Haha, well, I stand by it! It's not every day you see such a masterpiece represented in an avatar!

Don't know about the origins of the bible but your kungfu avtar is epic.

A modern master would be Alan Holdsworth. Absolutely alien, yet beautiful.

Of course your right, beauty is in the ... and all that sort of thing. I honestly envy the EDM folks, massive tribe in these times. edit: for the love of rhythm

Dammit, there goes my attempt at playing nice to the tone deaf :k701smile:

There is something very mysterious about music. If something is off key or detuned, you will spot it even if your not a musician. This is different from going off key in a masterful way, it creates a tension, and the resulting resolve can be very satisfying. This is true even in simple diatonic...

That's a good idea, thanks.

I just tested it with Audirvana 3.5, works flawless, it's tidal, it didn't play nice with my REM. Gotta add this little DAC Amp is a real banger for the money, to my inexperienced "audiophile" ears.

I just got a Moondrop Dawn Pro, at first I thought it was broken, lots of distortion, hadn't put the headphone plug all the way, it's a very secure click at the end, didn't want to force it. Tidal if finally switching bit rates, but it goofs up sometimes, two issues, sometimes is switches and...

My experience with the MK2 has been very mix dependent. If the mix has it, you will hear it. In that sense it's a reference monitor. If you like forward vocals and any such thing, you need to accept that a mix could be deviating from what you like and you may want to compensate with a colored...

Is there anything special you did to delete Tidal, I just tried it, dragged Tidal from the Applications folder to the bin. And reinstalled. No luck yet. I'm going to be getting a new DAC, most probably a Mojo 2, I hope it works, the RME Babyface Pro I'm using is more pro audio so maybe it's not...

On a Mac M1 with an RME Babyface Pro. Just tried tidal for the first time, it's not switching DAC bitrate by track, I've selected Max, tried exclusive mode on/off, etc. Not switching :(

Yes, that's exactly it, sorry my bad, it's the MW200, I need to find more before the last one is sold, mine have been used so much with a Tin T4, the kevlar inner cables are showing at the join. I think I'll get an MK3 as well instead of all that fancy DAP stuff. More mileage I think. Your wife...

You my friend have saved me a lot of money. I shall get both types. Next will be the space dongle. Just out on a ride, decided to use the mk2 with a mw2000 neckband. It sounds damn good, it has no business sounding this good. The mk2 is doing all the heavy lifting. What a set, so glad I...

How low down was the TC44Pro? Based on what you say I feel I should return it and get on the R2R side of the equation first. Would you say your sample preferred the sound of R2R over delta sigma devices?

Thank you @Yanec and @o0genesis0o for your replies :right_facing_fist: I have a ddHiFi - TC44Pro arriving tomorrow, it's using the same exact chip but I'm not sure how different the implementations will be sonically. So that's a start. Funny you mention this, I cancelled a Cayin - RU6 to order...

Quite an interesting read this thread has been so far. My brief summary, or perhaps understanding so far... MK2 survives unscathed as potential top of it's tier, the price point, mostly. MK2 vs MK3 reads more like a library difference, as far as keeping the same name from TheiAudio's...

Very true, eye watering prices on the flagships, very hard to justify. I'll probably travel and visit a proper store to try before I buy. At the moment I think I prefer IEMs in general, I wish some of these dongles or daps did mic through and I can get a cable with a good mic as well. I'm sure...

I've been using a wm2000 shanling neck band that sounded good my T4 iems. I did get an OE angled adapter, tried it after my RME Babyface Pro, the magic was totally gone. This morning I tried a moondrop click dongle that I had, was bright and bass extension was lacking so it was super shouty and...

Ok, I just turned it on with the crown button with and without the SD Card, both cases it's just stuck at the loading logo.

I did that too, same thing "update failed". To be clear the contents of the unzipped file you sent me had global.xml and a dir called "nand". I copied these as is into the root folder of the sd card I used with the Q1, just to be sure I also formatted the disk with exFat before copying the file...

That's good to hear, I just got mine yesterday, and proceeded to check for your issue, all good. Can you tell me what you use it with on the go, I ordered a Cayin RU6 but cancelled as I read it's not a good pairing, bass emphasis I think is what I read on here. That's very interesting, thanks...

Really appreciate the reply. In the folder there is an global.xml file and a dir called "nand" with a whole bunch of old style zip files. Do I need to unzip those files as well? edit: Not sure but I did what you asked, same issue, could you be more specific in case there is more to do?

Just wondering if there is a way to unbrick my Q1, When I was updating firmware to 2.2 last time, it got bricked. I've tried holding down up/down buttons, but I just get this update failed message :( Nice paperweight?

From what I understand the MK3 is on the brighter side so I'm assuming some roll back is a good flavour perhaps. Desktop I'm done, I need something for on the go. The last cog, but you make a good point, we sometimes we forget what all this is about. Truth be told these MK2 have taken be back...