Yes ... I wear mine out and about every day - street, train, bus, metro, etc.

  Ah yes I see.   You could achieve the same outcome by using your phone to create a Wi-Fi 'hotspot' and connect the Pioneer DAP to it for streaming purposes.

  It's not.   Would it be any advantage when you can install Spotify directly on the device?

  Ah, I see what you mean.   The cable is identified as suitable for V-Moda 'phones that have the right and left connections available at each earcup connector, so the wiring won't suit the Beyers.

  I'd agree with that and would expect the cable dede4metal highlighted to work.   Incidentally, I've found that the OEM locking feature quickly wears when the cables are removed regularly so offers little advantage. Nevertheless the plugs stay in under normal use and having them pop out...

  Yes, that's what I would use.   Good luck with your repair efforts 

  Great find!   Looks like a double sided adhesive tape holding the screen to the case.   Some gentle heat and leverage with a plastic spudger should do the trick.

  Tidal offline is also reported to be working correctly on the iBasso DX200 further reinforcing that it's an Onkyo / Pioneer specific problem.

  I've never experienced any hiss on Tidal either. Plenty of short interruptions to playback of offline content, which I have given up hope of ever being fixed, but certainly no hiss.   It's really odd that it's affecting balanced output only on your player. It would suggest a hardware fault...

  As a closed-back 'phone the silver covers are decorative rather than functional. It is very disappointing that a high-end component has such a defect and similar problems are not unknown across their range. Rightly or wrongly I try to console myself with a view that they concentrate on what...

  I've an SSD in an old iPod and it takes a lot of power for writing but reading is no problem to give acceptable playback time.   A 4x mSD device would be fine too.   I'm sure FiiO or other manufacturer could produce a high-capacity transport based on existing products with minimal...

  Spot on.   The quality of the X1A may be superb but that of the original X1 was sorely lacking in relation to the output jacks. Onkyo's only reaction was to cynically withdraw the optional extended warranty that was originally available in the home market.   Riley has commented on the...

Personally I'd prefer a device using an SSD rather than SD cards but whatever the format high storage capacity is the No. 1 priority.

  I suspect you are right. There is great enthusiasm in Head-Fi for DAPs with TB storage capacities but the general market is probably content with much less.   Given that there is some demand however, I would have thought it worthwhile for a manufacturer to design a device capable of taking...

  not with large storage capacity.   No 1 in the original list of features was up to 1TB storage.   Well I can already have that on my modified 5th gen iPod, but the best available on 'modern' daps is 512 GB via 2 x microSD.   I'd rather not have to stack devices but I'll take that...