The flawed UA2 has been in the market for almost a year. Still no working version of it. No refund or exchange program. One of the best companies?

The seller considers this to be a problem of the manufacturer and I am with him. An exchange for a new unit of the same model does not solve the problems as it is a pricipal flaw of each and every UA2 ever produced. If Shanling can't provide a fimware that solves the issues, it should take...

@Shanling I have purchased the UA2 last year. Didn't return it despite frequent drop-outs because I expected Shanling to fix that with a new firmware version. Now I read that there is no fix to this. I want to return my unit for a full refund. Please tell me how to proceed.

Found some basic measurements of output power of the Kann Alpha by hifinews.co.uk (https://www.astellkern.co.uk/downloads/ak/hfn-kann-alpha.pdf). Single ended it has 85mW into 32ohm (THD<1%). For a DAP of this size and weight claiming to be able to drive full size headphones that is...

Tried my Kann Alpha with the DCA Stealth today. Even in balanced mode not usable at all. It was clipping even at very low listening levels. Extremely poor and disappointing behavior. The nominal 12vrms voltage swing don't mean anything as they are measured without any load.

So, for once, lucky, we're not in the EU 😉.

No problem having the HE6SE shipped to Switzerland.

Crin has given the V14 a A+/A+ rating. IMO this highlights some consistency issues with his older ratings like for the VX and Gemini that, sooner or later, he will have to address.

Sort of a review of the V14. I'm posting the link here because there are still very few. https://inf.news/en/digital/c8bce30c130e5854a8f28035ede36e99.html

I never cease to be impressed by the V14's bass. Easily on U12t level and very atypical for BA bass. Very well extended, with weight, technically very competent and massively enjoyable. And no driver flex :wink:.

All around a pleasure to deal with, excellent communication and prompt shipping, would do business again any time.

The level of the Oracle's upper treble and its metallic shimmer make it quite fatiguing for me. Given the fact that, in the frequency diagrams, the Oracle is the one out of the Thieaudio EST-lineup with the least aggressive treble, this was quite a surprise.

To my ears, please take into account my age-induced hearing limit of just above 14 kHz, the treble quantity of the two is comparable and the character and quality are pretty similar. Treble in both is very present and extended without being spikey or harsh. Regarding micro dynamics the Odin is...

Have the V14 since a few days and I am impressed. They are one of the most resolving in-ears I have and know of. The tonal balance in standard setup (0,0,0,0) for me is excellent. The highs that have been described in this thread as borderline piercing are just perfect to my ears. Brillant and...

iirc the bit perfect mode should be set on.

The latter. I don't have or even know UP4. And the lack of power to drive phones that are a bit less sensitive is mostly regarding the unbalanced 3.5 mm out. While for my use of the UA2 this doesn't bug me all that much, I still find the unbalanced E1DA 9038D to give by far more power while...

Have used very similar phones (Beyer DT990 PE, 250 Ohm) and can confirm the findings of Muddy Walter. That is with unbalanced 3.5 mm out though, as I don't have a balanced cable for the Beyers. Both sliders set to max, so no possibility there to go any higher. But sure the balanced out would...

BTW I find the sound quality of the UA2 to be excellent and I have more than enough power for my inears and highly efficient phones. The issues for me are the sporadic drops and the high drain of 113 mA on the phone's battery which is only topped by the Hidizs S9 (141 mA) and the Hilidac Beam 2...

Did you monitor the volume in the Shanling App? It may be set to a lower than possible level. Edit: Just read your post before the last one. Tried the UA2 with a 250 ohm BeyerDynamic DT990 PE and with max. volume set to 100 (=max) and volume set to 64 (=max) the sound level leaves to be...

So far only in Spotify but with different cables (Penon, ddhifi MFi06, ddhifi TC28i). Not fully sure but it does seem to have to do with using apps with audio output in the background.

Quitting Spotify and restarting it stops the drop-outs for the moment. Yet, they always return and the frequency increases over time.

BTW, the UA2 is the only of my 10+ dacs showing this issue.

When streaming Spotify on an iPhone 11 Pro Max I'm getting frequent signal drops with the UA2. Is the reason known and will there be a firmware update fixing it?

Ah, so the CP360 don't have a narrowing at the joint? That sounds good (pun intended :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:).

Sounds impressive, thanks!