Just wanted to comment on volume on the H95: I’m in the camp that for whatever reason listens to music at louder volumes. (Damaged hearing? Less sensitive ears?) I find I’m Listening between 70-100% volume (usually closer to 70, depending on the recording.) These aren’t as loud as some other...

Right... the H95 can’t be used passively which is first and foremost why our friend is suggesting you won’t see much improvement. Still, could be interesting to compare.

My H95’s arrived today. I don’t test or listen to headphones extensively so I won’t try to review or make any comparisons to other headphones. (Mentioned previously that my most recent headphones in the last several years were Beoplay H6 2nd gen’s, which are fun to listen to.) All I can say is...

Thanks for sharing those details. I am using an iPhone 11 Pro Max as well, but with the music app (iTunes match) and Spotify. So far I don’t have any complaints— I used to keep at least specific genres of music in lossless format on my devices, but it’s been years since I’ve synced with my...

I am curious what sources people are listening to (device, music app / streaming service). Mostly just looking at my setup and hoping to eliminate any compromises on sound quality from transcoding, etc. I’m using an iPhone and have an iTunes Library, but do my streaming on Spotify currently, and...

I haven’t logged in to Head-Fi for a DECADE but have been reading your thread and figured I’d log in tonight to say thanks for creating this thread. Honestly, I noticed the same pattern of that negative set of comments popping up in the few places online with H95 impressions. I guess it was more...

First: how do you like the sound of your 5.5g? I really enjoyed mine. I bought the classic when it came out (the first 160gb model they released, so it's thicker) and really don't enjoy the sound as much as I did on the 5.5g. Also, all the "bells and whistles" that came with my classic resulted...

Quote: Originally Posted by Noumenon Oh, it's not that limited, to the point of uselessness. I have 220+ albums in ALAC that take up 64GB, so lets say you add your favorite most-listened-to 150 albums, that still leaves you 20 GB for movies, photos, and apps. Plus it's very easy to sink...

Quote: Originally Posted by smeggy Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil Speakers Touch: Receive audio from Airfoil on your iPhone & iPod Touch there ya go. It's what I use Exactly what I was thinking-- though it'd be nice if airfoil could run in the background on the iPod / iPad so that I...

Quote: Originally Posted by uofmtiger I have an iPad and I doubt I have a need for a DAC to go with it. I have an Airport Express in my bedroom that feeds my DAC Apple Lossless files. I actually have my FLAC files backed up to Apple lossless, so I have no reason to only use FLAC...

Quote: Originally Posted by The_X If only you could put Linux on an iPad... sigh... FLAC support, DivX and other movie file support, etc. The screen is truly droolworthy. I just realized something though--is there any way to charge the iPad and use the camera kit at the same time...

Quote: Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict Heck, I'd be happy even if I could only plug it into a desktop powered USB DAC and listen to my lossless music. Most portable DAC/amp run the DAC portion off USB and the amp portion off battery, so I do wonder how much of a drain on the...

Alright, I know this is three posts in a row... I hooked up the 3rd gen iPod Touch (with the latest updates installed), no dice. pops up with a message that says the device is unsupported. Tried playing music just to make sure, and the music came out of the iPod's speaker. I don't know...

I'm reading the Onkyo ND-S1 thread here and just noted that there's an option for "PC" -- as in, USB from PC to the Onkyo to get digital out. It'd be kinda clumsy (compared to just a new dock that was configured to do digital just by docking it), but you could use the "PC" input to get digital...

Quote: Originally Posted by Noumenon Assuming Wadia is able to get bit-perfect from the iPad, what would be the difference between the two solutions below, as far as SQ goes; i.e., Does the Camera adapter make a Wadia obsolete? Would the camera kit provide bit-perfect? iPad->camera...

How does the software differ between the 3GS and the iPod Touch? I have access to a third gen iPod Touch I could test it on (possibly tomorrow). My thinking is that more than anything it's software support / a driver for USB audio that makes the difference (unless there are differences in the...

For those interested, I picked up an iPad camera connection kit tonight. Plugged in the USB dongle, plugged USB cable into that, mini USB end into the predator, and fired up the iPod app. It works. Very cool-- digital output from the iPad!

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk The pico and predator have nothing in common except size and initial letter. The pico has an upsampling dac and the predator has a cheap all in 1 chip dac. Thanks for the info. I didn't mean to imply they had the same or similar guts-- it was...

Quote: Originally Posted by grokit DAC's need a digital signal (USB, optical, etc.), and they convert that binary information into an analog signal (audio left/right, etc.), which then can be amplified into sound that you can hear with your ears. We as humans cannot decode 1's and 0's...

Question: I don't have a solid understanding of DAC's. What's in the Pico / Predator? What sampling rates does it handle? From what I read, at least initially, the iPad software will only support 16-bit / 48,000.

Quote: Originally Posted by waterlogic According to this How Multitasking Works in the New iPhone OS 4.0 - iPhone - Gizmodo not really multitasking - more pause and switch and that limited to: >Background audio for apps like Pandora >Voice-over-IP services, for applications...

Quote: Originally Posted by twylight The best thing the ipad can do is usher in some competition and make the flat tablet become a serious computer replacement. I actually had one in the 90's and used it in class in college...it just never went anywhere past that. Guaranteed...

Quote: Originally Posted by twylight Last time I checked I can do what I want without checking in with you first...I run IT for a very large energy company and wanted to check the thing out. I was very impressed by the touchscreen/hardware aspect of it and massively unimpressed with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by midoo1990 All these problems aside,I find the biggest problem with the ipad is the costs of apps.nearly every app starts with 9$ and it is the same as iPod/iPhone version but redesigned to fit the screen,also the pixilation issue.I love to get 0.99 to $2 apps...

Quote: Originally Posted by twylight I had one for a few days and took it back...too heavy, rape prices in the app store, didnt actually do anything useful Why exactly did you buy it in the first place if you didn't have some kind of intended use in mind? Just for the hell of...