Interesting revisit to Tesseract tonight and really enjoying - they are quite a technical animal, and really incredible with more complex electronic music.

True flagship killer right here at only $89 - Simgot EA500LM… I jest of course but they do sound incredible, beautiful design and excellent comfort - they just passed the ‘out walking my dog test’ with flying colours :) Relatively neutral tuning, snappy driver, airy, great detail retrieval...

On the topic of DAPs, this beauty definitely has my name on it - reminds me of the Paw 6000 and an absolute beast in terms of balanced power output… WANT!!! https://www.head-fi.org/threads/introducing-onix-overture-xm5-first-portable-player-from-onix.972642/

It’s an absolute bast-ardo to take off too - so it’s either on and restricted cable use, or off and risk of scratching etc… I definitely won’t be taking it off each time I can’t get a plug to connect!

An etchy Anni and a clinical EXT?!

Hopefully Dignis come to the rescue… deserves an attractive and fully functional case!

While I’m loving the R8 II so far, the case is annoying in that I’m finding a few 4.4mm plugs won’t connect properly as the gap isn’t sufficiently wide… these aren’t even particularly big plugs either! Looks like I’ll have to ditch the case.

I’ve been using Azla Standard mostly which I find excellent.

That looks fantastic and huge power. Drooling…

New-DAP-day

Oh yes very good point - I’ve never once felt any heat from this DAP!

Ode to the legendary NW-WM1A. I’ve had numerous DAPs since this first landed with me in early 2021, an upgrade at the time from the ZX507 (sold but often tempted to buy again) and ZX300 (which I still own and use often). Others have come and gone, but the 1A is never going anywhere and the DAP...

My Sunday afternoon with yet another wonderful mid-fi IEM, the Orivetti OH700VB - such a pleasure to listen to, and great even with the humble Hiby R3 II… love this tiny yet easy to use DAP… plus with a 1TB card loaded, literally thousands of albums in my pocket and barely feel it due to weight...

Two mid-fi sets that continue to delight and amaze me with every listen - DITA Project M NiceHCK Himalaya

Beautiful sunset here in the remote south east of Ireland… chilly though! Love this escape from a busy working week in Dublin. Now back for a glass of wine and music with the humble M1P and Himalaya - excellent combo.

I’m excited to try it - I expect it’ll be very complementary to the 1AM2.

Weekend mode… Anker power bank (great investment) nearby as the Sony will need a charge soon… Perpetua remind me of Traillii in the sense of being whisked away into the music, very immersive and captivating - just the recharge I need after a busy week. The WM1AM2 is a great DAP and getting a...

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Very curious on your thoughts vs Sony M9!

I’m keen to offer a voice on the electronic music topic but time has been incredibly limited lately! I’ll definitely add my 0.2c over the weekend… it’ll have an ‘it depends’ flavour 😂

Far too long since I’ve listened to Plaid… I’ll be going through all of their albums this week!