I mean, thanks for the advice but that was $8 ago... Anyone? LOL

So that didn't work. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0744BKDRD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It doesn't charge the phone from the amplifier any more, but now it just doesn't do anything at all. Music plays from my phone's speaker only. You're referring to this micro usb...

Ordered. Thank you very much!

Hey, everyone. I have a Samsung S22 Ultra with a USB-C out. I would love to play some of the flac files from my phone using Poweramp music player, and be able to get a balanced output from my Sony PHA-3 headphone amp for my Sony MDR-Z7 balanced headphones. When I try to plug the phone's USB-C...

Yes, I can now. Thank you a million times.

I would love some help. Was that supposed to help? I don't get it. Never had this much difficulty joining a forum in my life.

Hey everyone. I can't post to the forums and my messages to admin have gone completely unanswered. Is there some secret to being able to use this site? I can't find any information anywhere, I'm completely lost. Thanks, Tony

So this is frustrating.  I can't start a thread in the regular forums, and even if I could those forums say you shouldn't ask questions there?  Yet when I post here like I'm supposed to, I don't get a single reply?  Is this forum that useless or am I doing something wrong?   Tony

Anyone?

I recently acquired the above combination after months of research and listening sessions (and lurking on here, thank you all very much).  I have a Dell PC with with fiber optic output, which I've got connected to the PHA-3 via Toslink.  Everything sounds fantastic.  However, when listening to...