Fair enough. My main problem is that my audio app of choice, Musicolet, doesn't seem to work well with my Hiby R5 Saber, which runs Android 8.1. Then again, that might just be because of the cheap, crappy SoC Hiby used, so maybe the Cayin N3Ultra will perform better?

I'm hardly an OS snob, but Android 8.1 is downright archaic at this point. That said, it's the only real hang-up I have on an otherwise interesting looking DAP. Does Cayin have any intent to update the software at some point down the line?

I recently bought an Earmen Angel that was on sale. It's a truly stellar device, and in many ways, it's everything I could ask for in a portable DAC/Amp. One minor gripe I have, however, is that the bass response is just a bit too polite for my tastes. By which I mean, the bass is more fast and...

I bought this set during a Black Friday sale last year from MusicTeck. While I love the sound signature, the nozzles are sadly a bit too wide for my freakishly small ear canals. For everybody else, they should fit perfectly! Note: I only took these IEMs out of their box maybe 3 or 4 times...

I apologize, but I'm a little bit confused. Is xMEMs a type of on-device speaker, or is it an internal hardware system that enhances the playback of IEMs and Headphones?

*Slight rant incoming* While Moondrop's IEMs are pretty solid (at least the ones I've demoed), I've never understood why their mid bass is so anemic. I get that everyone has their preferences, but to my ears, it feels like a big chunk of the lower frequencies have been scooped out. It makes...

Thanks!

Thanks for the recommendation! I actually made a post regarding my demo of the Z1Rs here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-ier-z1r-mids-not-what-you-think.967503/ Long story short, I loved everything about them except for some weird, veiled, mushiness in the mid-range (as opposed to...

TBH, I'm kind of looking for an all-rounder IEM. I tend to listen to a lot of soundtracks, thrash metal, post-rock, and occasionally dark ambient music. My preferred sound signature is a neutral-ish, slight V-shape. My current daily driver is the Fiio FH7, and while it's tuning can be a little...

Does anybody have any recommendations for IEMs around the $1000 price bracket? Including upcoming IEMs?

Hello, Does anyone know if the Lotoo Paw 6000 is compatible with the Opus file format? I ask because I have lots of YouTube rips (Opus wrapped up in a WEBM container) of songs that were never uploaded anywhere else and I have no other way of accessing. I understand that the LP6K is a few years...

Yes, I tried the Final Audio Type E Clear/Red tips, Spinfit W1 tips, and a few miscellaneous Fiio tips. All of them yielded similar results, though I do wonder how foam eartips would have sounded.

Hello, So recently, I got the chance to demo the Sony IER-Z1Rs. Shockingly, they actually fit my ear canals! As expected, the sound quality was out of this world. Having said that, there was one thing that bugged me about the overall sound signature: the mid-range. And not in the way you may...