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As the Brits say, "horses for courses"... Audeze LCD-XC - my current reference phones; best when reclining in my La-Z-Boy (to support the 760 gm weight) Meze 109 Pro - At my desk. These get the most play time for both comfort and musical sound. Focal Elegia - At my desk when I need to be...

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In my stack, I swapped out my K7 for the Schiit Vali3 with a 6N26P tube. It has enough power in single ended 1/4" output to drive my phones. I am enjoying more clarity, separation, and instrument placement on the sound stage. Female vocals in particular sound more realistic:

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Some cables are charging only. You need an OTG cable for charging and two-way data transfer when using a dongle DAC

My BR13 performs well in my living room rig. However, using my my iPad Pro as a source, where I often switch between sending to the BR13, and receiving on my B&W PX8 headphones. I like the APTx HD most with my headphones. Sometimes the BR13 gets stuck in "Pause" mode and requires a power...

I have old ears. I use OS mode on my K11R2R because I hear better isolation and instrument placements, as well as vocals presented more clearly. For a Photoshop analogy, it’s like adding a bit of sharpening. Photographers know that it is easy to “oversharpen” and ruin an image. I feel FiiO...

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Not balanced. It doesn’t seem to matter to the sound quality when fed into a powerful headphone amp. I use the pre-amp out so that I can use the excellent volume control on the K11R2R

I am in the "value for money" group. I have enjoyed both SABRE and AKM dongle DACs and desktop DACs (see sig. below). I have settled on the FiiO K11R2R in OS mode driving a Schiit Vali3 amp. With the Loki+ analogue tone controls I can tweak it for every headphone (and every album) to suit my...

Thanks. It’s a Topping rack from Aliexpress. It allows good airflow around the Loki+ which runs quiet hot

I have enjoyed my FiiO M11 Pro for five years now. It's Android 7.0. AKM4497EQ DAC and THX amps. I play about 5 hours a week and more when travelling. I hope Tidal or HiBy Music don't terminate their apps in the future like Tidal did with my old Apple 4 phone. The battery is fine so far...

You will need a Bluetooth receiver with Coax or Optical output to plug into the back of the K11 R2R. This one shows up in my Amazon search: 1Mii HiFi Bluetooth 5.3 Music Receiver