It was indeed a great meet.   Personally I was highly interested in listening to the akg k340 and enjoyed listening to them with their good and bad points.   However ... the audio bliss came from the Stax Sr-507/sr323s. Previous time I had such an experience was listening to some Stax Lambda...

Ah Crhis, That's her ! I never heard about her, but for some reason I always like her adago of the op106, on the 'heavy' side. Thank you VERY MUCH ! Lionel

  Hi All,   I am still looking at who it could be :-)   Who it's NOT : Arrau, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Badura Skoda, Barenboim DG, Barenboim EMI, Bellucci, Brautigam, Barry Douglas,  Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Brendel 75, Brendel 96, Buchbinder, Gieseking, GiIlels, Goode, Gould, Maria...

Hi, I am interested on the principle. Lionel

I have udpated the list at the top of the thread and will keep it updated. Lionel  

I mean that, connected to the USB port of a Synology NAS, it would be recognized by the NAS as a sound card. I believe the microstreamer II work that way. In that case music can be streamed directly from the nas drive. Lionel

Hi, Does anyone know if the HRT streamer would be compatible with a Synology NAS? Thank you ! Lionel  

I am looking for a DAC/Amp (a la Matrix mini, audio gd, ...) , 200-400$ max, that would be work directly though USB with my synology NAS. Smaller like HRT microstreamer are candidates as well (would it work?).   Compatible : I have an old edirol UA25 and a HPDAC (built by misterX) that...

Hello, Does it handle 220V and if yes, do you ship the version accordingly with the destination country ? Thank you ! Lionel

Hello Everybody,   I got those .. they look great and sound great (read usual threads). At first highs sounded a bit agressive to my taste, but it disapeared after one week. depending on where you're from in term of headphones, highs might be surprising (compared to a HD650 for example).  ...

It might be a silly question, but does the high gain position drain the battery more quickly ? If yes, any guess on estimation ? Lionel

Hello,   Is this product still supported and sold ? Audiotailor website is ... hem ... better not to talk about it.   My thoughts would be to use the Yang output for my HD650 and the Yin one for the RS2, which is why that product seems great to me, for that duality. I have already a...

Guys, For people planning to purchase it or who have it, how do yo plan to deal with the battery replacement ? Is it something that can be done without any soldering in the D12 ? Thank you ! Lionel

This must be the behavior (no active usb audio on the USB cable would allow to power by usb and amp the aux in). And maybe the earlier model behaved differently.   As a note, ibasso has confirmed that the amp can be used alone, on USB power and amplify the signal from the line in.  ...

Hi everybody, So now I have 2 conflicting opposite statement ! Any other additional votes/experiences to chime in ? I will email ibasso as well, they might respond. thank you ! Lionel

Hi there, Sorry, I am not sure to understand. Does that mean that if USB isconnected (for power) then the amp will amplify the USB audio and not the line in ? I am interested in having the possibility of using the amp alone (in usb powered mode). Thank you Lionel

Thanks, Which means that connecting the USB for power is not going to 'force' the signal path to come from the DAC ? (sorry if I look to instist a bit to be sure !) Maybe that's for the D2 that I saw something like that then.   I am asking because I might be in situations where I want to...

Hello, I think I saw it somewhere in the thread but could not find it anymore. Can the D4 amp be used alone, powered by USB (as in amplifying an external signal, not using the DAC)? Thank you! Lionel

Hello, Do you know if  the battery user changeable ? Thank you very much ! Lionel

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I would go for Pierrot Lunaire as well. I have the Schaffer/Boulez version and enjoy it a lot ( 'a lot' for a schoenberg piece). I have tried some others but like this one. If the voice irritates it but you feel some connection, try an other version. As it is a 'sprechgesang' piece,the...

Guys, I recently listened to the Pappano version and noticed something in the Tuba Mirum that I never really noticed bebore. It is when the full orchestra is back and the Choir Bass starts the 'Tu .... ba mirum ...'. The strings + oboe + clarinet + fagott are doing that .. not sure how to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bunnyears ... I don't consider this to be a good thing necessarily. I just have trouble prioritizing and culling from my collection. For some reason, even if I hate the recording I just can't get rid of it. I tried calling it deaccessioning, but that didn't...

Not sure if you guys have seen that (I have not found a post related to it), but Andras Schiff lectures on the bethoven piano sonatas are available mp3 format for free on the guardian website : Andras Schiff: the lectures | Classical and opera | guardian.co.uk Music I started recently to...

I went for the IE6 and do not regret it at all. My concerns with the IE7 were mainly the fit and the sound leakage (not isolation), I am happy with the IE6, medium plugs did fit right away the same way as my cx300 do. They leak 'just a little bit' more than the CX300, but not much...