Came back from a week trip to find my r8 battery at 10%. Is that normal? Charged it to 36% and tried to listen while it was charging. Nothing! No sound. Can’t get it to even show its playing. Plays fine if I remove charging cable. Any help would be appreciated. I’m getting a bad taste about a...

Wanted to play DSD 512 files on a FIIO m15 using a MAC and a Denafrips DAC. Seems like it can’t be done. What a bummer. Would have been nice if Fiio had been more up front about this!

Blue Jeans Cable

The Iris is around 200+ hours and starting to mellow out. Big relief And glad I put faith in Alvin

About 100 hrs on the Iris. My SU 1 died. Using it with a HoloSprings 2 and a PrimaLuna Evo. I enjoyed the sound this combo with the Singxer gave me. So far I’m finding the Iris to be brittle; the highs a bit raw. To me it’s not a sweet, smooth musical sound. Like I say, it’s only my fourth day...

Wonder how long it will be before the Pontus ships with the new DSP board they include now with the Terminator?

I didn't realize there was a shipping charge.How much is it?

I am looking forward to a review of the Potus vs the Aries. I wonder what we get for the xtra $800 other then the beauty of of the best. Trying to decide of course which one to buy and too eager to wait for the reviews.

I have JRiver 22 which has started to misfire since they have released JRiver 23. I used to have JRiver 21 which started to misfire when they released 22. Coincidence?? I don't know, but I sure feel like I'm being had. I would be interested to hear if anyone else has started having problems...

Maybe my computer is a lemon

FWIW I use a Supra $50 USB cable which I love. I was turned on to Supra by the talented folks are Botlehead, who think its good stuff.

Hi Max, I use a MacBook pro with a Gustard 20 playing mostly 256 DSD and up sample PCM to DSD 256 using JRiver. I had a lot of problems with my USB output on the Mac. With me they just didn't cut it. I solved the problem by buying a OWC Thunderbolt Dock. Thunderbolt out of the MAC and then usb...

You mean like the Gustard 20X ?

Morten has gotten back to me and let me know his original e mail failed to mention this was only a temporary problem with the site, and the SACD option was only until its fixed

Well nobody could spare the time help me out here. Kind of disappointing. I was able to finally figure it out.

I was greatly disappointed to discover this week-end that 2L, probably my favorite recording company, will no longer be selling some   of its albums for download on its site. The only way to download some of its albums is to download each track individually . At $6,00 a track for DSD256, thats...

I am able to upsample my PCM files to DSD 256, but have not been able to upsample my DSD files. Can this be done in JRiver??

It's a bit sad to see the amount of erroneous negative posts lately about this fabulous DAC. Mostly by new members. I guess Im just paranoid with all the press coverage lately about false news and false information. 

Just read Tyll's review of the Flow C. Wow. All I could think of was Dan must have pissed him off some way. For the first time since I have been reading his reviews I totally disagree with him. I had my C's upgraded to Flow C's by Dan and for me they are a big upgrade. I like them much more then...

Well, this is my introduction to DSD and I love the format on the x20. The combination of the digital volume on the x 20 and the volume of the amp,  allow me to fine tune the high frequencies . I upsample everything to DSD 256. I can't believe how great my Redbook albums sound. Smooth, but with...

Yes but you won't have the I2S connection that the SU1 gives you and an alaround better SQ with the Singxer

I certainly don't find the Flow highs harsh. For me the highs on the Flow C are smooth and mellow yet still lots of detail and resolution. I upsample to DSD 256 however and am able to adjust volume on the DAC to just below clipping for my tube amp.  I think all this stuff depends so much on your...