Or you could just clean it up a bit and then go for one of these. I've got one on my Edition XS (has same "fat tire" headband) and it works great. I got the thinner one but they also sell a thicker strap, depending on your head size...

Yeah, I've had the case where I had V1.2 still on my SD card in slot 1 and somehow the machine took it upon itself to reinstall that same firmware after I had already installed it previously. I kept thinking What??? then later on I figured it out. I made sure this time to get the new firmware...

Little Blue (with Brandi Carlile) Edition XS<--FiiO M11 Plus ESS (Tidal streaming). About as good as it gets, just pure magic.

OT: The first time I heard Holly Cole's version of I Can See Clearly Now, back in '93, it blew my mind. Still does.

Last night I had a good listen with NOS toggle to OFF and just selected the Darwin Ultra filter, nothing else. Had my RS2 4.4mm Balanced line out to Balanced line in on my A&K PA-10 Amp. Yeah, when I A/B it's hard to hear a difference but that's just me; I trust there is something good and...

Did you install it on your RS2 and then check the firmware in the about section on the machine itself? I downloaded and installed rs2.upt (dated Apr 7, 2024) on my RS2 yesterday and it is now showing FW 1.3. I installed from Joe Bloggs' link (post 100) on...

Joe--Thank you for getting Darwin V2 to the RS2. I installed it today and see that it's now properly reporting Firmware V 1.3. Just a quick question: If I just want to use the Darwin Ultra setting, should I select NOS as on (toggle over to right) or off (toggle over to left)?

I hadn't listened to to Hymns/Spheres in a long time and I put it on Tidal last night. It really is an amazing, otherworldly performance. Like you say, there are many ambient qualities to it and it ranges melodically from sort of baroque church organ to some sort of darker undefinable ambient...

Opalesque

Thanks for the info, at least now we know.

Apparently when the M23 is stable in Android 12 in testing (and/or their other candidates are also stable) they will OTA the upgrade to the rest of the candidates, which as far as I can surmise, will be those that are at Android 10 with Snapdragon 660, such as M17, M15S, M11S, M11 LTD and M11...

Something old, something brand new, something in between. All great. John Surman--Words Unspoken (2024) Flower In Aspic Kit Downes--Obsidian (2018) Black Is The Colour The Gary Burton Quartet With Eberhard Weber--Passengers (1977) Nacada --this is one of my favorite ECM album covers

I agree with your sentiments. Lately, the pinnacle of my listening experience is a simple set-up: My Edition XS and Shanling M6 Pro 21 in turbo mode using balanced 4.4mm with a pure copper cable. Any type of music, from Ralph Towner to Night Verses to Hania Rani, to Ton Koopman's Amsterdam...

Try Neighborhood if you haven't already, from 2005.

I ran into the same problem with my M11 Plus ESS...the FiiO app would not install the update after downloading from the Play Store. I then went into the app and in the About section it will show if there's an update available and I was able to download and install. Mine is now on 3.2.1. So, at...

My favorite too. Soulful stuff. I got mine on vinyl sometime in '85. Lots of associated memories.

Night Verses--Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night Shout out to YtseJamer for posting this record a while back! I've been listening to this pretty intensely for the past couple of weeks on a variety of DAPs/Headphones. After being just blown away by it the very first listen it's...

ECM 2769, Released: 14 April 2023 Recorded: March-April 2022, Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano This is some of the finest Classical Guitar playing I've ever heard, so much energy, precision and emotion. https://ecmrecords.com/product/el-ultimo-aliento-zsofia-boros/

Darwin V2--Is the RS2 ever going to get a firmware update with them? Has to be asked every once in a while...

Gunam "Music for piano and percussion by Glauco Venier and pieces inspired by Komitas, Gurdjieff, Dufay, Franco Recorded December 2013 Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano." https://ecmreviews.com/2019/06/23/venier-miniatures/

LarsMan--Your pictures are amazing, thank you for taking them back in the day and taking the time and effort to post them to this thread, looking forward to more!

I don't want to be overly dramatic but your photos give me a no-kidding Annie Leibovitz type reaction. You have that ability to get these images of musicians at their perfect expressive moment with a sense of ease that is uncanny.

Wow, that's a great photo!

I don't think you can overstate how great Prefab Sprout was. I bought this as Two Wheels Good in the states back in 1987, I think, and just played it and played it. Has totally stood up over time. I mean there's no other music like it and it's basically uncategorizable. Steve McQueen Acoustic is...

What a great idea! Do you have a link for that particular mount?