Thanks for your insight and great replies - I was going to purchase blind, but think I'll have to demo first. Hopefully not too much is lost in lossless, the Naim otherwise checks all the right boxes for me.

Sorry, if I wasn’t clear earlier, yes, I get that the fault lies with Apple. Interesting insight that they did so because of bandwidth concerns. By any chance, have you been able to a/b lossy vs. lossless on the Naim? If so, is there a noticeable drop in sound quality?

Bummer indeed - was hoping for a clean and simple setup, but of course that's not possible, because why would anything headphone-related ever be easy? At least it seems that lossless is just a firmware update away, and hopefully sooner rather than later.

Seriously thinking about buying this product, but have a quick question that hopefully an owner can answer: If I play songs via Apple Music app on an iPad, will Atom stream lossy or lossless?

I really like those matte wood faceplates - totally unique and I don't think I've seen them done on IEMs before.

...Wasn't that what the Geekwave was supposed to be? I know this is all bull, but if it weren't, shouldn't Larry put all his time and energy into making that player to give to Geekwave backers instead? Again, and I can't stress this enough, this is merely a thought exercise because nothing's...

:ksc75smile: Agreed- how these companies can internalize the amps required to drive electrostats in something the size of a snail shell would be groundbreaking enough, but then getting them to play nice with drivers that have different amp requirements while avoiding phase issues seems more...

I bet those sound terrible. * Note sarcasm

If you sued Larry Ho, you could at least take his deposition and force him to tell us under penalty of perjury what work if any he’s actually done.

It’s naive to think that the charlatan who’s kept your money for 4+ years would willingly give it back. Larry’s earned an “F” rating on BBB and continues to ignore a constant barrage of legitimate complaints here and on his own forum- it’s clear that he does not give a f*ck about fixing the...

I think I'll try reformatting to ExFat.. not sure why mine won't work as FAT32.

Thanks guys!

Anyone know what the largest micro sd card can be used with the ak380? My sandisk 400gb card keeps getting read as "damaged."

Is that an Abyss AB-1266 Phi hooked up to a Schitt Ragnarok/Yggdrasil stack in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Whoever designed the TIA faceplates?

@flinkenick: Sorry Nic, totally unrelated to answering your question- did you find much of a difference in SQ between your rwAK380cu and SP1000cu? I'm wondering if SQ can be improved that much more, or if that's pretty much maxed out from what you can expect from a portable, so improvements at...

Audiophiles have been debating whether or not cables make a difference since before Jesus Christ, so I don't think you'll find a definitive answer here. My opinion: Wire quality matters most- get something with high purity from an honest cable maker. Anyone who claims to make a 7n silver cable...

@ezekiel77: thanks for the impressions! Since you have them both, what are your thoughts on how legend x compares to w900? Many thanks :)

I can already imagine the markup. Just. No.

I do too. Do you know what type of battery it takes and if replacement is user-friendly? I don't know A & K's battery replacement program and would prefer not to go through them.

@DrGraceW - can you tell us if your company still plans on providing tunable filters to those who purchased w900 customs? Thanks :beerchug:

Came to this thread for white guys rapping about $2,000 earphones... did not leave disappointed! :ksc75smile:

The only speakers @Wyville listens to are subWoofers :ksc75smile:

Maybe I just don't get it, but seems to me that any 7,500 Euro IEM that needs a full desktop setup to sound good is seriously flawed and not worth a fraction of its cost.

Can anyone provide a link to a good "how to read graphs for dummies" primer? I've never really had the attention span to learn, but as far down the rabbit hole I am in this silly hobby, its probably about time. I can't wait to be able talk about 100,000 kilamegatron spikes, and whatnot...