Is there a DAP with a USB input (SSD or portable HD)?  I did some searching but couldn't find one, so thought I would ask this group.  When I travel for long periods of time I would prefer to bring a larger library of music with me.

One of two   Tower of Power, Cold Blood and Santana  There was an hour and a half encore with Tower of Power Horns, Lydia Pense and Dave Garabaldi sitting in with Santana and his band   Blues Project, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Emerson, Lake and Palmer  -  never heard of Mahavishnu Orchestra...

Although I am not looking for a shorter cable, I am also interested in upgrading the stock cable and would appreciate any recommendations.  I listen through a WA2 amp and am currently listening to a lot of acoustic instrument music

Alex de Grassi on Blue Coast records   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8kg_Xzstqk   you can download a high rez version for free from Blue Coast records

Both are in my price range and I can't decide.  I own 7500+ CDs with some in almost all genres, my favorite styles right now are Americana, bluegrass, blues and indie folk, but I still listen to a lot of progressive rock and fusion jazz.   My main set up uses a Woo Audio WA2 and my bedroom set...

Ditto for me

click on the vote here and then use the right arrow and it will display the bracket

Voting doesn't seem to be working - clicked the link and got the discount coupon but not voting choice

It's too bad that NMBR11 chose this particular video to use.  I've listened to their release on spotify via their website and they sound much better than they do in this video.   http://nmbr11.com/

He got my vote because of the guitar playing and looping, although I agree that both deserve to have their music/voices heard.

The recording on the live video doesn't show them well - poor SQ, the soundcloud songs convinced me

I am considering buying either a Oppo BDP-105 or a Cambridge Audio Stream Magic V2 for playing High Res files from a USB SSHD.  Has anyone heard both or care to weigh in on the pros and cons in a comparative manner.

And your sunglasses, cause if i wear shorts you will be blinded by the white

Excellent, any recommendations for a powered hub?

That's what I was thinking about, did you connect direct or via a USB hub?  I was thinking/hoping that doing it via a powered hub might work

Has a anyone successfully connected a HDD to the DX-90 via the OTG connection?  If so what's involved in doing it?

I searched the thread and couldn't find a listing of equipment that vendors and members will be bringing.  There was some talk about it happening, but I couldn't find where it was ever completed.  I have some specific desires so wanted to see if the equipment would be there to audition.

1,600,000 yen = ~ $13,382.00 - seems a bit steep to me

I can't just let this thread die... so here's two more        

Not sure what kind of Jazz you are asking for, but here is some of each:   Fusion Jazz:  Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra - might as well start at the beginning Straight Jazz but still new:  Christian McBride  Semi Experimental but great SQ:  Nick Bartsch's Ronin

You should be fine as long as you aren't expecting fusion jazz

I have a few of them:   CC Coletti, Wycliff Gordon, Amber Rubarth, Bucky Pizzarelli and Jazz in the New Harmonic   1st of all they are Chesky recordings so good SQ, but not a lot of dynamics, they are all very "quiet" recordings.   2nd the binaural aspect is good, but not enough to buy...

A lot depends upon what your source material is - do you have a lot of CDs, do you have vinyl or is everything already on a computer. Then what equipment do you have - headphones, speakers, amps...   If you're truly starting with nothing then get a decent DAP and headphones to start   Fiio...

Yeah I'm in a band - Oh what do you play - vocals and church pipe organ...

Nice, i like it - good find