How often is everyone buying replacement pads? I’m 2+ years in, hours everyday of use, and the hybrid pads are honestly seeming fine.

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Yes, the Cambridge CXN v2, blue sound node 2021 and my dap fiio m11 pro. The most noteworthy was the CXN, which against the 430 dac, it’s warm, pretty rich but too smooth in the highs for my taste, the warmth isn’t the best pairing for the 430 either. I also feel the technicalities aren’t on...

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I am finally getting through my honeymoon phase of the new angled alcantera, and I'm very glad the elites come with both pads now, because it was all hybrids when I got these a year and a half ago, now I turn to both pads at different times. The angled alcantera (AA) has been for critical...

i wanted to post this somewhere, but I compared the 430 to the Lina stack from dcs. The Lina has proven to be polarizing, specifically with the amp itself. And I can see why. Compared to the 430,The low end was more forward than I wanted at times. In Up The Mountain by Regina Spektor, the bass...

Just noticed that both the full sized briefcase and the stock cable are no more with purchasing Elites at least. Now it’s the travel case and your choice between copper and silver upgrade cables.

I too have been hesitant to get the angled Alcantara, primarily because it seems to attract those who haven’t been that happy with the hybrids nor the og Alcantara, and who simply feel there’s a veil in the elites, even with an upgrade cable. I personally do not fall in that camp. Is there...

None for me, over a year and a half and majority of it on a room stand

of the many things I value of the 430had, this is one of them. I feel many daps and AIOs that have filters force you to choose between a greater soundstage but thinner, brighter and fatiguing. Or fuller more intimate engagement presentation, however a more closed in, overly soft presentation...

I didn’t know there was more than one model of the fiio m11 pro, how would I find this information? Streaming, was storage but wiped the cache and storage of the app, worked like normal for half a day, then went back to sluggish and crashing once so far

Is anybody’s Qobuz very sluggish suddenly?