As the title suggests, I am looking for a tiny and not expensive IEM in order to replace my Smabat NCO whose left driver has just died. I liked a lot both their sound signature (so the NCO2 are not an option from the reviews I have read) and especially the form factor, so I ask for suggestions...

My Smabat NCO, which I liked a lot, are slowly dying too (right driver in my case too): bass are lost and sound is weak, even using them connected to a dac-amp. Cable is not the issue, since I replaced it with the one I use with my Fiio F9 Pro and the problem is still present. Has anyone a...

What about battery duration?

Thanks for reporting. May I ask what "Open audio design" stands for and what are the its differences from "standard" wireless iem?

This would be a deciding factor in my case. So far the only iem I could side sleep with are the Smabat NCO thanks to their quite small size, but still the one against the pillow tends to go too much inside my ear and I end hearing only from the opposite one.

Have you bought then eventually? Recently there has been a significant drop in prices in EU too (maybe because of the announcement of the forthcoming Evo), so I am again wondering if I should give the Mini a chance...

Has anybody also some over hear wireless headphones with ANC (in the range of price as for example of Sony WH-1000XM4, Sennheiser HD450BT or Momentum 3 Wireless) and would compare their ANC efficiency with respect to that of corresponding in ear ones?

I don't know what to write then. I have just tried another time, with smb I cannot play dsf files (error decoding), while I can play the same files through upnp.

Ok, then your setting is a little different from mine, since I have also the usb connection with the DAC that could maybe be a neck-bottle together with smb. As I wrote before, I can play DSD files in my smartphone with UAPP too, and I can also play 192 Khz files (using Qobuz with UAPP) both in...

Which device are you streaming to for playing?

Thanks to @Davy Wentzler who has pointed out that smb protocol has speed limits (about 5 to 6 MB/sec) that make problematic streaming DSD files. So I tried the UPnP way, by installing Minimserver 2.1.2 in the Windows Pc I use to stream (Windows Media Player does not support dsf files) and now...

Tried both: with v1 I cannot anymore access my share, I could change settings server side but I'am afraid of messing up connections with other devices. Changing buffer size didn't solve the issue. Maybe I will write to the developers to ask for suggestions.

I see Samba V2/V3 in the properties of 'Network Station' (other possible choices are FTP, Samba V1 and WebDav). If I set bit perfect to 'when possible', and i try to play the same files directly in my phone (Samsung Galaxy S10e) it takes a long time buffering but then it starts (even if I don't...

I apologize if this has already been discussed. Trying to play dsd files over LAN with a Hidizs S9 Usb Dac (which has native support up to 512) gives "Error decoding" message Same files played from internal storage have no problems. Is this a known limitation of UAPP, does it depend on network...

Since in EU the lowest price I can get from Aliexpress is 77€, that at present rate change corresponds to almost 85$ I think I will at least wait and see. I was interested in them mainly for side sleeping use in a noisy environment, but maybe I could instead give a chance to a cheap Bluetooth...