Yeap. In a hobby where personal subjectivity matters in the end, I'd say "you do you" to them. Well like I said earlier, I'll trust what the engineers say. If they recommend to do so, then it might be worth doing so.

Well another way to know is if the engineers that made the DAP (like THE people that knows the ins and outs of the device) say you don't need to burn in, then you'll more than likely enough to not need any burn in.

Only if the test is done on a much bigger sample size then sure. And even then, I have doubts that the changes found will be the make or break reason to get a DAP

There's also your "brain eq" at work. That and unless you're some kind of savant, your memory of how the initial impression will be fuzzy too. So believing in burn in is more self gratification imo. But personally, I have some believe in sound changes but it's only first right out of the box...

As an owner of the 39, I do feel the OG and 39 are polar opposites. The reason I went with the 39 instead was because the 39 had a more energetic and brighter while still leaning towards a more natural side of signature. Both of them retain similar pemmtechnical performance like the soundstage...

On that note is it running stock android or is it on a custom skint or "OS"?

I use mine with spiradots++. It may be placebo but I "feel" like it's more balanced sounding and the highs just shines on these. Definitely recommend to try if you can find them.

I wanted to say maybe it's because you Bluetooth streamed from your phone, which for some reason need the volume cranked up to hear anything. But then I remembered the new DAPs don't have Bluetooth dac function :( As a comparison, what's the volume setting on other DAP that you have tried? As a...

Good question. Pretty unlikely. Although it's not like I was the one who broglught the "return to owner based on name" thing

Uhh... yeah if I lost my IEM i want it to be returned to me personally and not... "Wizard". Just saying And note on your Porsche example, the name is in the logo while your signature is to represent a "series" and not in the crown or jester hat logo. I get what you want to make but it's not...

I kinda agree on this. It's not bad per se but IMHO, I don't want someone else's signature on my thousand dollars iem I suggest moving it somewhere less visible. I feel like subtle Easter egg or detailing is much more appreciated and a unique point for a device. But that's just my opinion of course

I think Sony didn't make Android DAP after the ZX2 because android was really not good. But now Android is pretty good and the market is trending towards streaming. And as evidence as with other DAP makers, Sony wants to join in the party and making a comeback with the A100 and ZX500. I'm sure...

I think I've been reading it wrongly this whole time lol. So it's actually : <codec> / <unbal> : hrs, <bal> : hrs I've been reading the thing where the "/" is the separator for the next format. Hence I've been reading FLAC as 19hrs all this time when it should be 15hrs Truly my bad and I...

https://www.sony.com.my/electronics/walkman/nw-zx500-series/specifications If you look at the specs sheet, you'll see it lists balanced FLAC at 19hrs. Your quoted hours is in DSD which realistically only a handful of people would have a huge collection of DSD only files. Now how this is...

I'm probably one of the 5 people actually looking forward to this. No usb dac isn't a problem since Sony's non-android usb dac wasn't good anyway. Too big of a latency. Plus if you can get this dap you are more likely to have a better dac/amp combo somewhere anyway The android will be sweet...

Most of not all the arguments didn't mention about streaming so only now I get the concern. Spotify shouldn't be a problem since it isn't even considered hi-res here. The thing about UAPP is new to me. Will check it up. Let's just hope Sony has a change of mind and work out the issue before...

If the Android downsampling can be bypassed by just simply using other music apps, then I don't think it's an issue to not get the zx500 and a100. If the current UI on their players are any indication, it's by miles far from the robustness of other music players. The only reason to stay with...

My man! Yeah will see how it'll go. But since even mainstream phones don't likely to get support for unlocked bootloader, almost unlikely Sony will allow it. But since this isn't Sony mobile making the dap, we'll see

Considering it's android, I'm just waiting for someone to port the Sony player and also the cassette screen saver thing Also wondering if it supports rooting and bootloader unlocking. Could install viper4android Question : I read about a lot of this android downsampling the music, is this in...

Finally Shozy has their tour of the Pola! I've tried both the Pola and Pola 39 and love the latter more. Both are great but caters to different sound preference. These are definitely underrated.

Tried the BG last time with my A55. It actually sounded a it on the dark side which I think is due to the Sony DAP. I should have tried with my M2x but I only had one microsd and scanning songs on both DAP isn't exactly fast on the 256gb card, but I digress. But one discovery that I found...

I love how responsive the team is towards feedbacks. Awesome!

I don't see why anyone would use Tidal, period. In all seriousness though, I'm using iPhone so can't use LDAC by default, so to "preserve quality" I use the Tidal app instead, at least until my trial runs out. Much higher bitrate than even LDAC can stream. TBF, Cayin runs on an android and...

On the latest firmware, wish Tidal can actually preload a whole song. Being in the go where some areas the connection will cut out, at the very least I get to listen to the song until the end before getting cut off instead of the middle of the song. At least it connects back fast. Also will...

I see. That's really unfortunately. Wasn't the M5s able to store music for tidal? I may be wrong though.