I recently tried several cheaper earbuds to find that bluetooth 5 has been a great improvement. As I watched youtube review and comparisons, several reviewers showed a lot of enthusiasm for the high end units from sony and sennheiser. Particularly the reviews for the SoundCore Liberty pro 2...

lg v30 here without amp still sounds pretty good. Listen to the T1.2 on the Hiby R6 sounds even better. enjoy, jhv

a couple years ago I went to Canjam in Orange County. I was at the Astell and Kern booth and listened to the T1 that had just been released as a Beyerdynamic Headphone made for Astell and Kern. It was selling for over $1000 and my budget could not handle it. It was one of the best headphones...

I like to keep my apps and ops up but does any update significantly change hiby sound? I really want to know what cans people are finding match well keeping the cost away from British stupid crazy prices. A neighbor loaned me both the noble “drop” iem’s (drop.com) and they are “ah.. very nice”...

sorry, it is separate wireless update app that comes on the r6. Only used it once for 1.4g version. Didn’t mean to deceive.

check out the separate settings app. How tough was the oreo update? I heard more then 1 concern about bricking. jhv

2 amp charger acts like turbocharge. Supposedly yielding full charge in 2-3 hrs. trickling the battery always best to reduce heat damage from what I’ve read. Anyone looking for significant comparisons read the Currawong review comparing the r6 to top daps. You have to get decent cans to...

Semi open design. What did they give up to drop the impedance to 35? My Hiby could drive that! I’ll never forget hearing the T1 with an ak240 at Canjam. Jaw dropping as I recall... jhv

My vote goes to the Noble x in balanced if possible. Laid back presentation, very spacious match with the r6. jhv

Might sound better at fewer $$'s. Always a good incentive...

Any headphone I've tried comparing a balanced to regular, there has been a significant improvement of sound. Do you have a chance to check balanced phones out? If you are like me, a Beyerdynamic fan you might want to look into others like the AK TP5. I heard them combined with a with a AK240...

i've used the balanced mode with closed back oppo phones but am curious what connections with iem's have gone well (superior to just plugging in a 1/8 stereo input). Please share how you wired them. dumacker

I picked up a chinese 12vdc 30 w linear power supply built for "headphone/dac" on ebay.  They configured to 15v and a plug like the one the Mini uses.  It has significantly improved the sound of the streamer.  Auralic suggests a power supply upgrade particularly for the users of the  "on-board"...

When I found out that Sonos had no real public commitment to updating their excellent "connect" unit,  I started to examine what was available to play Hi-Res music files (I have read that Sonos can only stream in CD-quality 16-bit/44.1khz) on my non-portable system.  I received the new Auralic...

I set up the Oppo HA-2 with the Ipad streaming Tidal and the result was very much improved dynamics, a more open soundstage.  I was very impressed with how it affected streaming through the PC.  The music was more "present".  Running through Oppo PM-3 I heard an articulate low end (i.e. the...