Just been setting up my modest K22, running into Bricasti M21 DAC. After much fiddling with different configurations I have settled on Squeeze Player/Roon Server and AES to DAC as all-round best compromise. While USB using a Network Audio cable sounded good, it would not use Native DSD and made...

Speaker drivers "made in France". If you know better, you'd do well to sue. But you don't.

Thanks. Have Mac but I'll find a Windows friend when I feel the need...

Can you be more specific about the USB-Network dongle? I see no reference to this on T+A site.

Update: turns out it's still under warranty and has been returned to HiBy for repair. Looking forward to its return!

This DAP is wonderful when it works, but I give up. Here I am again with a blank screen, a blue LED. When I reset, blue light goes out for a couple of seconds then comes on again, blank screen again. More than half the time when I try to fire it up, I get this behaviour. It has always been...

Seconded. The only USB cable I've used that has obviously and dramatically improved sound, rather than producing minor differences (Audience, Curious, Inakustik). Well worth the high price.

Unfortunately not working with mine. In fact it is playing music but screen is dead.

Interesting. I was just downloading Roon Arc, screen went black, unable to restart.

You just have to be patient. I cleared my cache several times, no success, walked away and pretended to ignore the little toerag, then took it by surprise and the update suddenly worked.

Verite Open. I'll get round to comparisons at some point, but wedded to the Elites for now.

I made the decision for the Elite at Axpona, but it was difficult between these two - I was able to listen to the Elite on LTA amp - I have the LTA MZ3 - and to compare with the Audeze LC-5 - no contest; and when the LTA guy asked which I preferred, he responded That's what I think too. The...

Great review. That's what I wanted, a comparison with the Verité. As a jazz listener predominantly, I'll stick with Verité. Saved me a bundle!

That's interesting as I have a Linear Tube amp. Which Mysphere version?

After long hesitating over the price of admission, I bought a 64 Audio U12t with Effect Cleopatra cable, and paired with the 507 I really can't think a portable rig could be any better - have to force myself to take these things out of my ears and re-enter the grey world of day... The sound is...

This question has arisen previously, and I recommended the Finder replacement Commander One. Android directories are accessible in exactly the same way as Mac directories.

Like several here I was initially disappointed with these. Because I'm dumb I hadn't used the 'Determines optimal earbud tips' option in the Headphones menu, and then I didn't know how to use it beyond comparing and learning that the large tips were better than medium for me, which was obvious...

And by the way, I have never heard Campfire Cascades sound better than with the W11.

Thank you. Yes, I do use the 4.4mm, with exclusive access and have turned off the upsampling, and it all sounds wonderful now, although the Hi setting won't work for Z1Rs - owing to their sensitivity, volume has to be set to the tiniest advance on zero, and any slightest nudge blasts my...

No, I don't have that. I haven't enjoyed iFi dacs in the past and was torn between a Topaz and a Diablo, but didn't want MQA and did want USB C. The Topaz is for times away with a laptop when I'm not with my usual headphone system.

I've just fallen in love with the Cascades too, after setting them aside for some time. The bugger ear cups, a Lavricable silver cable, were a good start, but I still found with my Sony DAP that I had to do drastic EQing to avoid the bass overwhelming everything. But i now have found the perfect...

Quick update in case anyone read this and shuddered. Fiddling with the dreaded Mac MIDI setup, turning on Do Not Disturb, upsampling to DSD and I'm getting something that's blossoming (there is definitely a burn-in effect). With any luck the Audirvana major update in two days' time will help...

Received my Topaz a couple of days ago. Does the sound change with burn-in? Listening via Audirvana on Mac, using Sony MDR-Z1R phones, the sound was fairly horrible until I upsampled to DSD - pianos sounded nothing like, violin was a screaming pain. With upsampling much better, although even...