Audio-Technica Ath-cks5tw in this case. 10mm DD, amplification, BT receiver, microphone, 3.7v li-ion battery. What kind of driver and electronics do you use to get 15hrs at 10 grams/each? 🤔

Here is my contribution. A Sony Ericsson W995 from 2009. Around 20 hrs of music listening. Decent sound quality. Phone included 🙂 Design++ Good music player software for it's time Drawbacks Only support 16gb memory cards Uses the now rare Sony Memorystick M2 micro

Hi, it would be nice to view not only the high-end stuff, but also the vintage source gear that are still in use, while commuting, excercising or doing something else.. It's a good reminder where we all come from and how far development has moved since. Portable MP3 Roots might be a fitting theme..

Well, at least Harman seems to be involved in the audio bits. Other than that, it has an e-ink display, 1900mah battery, plays FLAC and has a price worthy an Apple product. Strange times. https://mudita.com/products/pure/specs/

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Very good and precise clarification. Thank you!

Yep, I agree with all of the above. As I understand, Tidal is the only streaming service that actually uses LUFS for loudness normalisation. Spotify uses ReplayGain, Apple some proprietary software and the rest a mystery. All streaming services seems to be pretty consistent, with tidal at the...

Interesting stuff. With veteran sound engineer Alan Silverman. Video starts around 3min 50s. Future of mastering

Tomorrow I'm borrowing a Aune X1s + xp1. Interesting to try with the Quad. Will report back.

Yep. Like the Sony WM1Z. Or the A&R Ultima SP1000. But atm I'm quite happy with my A&K jr. Except the laggy UI. But.. thats manageable..

Thats interesting! I have not that many hours with them yet, but I noticed that the difference between the 2 supplied pairs are quite noticable. But I think it would be an easy job to 3d print the plastic part that holds the ear pads to the frame and attach anything you like.

...but my g** they reveal bad recordings and faults :scream:

Fully enjoying Dvorak and Mahler on dsd recordings through the Quad Era-1 :k701smile: Really something else compared to the B&W.. Got two sets of ear pads. Think I prefer the leather ones a bit more, at least for the classical music. Now off to some Genesis, Gentle Giant, Yes and Rush! :L3000:

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How about the sensitivity of the Quads? Are they fairly easy to drive? A friend is making a buzz about Tidal Masters, and I'm going to try it out for a month or two. Is the Audioquest Black with 1.2vrms output good enough to drive the Quads from my phone?