So I've finally received the Yinman 600s. I liked their sound signature right away. This has to be the first set of ear/headphones I've owned where the AMP REALLY makes a difference and not just in the volume that they put out. The volume is more than enough even without any amplification. They...

Thank you! Is there a store that ships the Yinman 600s to Europe? I'm getting a "page missing/item not available in your country" on your links and struggling to find these anywhere outside of Aliexpress.

Thanks! It does sound like they'd fit me well. My only concern is their super low impedance. My FF5s are already picking up quite a bit of hum from the amp at 45ohm. I'm guessing the 16ohm on the Yincrows would exacerbate the issue, right?

I’m thinking $300, but I’m open to pricier suggestions if they’re really worth it.

My fav pair of headphones would be the LCD2Cs or the R70xs. I find myself using the R70xs more because of comfort. My current source is the iFi Zen DAC v2 / Zen Can combo. As you can probably guess, I'm not a fan of overly analytical sound. The R70xs, to me, are pretty much perfect without any...

I recently purchased the FF5s not really expecting anything and didn't really like them at first. After EQing them though, I've fallen in love with them. Still, I wonder, as we all do, is the more expensive stuff that's out there really worth it? I like warm, neutral sound signatures so I was...

I'd like to run Equalizer APO with my LCD2Cs, because the right EQ can make them sound like heaven. How do you guys choose between the two? Is bit-perfect playback worth not being able to to EQ your headphones? If I make sure no other audio streams are sent to my DAC, am I still somehow...

I love this, thank you!

Can't you like / save / favorite a bunch of tracks or albums and get recommendations? Apple sucks pretty hard compared to Tidal or Spotify, but it should give you some recommendations based on your listening and liking history. I wouldn't hold my breath when it comes to Amazon Music delivering a...

Tidal. Good SQ and best music suggestions (beats Spotify in my case).

Depends. For streaming the only solutions are Audirvana and Roon. Roon even has some built-in crossfeed if you're into that. They both support exclusive mode, meaning they can do bitperfect and they let you add software EQ to the chain. They work with various streaming platforms. The only issue...

While it doesn't sound like a bad idea to forgo the crappy software implementations in favor of a hardware one, I don't think I'm ready to drop that kind of money on a DAC. I I'm currently using the LCD2Cs with Aune T1SE, and was hoping to upgrade to something at most as expensive as the...

Do you guys make it work with streaming services somehow? I just trialed Roon which has a built-in crossfeed (and many other issues that unfortunately make the platform a no-go for me) and it reminded me how great it can sound. APO is kinda janky, are there any other solutions to use it with...

I've just trialed Amazon HD again and unfortunately it's a mess on Windows and Mac. The bit perfect implementation is still extremely buggy and isn't really bit perfect (unless you manually match the settings in Windows with what's playing.) There are numerous other bugs that make it annoying to...

Nope. Tidal and Amazon seem to be the only ones featuring this. Although last I checked Amazon was a bit problematic in that regard.

Did I miss something? Last I checked lossless wasn't available on Windows, so you don't need to trouble yourself with sample rate matching. My suggestion would be to not use any Apple services on Windows (or better yet, any Apple services period). Judging by how often their apps get updated and...

I've owned the T1SE for a little over a year now. I've noticed a while ago that there's an issue with channel balance at lower volumes. Anything below 35-40% volume will make the left channel quieter than the right one. The lower the volume gets, the bigger the imbalance becomes with the left...

I think it’s more likely they enable these features through their web app than release any kind of Apple Music for Windows unfortunately. I guess it’s either too much effort considering the limited user base or they think Apple Music is a strong enough brand to make people want to switch from...

https://dribbble.com/shots/16116849-Apple-Music-on-Windows-11 Now wouldn't that be quite a turn of events for us Windows users?

I'd say as long as Apple's approach is to have some of their library as lossless, some as Dolby, some as god knows what, not to mention their terrible Windows PC support, I don't think they're much of a competition tbh.

Wouldn’t surprise me if they released it with iOS 15 as a beta feature. Gives them enough time to test it and hype it up over summer and the release of stable coincides with the annual release of new hardware in September that could include lossless support. It makes a little more sense than...

I use an iPhone, Macbook M1, and I also have a well-specced Windows desktop PC for gaming/music, so I have a very direct and clear comparison of how their apps work and what they look like on Apple devices and on Windows. iTunes on Windows is outdated, heavy, and extremely sluggish. Using Apple...

Wouldn't surprise me that much tbh. Dealing with anything Apple-related on a Windows machine has always been a nightmare, which means they either don't care or purposefully keep the experience on a competing platform as unpleasant as permissible.

So it seems like it's going to be a sudden change with both Apple and Spotify. Kinda sucks that Tidal (not sure about Amazon, unavailable where I live) still remains the only streaming service with bitperfect playback though.

Ah, I thought you might've had the old info from back when Deezer HiFi was only available with certain hardware. Although back then it was Sonos I think. Funny how they're repeating the same mistake but with bitperfect playback now.