Whoa, catching up. I recently sent my 2ish years old lcd3f to Audeze for repair as the right channel went dead. I have not had the opportunity to do any significant listening. So they've changed the lcd3 formula. And there's a chance that my phones have been tuned differently?

Follow your ears :)

Hey that's cool I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations. I've listened to Layla through a variety of sources, including non-portable, and I am very happy with the Onkyo. I don't perceive bass bloat at all, rather a very neutral to ever so slightly warm, transparent presentation. I enable...

Ok for kicks I hooked up the standard balanced cable and listened for awhile. It's a bit colder, narrower, with edgier highs. Going back to the black dragon brought a welcome return of slight but much appreciated warmth, extended sound stage, and smoother presentation especially highs. The...

Yep, moon audio black dragon v2 which does have the bass pod. https://www.moon-audio.com/black-dragon-iem-headphone-cable-v2.html I bought it for my Angie, read some reviews praising it, my real interest was getting a longer cable with thinner cables to the phones. It's a very nice cable, I...

Hey Luke glad you're enjoying. I have Layla fit with comply "comfort" tips running with Black Dragon balanced cable to an Onkyo DP X1. Never thought I'd have a portable setup that's simple and on par with my full size equipment. Layla is truly engrossing and I find myself just lost in the...

Bummer, no update for them

I switched from Angie to Layla about 3 weeks ago and holy cow what an upgrade! Took about a week for the sonics to really open up. The lows blossomed to reveal really rich, complex, precise bass. I expected the mids and hi to be very similar to Angie, and they are similar overall, but Layla...

Yippeee app update! Noticed the current download # on Google play was in the 5ks. Really curious to know how many owners there are.

Someone mentioned the hi-re Beatles collection. Here it is: https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-USB/dp/B002VH7P4O   Remastered 24/44.1 FLAC entire catalogue on a USB drive. I've had it forever and it never gets old. Some of songs make up my reference material when testing new phones. The SQ and...

I've used Angies through X1 and sounds fantastic.     bflat, I don't agree but    X1 is an awesome source for Layla. Sounds full, dimensional and fierce. The damn things have A&K stamped on them!   Anyway, I can attest that they produce the best results I've heard from the X1, and the...

X1 drives my laylas quite well, hence my curiosity about the statement.

Why do you say the onkyo does not drive your Layla's to full potential?

100ii, 120ii, 240. They all sound fantastic, but I definitely prefer the onkyo. Neutrality and detail retrieval being the basis of my opinion. The dp x1 is superb with both. This dap really gets out of the way and let's the Angie's do their business.

I've listened to Angie se/balanced on both AK and Onkyo. I prefer balanced dp x1 by a wide margin, though everyone's a winner with these matches.

True. Interesting perspective on Android from the Audioquest folks in the new dragonfly thread.

No dap manufacturers "get it right" because we all want different things and tradeoffs are made to control cost. Myself, I could not care less about removable batteries,Bluetooth, or any cable connections beyond balanced out. I want a robust native player with tidal. The latter means Android...

Kicked my AK to the curb. All the daps have their quirks. DP-X1 is by no means perfect, but connecting good balanced phones for lossless music is stellar. Android is a boon. Closed implementations like AK greatly limit options. Dp-x1 is a first class device at an aggressive price point. There...

Just started using uapp for tidal. No more glitches,sounds a whole lot better than tidal app. Essential dap app.

For the red vs black debate... using black with ie800s. It's a fantastic upgrade to a mobile device. If red has one iota of treble bias over black, I would not choose it over black. Is this contraption better than dedicated daps? Not to my ears by a long shot. But for the the price It's...

Yes. Be very careful as these cards can damage easily. Position the card in place and slowly push it as far as it goes without trying to lock. Then use your fingernail or other object that fits to slowly press the card in until it clicks. Slot 1 was the pain for me. Please be careful, all it...

Just received dignis case. It is very nice. Received less than a week in US.

Given the unpredictable balanced input jack staying in the device:) anyone know of a short female to male balanced adapter one could use to keep connected?

Looking for a thinner otg cable. Don't like these fat ones possibly yanking the phone USB around. Suggestions? BTW s7, black, ie800, tidal hi-fi, no problems sounds great.

If anyone wants some basic screen protection on the cheap, I bought this and it's totally fine. MIYAVIX OverLay Screen Protector Brilliant for ONKYO DP-X1 / Pioneer XDP-100R Anti-Fingerprints OBONLYODPX1/12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01919U2R6