Cheers :) I've now read this thread and watched a handful of YouTube vids including one by Porta.fi and from this afternoon have one R7 on order. One more question if I may... Does it merit getting a separate power supply for the R7 Thanks again

Thanks,. I'm mostly portable (AK SR25 & Campfire Audio Andromeda), but years ago bought an iFi idsd bl and a pair of Sennheiser HD660s but never liked the sound, so they've sat on the shelf for a very long time. Suspect I may not be a fan of the iFi House sound, Recently I felt a little guilty...

Hi, quick question on the fly (10 minutes tea break at work), but has the R7 enough power to drive Sennheiser HD660s ? t.i.a :)

One cable and one Topping DX3 pro+ on order, Thanks :)

Many thanks, thought I was being a numpty. The search for an amp, Dac/amp continues but at least I know I'm not limited in choice

Hi Haven't posted for quite sometime all due to the knowledge of Headfi leading me to buy a portable set up that I'm still loving. Started off with an Astell & Kern AK70 Dap with Campfire Audio Andromeda and Forza balanced cable. After a while I upgraded to the AK SR25 - Still happy. But I did...

Is this any help?

iirc It's been stated by Jason on one of the myriad of AK Threads that the Ripper can only save to internal memory, it can't save to SD Card - a bit of p.i.a imo

Maybe mis-read but the SR25 has a volume limiter which is set to 'ON', if the SR15 has the same it can be found & switched off via Menu > Settings > Volume Limit. I have a pair of ie80S iems with 2.5mm balanced Forza Hybrid cable stashed away somewhere, was quite happy with them prior to...

Just bought one and 6hrs in using 2.5mm it's still cool to the touch. Coming from the AK70 Mkii, the SR25 is a magnificent machine, spent the last few hours playing random favourite tracks from my library (16bit & 24bit) and am blown away by how good they all sound (even D&B tracks). Am...

Hi Read up to page 21, then tried a search but couldn't find an answer..... I've been pretty happy with my AK70 Mkii paired with Forza (balanced) cable & CA Andromedas (OG) for the last 3yrs now, listening to mostly ripped CD's (400gb of flac) with a few Hi-Res downloads. Love it for it's...

Think I'm being a little optimistic in expecting anyone to be able to answer this and I apologize as my question is more than a little off tangent to the purpose of this thread, but how does the Diablo compare to the Astell & Kern Kann Alpha (DAP) in terms of musicality & nearness to 'Reference'...

That day hasn't come, I have no idea why pompecukor is unable to read the thread & previous requests for an ifi range comparison before posting his ill thought out diatribe nor do I really care for his opinion after reading his post. I am however looking forward to your review when you find time...

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You could also consider 'Forza' who are very well regarded, I bought one of These cables from customcans for my lowly HD600S then upgraded to forzas Claire Hybrid & was glad I did, link to their head-fi thread below https://www.head-fi.org/threads/forza-audioworks-impressions-thread.661441/