Well for cost reasons I have ordered from AliExpress. i just cannot justify the price of the proper Sennheiser ones at the moment - which seem hard to find in UK anyway.

Do you guys use genuine Sennheiser pads or are the other cheaper opinions out there as good?

Has anyone tried the pads on aliexpress?

  Dont all DACs have an output amplification stage anyway?

  Is it not 4 times?

I wouldnt mind an SD card only attachment for use in the car. I couldnt justify spending £500 on a mojo attachment.

  What would a bright filter do? Surely that's the Ultimate Reference? (it will sound bright with some poor recordings/masterings) or with bright headphones/speakers.

I suspect it's still a few years away yet. The Express article tends to waffle on a bit and doesnt go into much detail.

Is anyone else using BubleUPnP app on their smartphone to play music from a NAS drive through a Mojo with a Chromecast Audio in between? I have a couple of questions about it -   First, I have a toslink cable running from the Chromecast Audio to mojo. However I can change volume with my phone...

Does anybody feed their Mojo from a Chromecast Audio? If so what cable do I need - it's optical, right?

Yes, of course you could buy a cheap phone put it in airplane mode and use it as a dedicated transport.

  Can it output digital?

  Can it be used as a digital transport?

  Not really an alternative to the Mojo then - you could get a Hugo or a 2Qute for that.

  No I meant the full price in £