Same 3 dressed all in FatBear

J3 is only available in the special release version for 1A/1Z

I assume you did the factory reset while WalkmanOne was installed ?

Well after 3 years and probably about 2.000 hours use my right battery is now down to lasting about 2 hours while the left battery still lasts about 8 hours

It is tuned very much along the lines of the MDR-Z1R

It does not, and yes I totally agree

So my $400 Dunu Blanche is positively cheap by comparision

I don’t doubt that. Denmark has one of the highest tax levels in the world but probably also one of the highest income levels in the world

And that is on EVERTHING. We don’t have differentiated VAT

Downconverted to 16/44 or 16/48 (depends on original sample rate) in order to fit my entire library on a 1.5TB card. To fit it in original resolution I need a 2TB card

In Denmark the MV1 cost marginally more than the 490 at €410 and €400. Danish prices are including 25% VAT

It arrived I see

I have not tried that one but I have for years had 2 like that with microUSB rather than usbC and they work great for both charging and data transfer (don’t know about as usb dac as I’ve never used any of my daps like that)

Plus V2

It is the latest WalkmanOne fw that is installed (but with NPAudio adjustments) and it is set to Plus mode V2 when the hold button is down at boot time and normal mode when hold button is up at boot time.

It is a really great dac/amp

I personally never liked the HD800 or HD800S, but I understand what they do and why many love them. On the other hand I loved the MDR-Z1R from the moment I got it over 7 years ago. However I generally prefer in ears and love the IER-Z1R even more to the point where the MDR was hardly ever used...

That depends. My V2.5 mod sacrificed the 3.5 for a much stronger external BT antenna as I never use the 3.5, but the current V5 mod keep the 3.5 output intact

I can’t remember if one of the early ones don’t remove those things. All the later ones do as they are based on the 1A/1Z fw that doesn’t have those features. I can send you a link to a zip file that contains all of them and then you can try yourself (I no longer have an A55)

I had the blue Dignis case but sold it to @gerelmx1986 but I don’t know if he uses it or would be willing to sell it

This is the screen protector I have used for 7 years since first getting my 1Z. The gel case I had is no longer available but at any rate I haven’t used it fir a long time, I use the FatBear black case on both my daps as I did on the A55 I had. https://amzn.eu/d/8paHXeF

Yes the 1A is surprisingly light. However I don’t use my 1Z on the go, only in hotels and so on, so the weight does not bother me. I recently had a chance to compare the 1A V5 mod against my 1Z V2.5 mod and my ears where not able to hear any significant differences. That does not mean that...

If I was to buy one today I would buy a 1A and then send it to nayparm for modding rather than buying a 1Z

Yes. Use the balanced out if the amp has balanced in

Over the years there have been several versions of this idea from several manufacturers. I have the NPAudio mod on both my players which has added the ground connection directly to the 4.4mm socket so don’t need it. I also have a 4.4 to 3.5 single ended adaptor that I can use now that ground has...