Mine was swapped for the later ones with the sticky thing already installed (not the reason for the swap), but I consider it my first and only QP player. Never a battery issue and I'm getting more time to enjoy using it.

I did. I have the Clear Pro, so there was a lot of color bleed on to the wet cloth that I used and it was really hard to tell how well it cleaned because the pads really weren't that dirty. However, I used the Clears while I was in the hospital rehabbing a broken femur and revision total hip...

Default settings right out of the box. No bass boost, no 3D, normal output setting and there's more power available to drive less efficient HP's and less power for your IEM's. There are different settings that I'll never use, but the BL and Clears are my desktop rig (sometimes with the QP1R as...

I'll second the ifi Micro iDSD Black Label. I owned the ADI-2 DAC for a very short time and returned it because the amp wasn't able to drive with any kind of authority. Of course, I was comparing it to my existing ifi BL. At $599 the BL will trounce DAC/AMP's over $1000 and anything below that...

You might want to look into how much a custom cable actually costs. The prices you're suggesting are more than 3 times what I paid. There's nothing wrong with sticking with whatever cable your cans came with. Everything is subjective, and nobody can say for sure what's best and what isn't for...

Welcome to the club. I played with the 2 DAC for a couple weeks and sent it back. I read in an earlier post that "People are always looking for a Wow factor out of new equipment." Well YEAH...that's the ONLY reason I spend $1K on a new piece of gear. If I wanted to continue to hear...

I would have hands down went with the Questyle CMA600i if I had the funds for it. Sweetwater had a promo going on and I tried the RME 2 DAC, which was lackluster with the Clear's.

I'm going to refer back to my RME experience where everybody told me how fantastic it was. It wasn't. In regards to "portable" DAC/AMP's in the same price range, nearly all reviews chose the Black Label over the Mojo. Kind of made sense since the ifi DAC/AMP came out after many portables and had...

I mainly look at mine sitting on the stand. Lately, I've been feeling a bit guilty for not listening to them more. So I may put them in the case and the stand in the closet so that I don't have to deal with the feelings of guilt.

Very happy to report that I finally got all of the necessary Windows drivers and settings back in place (I removed everything and reinstalled the drivers in an attempt to get the RME ADI-2 DAC to sound like I had anticipated), plugged the Clears (Pro's) into the ifi Black Label, and I'm back to...

I'm sticking with the Black Label for now. I was hoping to one day get into a Pro iCan, but most of the reviews that I've read state the RME possibly being on par with it. It's just the DAC/AMP combo with the Clears. If I had multiple full sized HP's the 2 DAC would be perfect I'm sure. With my...

So the RME ADI-2 DAC that I had hung high hopes on, is going back to the retailer. I can say that the ifi Black Label is even more amazing than I already thought it was...

Called tech support this afternoon pretty much knowing what the result was going to be. Listening is subjective. This is going back...

Today is the first day back at grad school, and the required reading alone will eat up the majority of my time. So I haven't spoken with tech support still. I may have the opportunity tonight before my life turns completely upside down. I keep thinking about your impressions of the Clears...

I actually prefer the Black Label over the RME ADI-2 DAC that I was purchasing as a dedicated desktop. The RME can't touch it with the Clears, and I have no need/desire for a dedicated IEM desktop DAC/AMP.

It works well in your pocket, until you have to start connecting cables to it...lol. The BL was originally purchased as a desktop DAC/AMP at the suggestion of another member in here that I have great respect for. The fact that it's "portable" is a plus. It's not like I'm going to wear full sized...

My portable QP1R/ifi Micro DSD BL brick leaves my jaw hanging every time I strap it together with the Clears. I hate being tied to my desk.

Interestingly, one of my default test recordings is Alice in Chains, Unplugged, which is all acoustic. It may not be what others would refer to as "reference" but I've listened to it through 2 different DAP's, 2 different IEM's, an IEM amp, 5 different IEM/HP Cables and two DAC/AMP's. So I know...

The retailer wants to rule out any chance of a defective unit. I see that you're using the same HP's and IEM's. What are your impressions with the Clear's?

I thought about trying that, but I don't favor IEM's because of the sound isolating factor. I bought the Clears after buying two different pairs of IEM's and thought that I was completely happy with them. Then I listened to open back HP's which aren't isolating at all. Back to the question...I...

It wasn't until I picked up an RME ADI-2 DAC that I understood how differently each of us hears things. This was a DAC that got nothing but rave reviews and I was certain that it was going to be a big step up from my ifi Black Label. A] Didn't even come close to the BL. Everybody told me that...

So if you dropped the added $200 for the Black/Red Clear's...there's an extra set of pads. So it's really like paying for replacement pads up front, but you also get the different color choice.

:smile: I came to believe that due to my personal audio addiction, that my life had become unmanageable...

Actually, I like the color of the Clears but was restricted to what the retail promotion offered. It just worked out that I was able to dupe everybody that science proves the colors Black/Red sound better. Refer back to the Ferrari reference a few posts back. The vast majority of Ferrari's seen...

I just finished cleaning the yoke and pads on my Pro's with the Sonax Alcantara cleaner. For those wanting to clean the Red pads...be aware that the red color will transfer to your hands and cloth (I used) that you're cleaning them on. After letting the cleaner do its job, I just kept going back...