Meddle by Pink Floyd, using AKG K701 directly out of a Fiio X3 II.

I just noticed that Tidal is already allowing the high resolution tracks to pass through third party UPnP systems. This is excellent news for those that are not able to use Tidal Connect. Here, using mConnect and Moode Audio on a raspberry pi, USB to a SMSL m500

Never heard of it. I will try it, though, and I'll come back with my impressions. I use UAPP to stream Tidal via UPnP to a raspberry pi with Moode audio, which allows for the mqa and the high resolution files to pass through. This allows for a "better quality", indeed, as all other solutions...

What firmware are you using? The handshake between the sonata and the usb port is somewhat tricky. My current phone is incompatible with it. After detecting, it disconnects. I guess different devices provide different information and thus different current to the chip, hence the difference in...

I was gifted a Castor (improved bass) for Xmas. After jumping out of the kz train some years ago, I am really impressed with how fun these sound, and how cool it is to tweak with the tiny dials. The foam tips are also a great addition to these IEMs.

This is a cool and honest disclaimer by Tidal. When using a Bluetooth device, the bitrate and sample tag stays grey with an info sign that, when pressed, shows that message.

Koss PortaPro Dark Master with third-party earfoams. At the office. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. on Tidal Flac 24/48 through the Hiby FC3.

Sennheiser HD 565 Ovation Playing Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" on Tida Flac 24/192 through the wonderful ifi UNO.

Frankenstein's Audio Technica ATH M50 Playing the Polly Jean Harvey's masterpiece "I inside the old year dying" on Tidal 24/96 through the FiiO X3 MK2 serving as DAC, on its docking station, connected to a Topping NX2 stacked behind the FiiO.

Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu On Tidal, through ifi UNO, to Grado SR60e with fruit bowl pads

Carefully curated selection for holiday trips, with great synergy. Man, just listened to the Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter" on Tidal Flac 24/96 with the Grados and the Hiby FC3 and it was a hair rising experience. I'm also taking some cheap (but very decent!) fiil tws for the occasional podcast...

VJJB K4 ! I almost forgot that I have a pair of those...

Indeed, if the elastics are in good shape, the clamping gets more stable

The headband of the K340 is an integral part of its structure, allowing the cups to swivel. I cannot see how any third party complete headband would be able to fit the existing mounting points. Some headphones such sume models from Audeze, Hifiman, etc, use a mostly universal headband with...

The free versions of the UPnP streaming apps have some kind of limitation. Bubble UPnP limits the number of tracks one can put on the playlist, and even in the payed version, streaming is limited to 16/44.1. I use the payed version of MConnect Player (for Android). Apple store also has it for...

The same here, once out there was no way in. I had to break mine and glue it back in...

AKG K550 (using Tidal and iFi UNO)

The AKG K550 are one of the most underestimated headphones in the industry! There you go: my pair of K550 with a cable mod, and the iFi UNO, a great office duo of (trans)portable devices. Whenever I need to set office in another location, I just put them in my laptop backpack and they're...

I purchased them a long time ago... can't find the correct link. But I tend to go for the cheap ones, like these, shallow, in pleather with big holes. These ones seem right BUT they have another kind of assembly that makes the hole smaller, thus tend to make the sound different. I do not...

Thanks! As for the acquisition assumptions and market conjectures, I clearly and objectively advise to stay away from the K340 - particularly those who, in one hand, praise the orthodynamic headphones thinking the K340 is just an older, cultivated uncle, or in the other hand enjoy the AKG...

Oh yeah it gets down, very deep and with class. Like I said before in multiple occasions, it has an incredibly accurate presentation of the lower octaves of the sonic spectrum, in a way one can hear everything in the lower region. I do not recall listening to any other system - even full size...

OK, I'll be sure to increase my asking price should I bump my head and put my precious on the market

Even if I would sell them for €1000+ , where would I buy headphones with this kind of mojo?! 🧙‍♂️ And these are not even a "optimised" pair. It is a green driver original with connections at each side.

And now for a completely different subject... While I was planning my routinely change of headband elastics, I thought about adding a new headband strap. The original on my k340 has a tear in one of the air bubbles that severely scratches my bald skull, so I've been using a AliExpress AKG k5nn...

It's possible. I don't recall ever using the single ended output on my p20! 😅