I actually am the owner of @VRacer-111 's old Corda Jazz-ff, and I'll tell you here and now that I'm beyond pleased with it. You can see in previous posts on this thread I've mentioned that (still owe a review in here, it's coming, just busy enjoying music) while it may sound like hyperbole...

I'm glad you said "almost" jelly. Hahaha. In the beginning of entering this hobby for me (which was not long ago at all, I'm still a self-admitted audio neophyte for the most part) it's FOMO (I just realized that I use a lot of acronyms, but for those that don't know, FOTM = flavor of the month...

I'm not the one you're asking, but I ran the 6XX with both for a long while up until a little over a month ago. I've reiterated this several times in the various threads for both units here, but unless you have them side by side, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart - they are more similar...

Oh man, that is hilarious. I wanted to love it - ended up loving the sound immensely, but couldn't cope with the weight. I'm not one to nitpick about comfort (I'd argue to some degree all of my headphones with the exception of the SHP9500/DT880 aren't 100% comfortable for me) but I legitimately...

This pairing is lovely. Synergy between the two are wonderful. You may have to proposition your friend to sell it to you once you hear it. I only sold the HE-500 because my neck is weak. Ha.

An informed purchase is the best kind of purchase. Have fun and hope you love it. :dt880smile:

I don't know if I'm fueling the fire, but hopefully I can add a little bit to this and settle things a bit. @Renato Fury , there is a pop, something I've (and many others) mentioned previously in this thread and on a few other ones. I can only vouch for my own setup, which you can see in my...

There are many uses for many people regarding fixed and variable outs - I'll give you mine for example(s). Fixed mode is just that - fixed line output that is not affected by the AGD's volume knob, typically around ~2vrms like many standalone DACs. I use fixed when outputting to my Little Dot...

You know, now that you've mentioned it I haven't listened to Tidal HiFi since that recent update. I remember the application asking me to restart and then I got lost in a Spotify black hole that day. To be fair, both my iFi nano iOne and Soekris DAC1101 do also emit tiny pops when I switch...

That's my exact experience as well. I typically use Fidelify when I'm not in the mood to hear the (admittedly tiny) pop during sample rate changes, but for the most part Tidal HiFi isn't too problematic unless it's a really random playlist of mine.

While you should try it for yourself, in my opinion that jumper setting sounds like absolute junk, at least for this unit. It simply tapers the highs way too damn much and that's an interpretation of "warm" I guess. I found no benefit or scenario I'd use it.

Regarding the preamp out and hearing output through the connected amp with headphones plugged in, yes, that's normal. Perhaps you're used to Schiit's feature where the preamp out is muted on most (maybe all, I can't remember for sure) amps when headphones are plugged in. With Audio-gd, if your...

Glad you're enjoying it! I've been putting it through it's paces against a lot of more expensive amps (in many cases much more) and it simply never disappoints. I can't get it to break a sweat, even with hard to drive headphones. It seriously is making me rethink my setup, no joke.

I traded for this amp recently, despite not being in the market for a new amp. It just looked interesting and it was something I had never heard of. I'd give feedback on it, but it will have to come later - I'm too damn busy enjoying the hell out of it. Goodness this amp has become my new...

@iFi audio , disregard. I figured it out. For those having issues with a split second (or up to a second) of weirdness with streaming lossless files, setting USB Streaming Mode to Minimum Latency seems to have solved the issue I mentioned above.

@iFi audio , since you're here in the thread currently... :dt880smile: Nothing has changed since my last post. This nano iOne is exceeding my expectations and I've been recommending it to everyone that asks! It's probably my favorite part in my entire source chain. Hehe. Maybe you can shed...

I've posted my thoughts in the past here. They both are wonderful, and cater to different sonic preferences.

Opinions will wildly differ because of subjectivity and personal taste. Preferred sound signature (headphone has most to do with this, but upstream gear does matter in many cases), useability features, expansion options, and even aesthetics come into play. Here are some options I’d consider...

I can see how many associate those things altogether. It could be perhaps because of what I just mentioned a post above - the comparative gear I used was a Mimby/Lyr 2, where both exhibit insane levels of warmth to my ear. You're spot on though about the not sterile/clinical sounding. If there...

I've never heard the Carbon personally, but I feel like our tastes would be similar. Very recently I had the Mimby feeding a Lyr 2. The Mimby has great body and a very noticeable thump if you will on the low end - it's really a great sounding DAC, and is the first DAC that demonstrated to me the...

I'm not familiar with the SB X7, but I will tell you that I don't find the R2R 11 warm whatsoever. It's musical, and has body versus the NFB-11 (mine was the 11.32, S/PDIF input from the nano iOne as a DDC). The consensus is the Carbon is about as warm and gooey as a SS amp can get, so I'd say...

If you can wait until this time next week, I can. Earlier in this thread I gave my opinion on the R2R 11 and grew very familiar with it, and traded for the Corda Jazz-ff yesterday. I'll test it with the R2R's DAC output for apples to apples on the DAC side, as well as from an iFi nano iOne.

Just wanted to update and give thanks to team @iFi audio plus everyone who responded. It was a ground loop. I learned that my previous ISObar only has 2 isolated banks (not inherently bad in and of itself, I simply have too many ground loop prone components and an old home) and it was causing...

Thanks everyone, and team iFi. I’ll look into I️t and report back. Perhaps I️ need a larger ISObar, as I️ believe mine only have 2 real banks of isolation. The feedback is much appreciated.

Hey all. I recently picked up the nano iOne because I was tired of waiting for the Eitr to get off backorder, and I have to say that was a blessing in disguise - this unit is phenomenal. I thought I'd have no use for the BT capability - and use it often now because it's convenient and great...