Thank you mate... :) I would agree with that. Somehow prelude's presentation is tuned in a way that as if the music were coming directly from vinyl. As my impressions above suggest, I am a sucker for that organic presentation. You can also see in my signature that I am a fan of vinyl as well...

This will be a summary of brief impressions I had with Warbler Prelude. Although I have my pair for a long time, I don’t want to write a detailed review as lots of its merits have been already mentioned before. First, let me tell you where I am coming from and what I like. I have been...

I really dont like the idea of changing the sound signature at each firmware update. I had the chance of comparing 1a to lotoo paw gold (lpg) and did not like the sound signature of 1a. I thought it was very digital without any positive points over lpg. However, I also recently had a chance of...

OK, let's go back to topic: Today, I had the chance of trying WM1A with Z1R via balanced output. Unfortunately, 1A I tried was a capped version. Compared to paw gold's (lpg) SE out, I felt the power was lacking a bit. The sound level of lpg with low gain was higher than 1A at max levels. LPG has...

With data transfer, usb protocol guarantees that everything is transmitted, however, it does not guarantee a sequential transfer. With audio files, you need the packages transmitted sequentially. Otherwise, you need to increase the buffer to overcome issues that might happen during the...

I can confirm that USB cables can affect the sound a lot. I made a few usb cables myself, even micro usb ones, and I can clearly say, don't believe that "with digital signal, cable does not matter" BS. If there is a non-believer that USB cables would make a difference, s/he should read the whole...

I said "the cable in the pic". The cable shown in the picture is not the official Sony cable...

The cable in the pic looks very nice indeed. Where can I get this cable? Or better, where does one get the walkman connector for digital out? Also, I am still looking for impressions vs LPG and Hugo, with Z1R of course... Thanks again for the comments...

Thank you for the reply. That's first bad news. I already have a very nice DIY micro usb cable that works brilliantly with Hugo. I don't like sticking with some crap digital cable. Answers to 1 and 2 will play a bigger role in my decision then... Let's see what turns out... Thanks again...

The thread is huge, so I couldn't read each and every page and sorry if this has been asked before, but I have a few questions: 1. I own Lotoo Paw Gold (LPG) and Hugo. I had the chance of comparing them while using Z1R as headphones. Considering Z1R will be the main headphones, how does LPG's...

As a previous owner of a pair of ACS T2, I decided to get Encore CIEMs as well during a trip I took to England almost a year ago. I contacted Andy from ACS and he was very helpful for delivering the CIEMs to the hotel I was staying back then, after getting my ear impressions (taken closed-mouth)...

For $300, you can get Bottlehead Crack amp with speedball upgrade and build it yourself (or get stock for $200 and do the upgrade later, however I should say the upgrade is worth its price). I can put this amp next to many amps having 4-digit price tags and believe me I listened to a lot of...

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Well, since I did not say it was the best of everything and only said better than most, I think you did not address your post to me, however I also want to say some things after seeing your list of hypothesis:   I believe transducers will make the most significant change in the chain, then...

Quote:   I agree in what you are saying about going through another conversion giving worse sound quality compared to staying all digital until the amp section, or better said, the quality will be very much related to ADC section in the device and probably not on par with all digital...