I am a bit confused. Which is your preferred position, pushed forward or back?

I still love my DX80 & last year I had the battery replaced by Extreme Audio. I was referred to them by the vendor on Amazon & apparently they are a distributor for iBasso. Well, I sent my pristine DX80 to Extreme Audio to have the battery replaced for $35. After nearly 2 months & several...

I use my Ember 2 with HD 650 & H400i phones. I built an attenuator to use my Nighthawk. Without the attenuator, I was getting too much hum unless I connected the Ember Gnd to an earth gnd. I like the sound of the Ember for most all higher Z phones. The Nighthawks are 25 ohms Z & I haven't...

Set to low, w/am. I don't understand why grounding (touching jack gnd) helps with hum. Is it not adequately grounded through the power supply/brick? BTW I am not paying $45 for a 20dB attenuator that I can build myself. Kev

I tried my Ember 2 with the AQ Nighthawk headphones (25 Ohms) & was not happy with the level of hum I was hearing. I don't have the preamp outputs connected to anything, but noticed that, if I touch the gnd on the jacks, the hum is sufficiently reduced. Can ground to the Ember or is there...

Just tried to listen to my LD MKIV SE with the HE-400i & it was a fail. Tracks was Holly Cole Train song. Some serious upright bass & that's where the LD failed. Even a moderate levels the bass was not tight at all. It had a flabby sound on the verge of break up. Un-listenable. Tried the HD650 &...

But what about the Sonica DAC. Can we get back on topic? kev

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  Yes, it is a Netgear R7000 Nighthawk router. One thing pisses me off is, I never had any issues with the router & now, a year later my free phone support has expired & my only options are "Ask the community" & Paid phone support! Ask the community is a joke with so many jerks responding with...

Thanks for your response nhtran1. I am trying to make my Android tablet Note 8 work, because it can be dedicated to the system. I started over this morning by doing factory reset on SDAC & installing a new Sonica app on the tablet & now I can't get the app to connect. It doesn't ever see the...

Anyone using this unit with a large USB drive attached? If so, how is the Artist, Album, Genre list working for you. I have a drive with 350GB of music on it & if the app closes for some reason, it takes an uncomfortably long time to show any info. (Artist, Album, etc.) I am not sure if the unit...

  There have been no updates for SDAC since February. kev

  Indeed, Franco was a special gift to the audio industry & those who enjoy the hobby. I could listen to the Cremonas all day without tiring & adding the Musica to the mix made for a magical combo. I feel like I should have a portrait of Mr. Serblin prominently displayed in the room. I plan to...

  So you are using the Sonica volume control? I have mine in bypass mode. Using a Sonus Faber Musica integrated amp driving Sonus Faber Cremona speakers & I am having a very different experience than bestcoast127 had ("it was like sticking hot ice picks in my ears"). Interconnects are all...

  Just curious what are you listening to the SDAC through. Headphones or speakers, amps, file types etc? I ask because I don't hear any 'metallic sheen' in the high frequencies" with my setup, but I don't have much of anything to compare it to. I just know when I hear a system that does things...

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Any comments about this review from those who have been living with the Sonica DAC? In light of the reviews that I have read, comments 2 & 3 surprises me. "budget, entry-level DAC"?    Curious, kev

  That's a bit misleading. OTL tube amps don't like low impedance loads may be more accurate. NH does very well with a tube amp with SS output stage. I find the Garage1217 EmberII & NH to be a good match. kev

Does the app work with hi res files?   kev

  I think I remember Skylar talking about all the work he did to vent the driver symmetrically so that the cone doesn't deform or something like that. Made sense when I read it. kartik7405 your vent hole undermines this effort. kev

Did you try OTL tube amps or hybrid? If the former, the impedance mismatch may have been the reason you didn't like the combo.   kev

Hey, Yeah, I liked the BW angled velour pads on NH quite a bit. I described the difference as follows. " When listening to female vocals like Jennifer Warnes, I felt that the bass was masking her voice to the point that I didn't enjoy the presentation. With the addition of the BW angled velour...

Thanks for your detailed assessment. I have used the Brainwavz velour pads on MH & felt that they are an improvement over the hybrid pads. They are thicker & I think that is a big factor in the way they sound. I feel that the NH sound benefits from the larger "room" in several ways. The...

  Well please continue & tell us why you like the Audeze microsuede pads. Are they thicker? kev

  Are you sure it's not just the TRRS microphone cable with the extra ring FOR THE MIC?