Thank you everyone who responded to my lurker comments about off-topic posting the other day with kindly if critical answers. High quality discourse that’s much appreciated.

Fair point — I realize off-loading the off-topic stuff would not have suddenly increased the volume of Kara commentary. And I know search is my friend. I'm just offering my impression of checking in every few days over the past couple of weeks and wading through what feels like about a 5-to1...

I see this comment from a few months ago was pretty much politely/humorously shot down by all the happy thread randomologists, but I'll just say I found comfort and solidarity in someone else expressing this reasonable concern. No, @ozziegurkan, you're not the only one, you and me are the only...

No worries! I sympathize with the frustration people are feeling about the Massdrop ship-date. Hope they arrive soon, and that people enjoy the AP60 Pro as much as I've enjoyed the AP60ii. It just should probably have it's own thread.

Why is the Massdrop AP60 Pro player (and complaints about its shipping date, etc.) being discussed in this thread? As an owner of the AP60ii with its AK4452VN DAC, why am I reading about the AP60 Pro with its Sabre ESS9118C DAC? Yes, the form factor is very, very similar, but shouldn't the...

Those ridges are kinda like faux retro-amp heat sinks. Goes nicely with the McIntosh-ey colored button lights.

If this is in the price range of the iFi Nano iDSD Black Label portable DAC/amp I just bought but is new/improved/better, I’m going to be non-chuffed!

I'm using a Hidizs AP60ii DAP, iPhone, and a MacBook Pro laptop as sources.

Thanks, all, as @Mshenay suggests, the answer is that the DAP successfully reads and scans microSD card's folders inside the card's Music folder, and uses that folder structure to organize the music by album and artist. Without using folders to contain albums, the DAP puts individual music...

Experimenting frightens me. :triportsad: :dt880smile: I’ll give it a shot as you suggest.

I just bought a Hidisz AP60ii DAP and now I need to add music from my iTunes Music library on my Mac to the microSD card I’ll be using. Total newbie here. On my Mac, song files are inside album folders, and the album folders are inside Artist folders. My question is, can I drag and drop Artist...

Vinyl records wearing out is an imanginary anxiety. Somebody else will be able to listen to my LPs long after I'm gone. Clean records in good sleeves and played on a properly set up turntable don't lose fidelity over time. I mean, sure, eventually friction and heat will damage the grooves, but...

Don Draper would like to have a word with you.

  Hi-fi words to live by!!

Check out the Schiit Happened history thread. Jason recently did an upcoming product-release post. Mani is tracking to release in September.

Stop torturing innocent HP50s!

  Another great chapter, and a happy boost for a more-than-deserving product and company. Sweet.   But as someone who really, really dislikes the way the New York Times covers hi-fi, I found the passage above to be a fascinating insight into the somewhat warped perceptions and priorities of...

So between the ear cups of the NAD Viso HP50 everybody's sticking not ears and head but the umpteenth zillionth episode of the internet shadow war between DBX and supposedly delusional critical listening, between lossy and lossless, between.... Choose your own warring abstractions. It's a very...

  Very companionably put, and not at all flame-y. But you and your brewsky definitely started taking us down that extraneous-to-Schitt trail and I see flickering fires up ahead....   Home Owners Associations! Chairs! Red Book SQ manifestoes! This thread sometimes struggles to pay attention...

  My feeling is that it's Jason's company and Jason's thread and he can do whatever he wants.   Obviously nobody should have a problem with the irreverent/scatalogical overtones of Schiit the name if they're participating here and buying this brilliant gear. (Raises hand.)   I will say that...

I'm sorry about the people having torturous fit, comfort, and even insane pain issues, and I wish good luck to anybody on the hunt for replacement pads or other mods. It's pretty clear the HP50 doesn't work for some ears and heads. I'm also sorry to see these issues predominating in this thread...

The main disadvantage is that they're not the flashy-Ferrari red ones I've got.

Man. At this point if I had a nickel for every time someone links to Monty Montgomery and one of his xiph.org posts in a discussion of higher-resolution digital auio, I'd be starting to look at some serious money. The phrase "snake oil" is often included. The tone is invariably one of terse...

All of these digressions about the Hi-Res Holy Wars don't really belong here IMO.    Back on topice, I'm beginning the lean toward this doubters about the Apple-Beats deal really happening.   Although a top business publication (the New York Post) is reporting that the deal is still on but...