Is the Gaia still available? Stu

Please see my PM to you today. Stu

This Oppo udp-203 was used as my personal CD/SACD/ DVD transport while writing and reviewing as a senior editor for Positive-Feedback.com. I purchased and installed $750 in modifications from Oppomod.com. I would suggest going to their site to read up on these modifications. The mods/additions...

This is very discouraging. I'm DAP shopping and I really wanted to get the M11 Pro. I'm using Amazon Music HD on my office system and it works and sounds great. I really wanted to use AMHD in the car streaming with my phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. I guess that's a big NO until the Fiio folks get...

That must be frustrating as heck. I don't know what to make of it, but your suggestion that the feed in Germany may be different is a plausible explanation. If I experienced any of this downgrading behavior, I would drop Amazon like a hot rock and not try it again until I knew it was fixed...

Hmmm....very interesting and enjoyable thread to read - all 51 pages. I've been giving Amazon HD a spin for the past month and a half and I can now say that 'm more than satisfied with it. I had a few hiccups early on, but now it's performance is nearly 100% as advertised. I say nearly...

I couldn't resist taking a look at this review. I'm just an average guy in my 60's (who happened to be hardware editor and legal counsel to an audio publication for many years :-) ) and in my opinion, this review was not "well written." If someone submitted this to my publication, our editor...

I can certainly appreciate that. I have an Ipad as my music transport and it goes like this: Ipad > USB Regen > Tanly USB bridge > Gustard A20H > Hifiman HE-560. That's at my office. I'm looking at the DX160 as my "on the go" setup, so I really need to know if it can handle the Amazon Music HD...

Did you use the DX160 itself with the Amazon Music HD application? I'm not sure why you would take the extra step of using your Mac as the music server. I'd like to know if you can successfully load the app on the DX160 and have it play the high res music without any problems.

The USB-C digital output is very important for me, so I would appreciate hearing about the problems that the DX220 has in this regard.

I have been asking the same question. Can I effectively use the DX160 as a transport via USB? Another post here seemed to indicate that the DX220 had some issues with this.

Amazon Music's software has a few issues with reporting the proper resolution. This seems to involve the particular device you are using for playback. Amazon's support blog has some answers involving the Fiio M11, etc. With the Fiio you have start the Music App and use a lower resolution ~44...

Tidal's "Master Quality" (MQA) caps out at 24 bit 96khz and you must have an MQA compatible player. Amazon does not use the MQA scheme and if your player/ converter can handle 24/192khz, then you're good to go.

There are several reasons I decided to bag Tidal. 1) I'm not a fan of the principal owner, Jay-Z. 2) Amazon is offering a lot of music in what they call "ultra HD" format. That would be 24 bit and 192 khz. 3) I prefer the GUI that Amazon uses and its search function works great. 4) The music...

I'm curious if anyone has tried using the new Amazon Music HD service with their DX160. I'd like to know if you can play their ultra HD tracks (24 bit 196khz) without any problems and most importantly, are you able to download the tracks for offline play? There is also the question of whether...

Thanks for the reply mate. With max volume, is it's use as a USB transport compromised, other than just having to control volume from my headphone amp?

Paul, can you tell me if the DX160 can be used as a transport with digital output from the USB C connection?

I've searched this thread and can't seem to find the answer to my question - Does the DX160 have digital output through the usb C port? I would appreciate getting an informed answer.

I had the ifi Ican when I first received my H10. Bone stock, the H10 was far superior with the HD600 cans I had at the time. I sold the Ican without a moment's hesitation. With HE560's that i later purchased, I have no doubt that the performance gap between these two amps would grow even larger...

I'm running the H10 with the HE-560s too. I did all the Jerg mods to my 560s and if you haven't done the mods already, I highly recommend that you give it a try . The other worthy modification is to lose the stock headphone cable and replace it with something much superior . I am using the ALO...

I must be a lucky guy. I have been using my full boat Bursons for several months now with no issues whatsoever. I'm extremely happy with the sound quality and the couple of times I switched back to my 797/823 combo only confirmed my impressions. I've been wondering about that max voltage...

Thanks for the report.  I'm familiar with the Weis Dac2, but have not had the pleasure of auditioning one, nonetheless, I'm not surprised that the X20 holds up well in comparison.  I know a price/performance over-achiever when I hear one! LOL. Give the X20 another four or five days of solid...

Yes Michael, welcome aboard.  Perhaps we can put those Mandarin skills to good use.

I think it's rather easy to make that mistake, particularly if you are using rca's (unbalanced).  If you have only been using xlr's (balanced) like I have,  it's a little more difficult to make the dip switch error. The reason for that is with balanced connectors, the wrong switch setting is...

As an owner of the Tanly, I'm curious as to why you are sure?