Excellent seller. Communication was great and item as described. Thank you!

Item as described and shipping was prompt. Great seller, highly recommend!

Not necessary, it depends on computer/smartphone and a DAP/dongle

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Everything's perfect, pleasure to deal with as always!

Chord is another example that balanced is not required, dac/amp can sound great and be powerful enough with SE The lack of unnecessary gimmicks is a pro in my book, not a con

Why is that? Nothing in the specs suggests it. Your Hip-Dac 3 is fine, you don't need to upgrade.

It's only your imagination, they didn't change anything related to the sound

Strange, it always worked fine for me

E1DA 9038D was around for a while, and it has 180mW@32ohm

There is a new firmware available Firmware Update to Version 2.01.00 Benefits and Improvements Fixes an issue where the Battery Care feature does not work Provides a Security update (The security level displayed in the Settings menu will be as of December 2023)

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Maybe i'm still missing a point, but i don't see how more overpriced flagships affect me. Every price range is getting more competitive, we have so many more choices now comparing to 5-10-15 years ago. Some people with deep pockets will spend even more on their new toys? Don't care, good for...

Great communication, fast payment, very smooth sale overall. Thanks!

Balanced in itself is not better. There is nothing to be gained sonically that could not also be gained with a well designed SE amp. For interconnects, the pros of balanced is noise immunity. For DAPs and earphones/headphones, it's mostly just marketing. And very rare cases of using a headphone...

Sure, didn't like it, i get itchy ears fast. For M9, i have double flange tips that work the bets for me, no vacuum effect and it feels like they don't completely seal, and yet they do, isolation is good, bass is all there, sound is the best from all the tips i've tried (and it's a LOT of tips...

I'd be the one who doesn't like foam at all Don't find it either comfortable or best sounding 🤷‍♂️

The thing is, all these magical self developed components don't offer much real improvement, since off-the-shelf stuff is already very very good. WM1AM2 is great, but so are many other DAPS and dac/amps around this price. For the sound only i'd rather take mojo2 for example 🤷‍♂️

You've bought the new toy, it's the best toy ever and you'll stay with it forever. Or until a new toy catches your eye :D I've heard this story before.

They don't have any bass though ) In the brief time i had them, i was constantly torn between "this music actually sounds pretty good" and "this is terrible, 100$ iems can do better"

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Is there something special about Sony that attracts this kind of people, or are there microSD card believers in other threads as well? Or are all of them buy Sony DAP eventually and end up here? 🤷‍♂️

It also depends on how you plan to use it. I'm actually fine with mine, now that i've found microSD that works. For me it's a simple spare DAP to play local flac and mp3, that drives all my headphones and iems and sounds really good, so i'm keeping it even if Tempotec never fixes any bugs...

Can't agree with you there, for me M9 is clearly both more capable technically and better tuned iem. Mach 70 isn't terrible, but overpriced and requires some EQ to sound decent.

Contrary to the popular beliefs on head-fi, when you already have enough power, and nothing weird is going on (like an extra noise on one source, huge impedance difference between them, DSP etc) replacing one source with another actually makes a very little difference. So congrats, you've...