Hello from another PF fan / iOS dev here :)  I'm very curious how you make out with this. These are all very good questions you are raising re sound colouring. I've always been curious what do all these apps differently to the bitstream that they all sound different.   Curious, are you...

I should check it out. I've been using iMazing 2 and it works very well too. Also works either via USB or wifi.

You're going to love this combo! Congrats :)

  Lol :) I had to use google

What do you mean exactly?

Haha I suppose Tidal is doing the same :)

Wanted to give Roon trial a go. Downloaded, created an account .... and they need a credit card to start a trial. I have a genuine dislike for companies that make you sign up with a CC and you have to explicitly cancel your account or else they keep billing you.

Given sound quality is the same between different players this setup makes great sense at home. But it doesn't help if you want to access your losesless library when you take your laptop to the office, travel or anywhere else.

Roon looks great, but it's an overkill they way it's built imho if you're running on a single laptop with all your music on it. For a dedicated computer that's connected to a stereo permanently that's a different story, but for head-fi duty a standalone app is simpler and cleaner.   BTW found...

I agree at this price they should be in perfect shape. Actually I just got a brand new pair from my dealer as the original version I purchased was a demo unit opened since October. Interestingly I compared the included frequency response chart and the new unit has slightly more bass and...

Has anyone tried the new version of Audirvana 3.0.1 with the HD DAC1 yet? I can't get it to work. It keeps hanging and sometimes gives an error of unable to use integer mode. No music ever plays no matter of what sample rate I try. It works fine with my Audioquest DragonFly Red. Bot dacs are...

Thanks that's interesting. I'll try it out with my setup. Using a MacBook Pro here as well but was just using the USB. It's good the previous gen MacBook Pro retina still has the optical out.

Interesting info regarding USB vs SPDIF. Are you connecting a computer via optical spdif?

Thats an excellent price. I bought retail in Canada. About 670usd.

Nice. We only get the black version in north am