I had the same concern here since my another Denon DAC's RCA output not affected by its volume control. So I googled and found your postings as well as ifi's response. I completely understood the concern since people always try to avoid double amplifying the signal, and I agreed that it seems...

Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks again for the suggestion! I'm pretty satisfied with my current on-the-go setting except not able to play SACD ISO... Fostex would be a good upgrade and I'm going to save some money later and ask wife's approval :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes I agree! At home I have Sennheiser HD600 and Beyer DT990pro + Denon 300USB DAC + Cayin HA-2i amplifier. On the go sennheiser ie80 and ath-m50 + Fiio X3. Any suggestion for upgrade?

Thanks for the suggestion! I also use Sonore and it is really convenient. I have only headphones so may just convert and carry the 2-ch DSF files. And good to know your AB testing between N3 and Audirvana! I use JRIVER on macbook pro but haven't tried its decoding compared to my Denon DA-300USB...

Yes power could be an issue. I also tried a powered external hard drive but still no luck. The USB stick does work well. Just not sure if it is a volume format issue. Hope CayinSupport can shed a light on it.

Just played with OTG a little bit. It works with USB stick but not external hard drive. The power should be enough since N3 says "OTG plugged in" but can't find any file. Neither exFAT nor MS-DOS FAT works. Any idea of this?

Thanks gLer for the comment! I feel the same way to extract the DST encoded ISO to 2-ch DSF... I did a little search and it seems only Cayin i5 claims support of DST. Not sure if Fiio X5 III or X7 does.

It's a hybrid 2-channel/multi-channel ISO. NOT pure multi-channel ISO. See attached example: 1-5 tracks are 2-channel, which are playable Yes you're right it is DST encoded SACD ISO. Any possible future support of this kind of file by N3? Thanks!

Just got my N3 today and played with it a little bit. The SACD DSF play works fine. The SACD 2-channel ONLY ISO works fine. However when it comes to SACD 2-channel/multi-channel ISO it says the format not supported. I guessed it tried to play the multi-channel part (e.g. for a 4 track ISO, using...