And no bugs etc?

Very good timing! (you, not the DAC) My "normal" DAC (RME ADI-2 DAC) is unavailable, and so I have quickly set up my old Pro-Ject S2 Digital. Just plugged into my Windows NUC, no headphone amp, stock wall wart PSU, Audeze LCD-3 headphones plugged into the S2D. I've not listened to it for a...

Audio Science Review thought the Edifier R1280T a bargain $90, and they are desktop-sized: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/edifier-r1280t-powered-speaker-review.16112/

Here's an experience of mine such as we don't often hear about - manufacturer support of their customer. You already mention Focal's support. I have Audeze LCD-3. The build quality is appalling, with about 5 defects - some serious, some minor, some before warranty expiration, some afterwards...

Do you think the small Genelecs would be small enough for you?

So, what's the consensus please, all these years on, as to whether the S2D warrants experiments/faffing around with USB regeneration accessories (eg. Uptone)? I have always assumed that the designer John Westlake did a good-enough job on the DAC for USB add-ons not to be necessary. Has anyone of...

I suggest you try a mobile phone repair shop. It's amazing what those guys can do. Choose one large enough to have experienced staff, but not so large that they are too "procedurised" and cannot think outside the box. It is interesting (to me anyway) that this exact same issue existed in the...

Just to share for others' benefit some information which I have just spent two hours! researching... iFi support tell me that a replacement battery is £90. They claim this is cost price. They require shipment of the product to them. They do not make replacement batteries available (eg for...

When the DAC was first sold, some of us recorded our tips, tricks, discoveries and workarounds for this DAC. It's a Google Doc: Pre Box S2 Digital additional info It's worth a look for any "serious" or geeky user. (Yes, it is indeed still a great DAC.)

Has anyone had the sleeve of their HD800S cable tails fail? It's the darnedest thing! This (photo) is the tail of the cable, 10cm from where it enters the headphone cup. It has happened three times, and on each tail. At first I thought I had been careless with the cable, but on the third...

Well-spotted Radek - the alternative S2D user manual. (This is the shortened URL for it: https://goo.gl/LbevA6)

I always understood that manufacturers messed around with serial numbers, making them not-serial numbers, so that competitors couldn't figure out sales volumes? I am surprised that they are even sequential.

I have just transferred my main playlist of 99 tracks from Tidal to Qobuz and 11 failed to be found at Qobuz. Some of those 11 are because the Qobuz release is different to the Tidal release. That was an eclectic mix of rock, pop, classical, jazz. For my "playlist" (really a folder or record of...

Interesting. 19 out of roughly how many? This would give us an idea of coverage between the two services. (Thinking Venn diagrams.) (In Europe.)

I understand that US beta subscribers were warned, upon signing up, that not all recordings are yet available in the beta service. Is this the case?

I mean the stream after MQA unfolding. (I should have written above "I have just discovered that most of the list of latest MQA albums at Tidal are only 44 or 48kHz." I don't consider 48kHz to be "better" than 44.1 kHz, nor 96kHz to be better than 88.2 kHz, etc. I have edited my post above.)

Impressive. I was going to post a criticism that I note that most of the Qobuz tracks marked hi res are "only" 44.1kHz / 24bit or only 48/24. But I have just discovered that most of the list of latest MQA albums at Tidal are also only 44.1kHz or 48kHz. And in the case of MQA, IIRC, you never get...

No, not so. I have been getting 192k reported by my Pro-Ject "Pre Box S2 Digital" DAC after what I assume is 1x unfolding in the Tidal app. My report is here. Perhaps I am being pedantic. Perhaps by "High-Res" you meant "Master Authenticated high res". The hi res I am hearing is not the full...

I'm getting some good results playing Tidal from the Tidal app on my Android LG G6 via USB C into my Pro-Ject "Pre Box S2 Digital" DAC: Playing Coldplay's "Politik", the S2D reports 192k and displays "MQB" with a purple dot (not blue or green) Same when playing "Wasted Time (2013 Eagles...

Someone asked a similar question a while back and John Westlake, the designer, answered that you would be fine and not lose any resolution even with the volume a lot lower than -10dB. JW stresses that the digital attenuator is of sufficiently high precision that no distortion is added. I sort of...

So here's what I find: Tidal app for Android Will not play MQA. Will not light blue or green MQA flags on S2D. S2D reports sample rate as 96kHz whether I am playing a non-MQA/Masters track, or whether I think I probably am playing an MQA/Masters track. But, I have to say, Tidal's UI in their...

Well Left, your news opens a whole new avenue / freeway of investigation. I am amazed that Tidal would include MQA in their Android app, but not get around to telling anyone about it. No, hang on, I'm not amazed, I am disappointed. In the meanwhile and fyi, the technically astute Mr. radamel...

Well I finally got around to buying a USB C otg adapter for my new LG G6, and am thrilled to report that it plays to the S2D. Playing Tidal, the S2D's display reports 96kHz, which puzzles me. I would expect it to show 44.1kHz or the Android's native sampling rate of 48kHz. (MQA is not available...

Great to hear! How are you using it? Headphones (which ones), external headphone amp? USB, optical? MQA? With / without PSU (I don't bother with external PSU - I find USB powering is just as good)?

Hello Demo. You may also like to check out this Google doc, which pulls together as much as we know about how to use the box.