go with the Onkyo DP-S1 as it appeared to have everything that I wanted. That was...

So I am on my audio player and with the EQ turned off, the loudness is a lot higher. When I turn the EQ on and set it to Flat the volume is lower. Why is that? From what i was told a long time again was that eq off and eq on with Flat should be the same

I am looking to upgrade my portable setup. I want something that I can use at home, at work, and in bed. I am using Westone UM PRO 30 in the order of importance sound quality Physical controls portability $100 - $400 UI So I am debating whether i should go for a standalone player or use my...

When playing music from Tidal on a computer, should the volume in the TIdal app be maxed out and then use the main OS volume to control how loud/low the volume goes? I'm on a mac and the volume meter in the Tidal app is completely independent of the volume control on the main OS.

I can buy one right now, which has better sound quality?

For programs like tidal on a PC/Mac would you up the volume in Tidal to max and then control the over all volume via the OS volume control? On the MAC the tidal volume is independent of the main Volume, so maxing Tidal volume doesn't max the overall main system volume.

I'm on a Mac and tidal has it's own volume control that's independent of the main OS. Should I up the volume on the Tidal app and then control volume loudness via OS volume controls?