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Another one classy cable from Forza Audioworks. A Noir HPC Mk2 with Neutrik XLR connector. for my Hifiman Sundara. Great quality as always.

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A new Copper Series HPC Mk2 balanced XLR cable for my HD600. Great job by Forza Audio.

Thanks @jfunk. I am less concerned about the DT990 Pro bass response/extension, but rather about the peaks at 4k and particulary at 12k which sometimes makes them sound a bit harsh when played in combination with a bright source. Adding mass to the back of the driver should actually "flatten"...

Hello there looking into the Uber DT990 Custom Cans mod balanced cable. What exactly are the mods on the cans? I have seen a video of a damping kit for the DT770, but I believe the DT990 mods are not the same, right? Also, has anybody compared them do the DT1990 (or even the Custom Cans modded...

Just received Claire HPC Mk2 for my Fidelio X2HR. Beautiful cable, very well executed. Will certainly come back for more of those for other cans..

Well I can compare my two above described sets if this helps you. I have to say, my home setup with Audirvana on Mac/nano BL/Audio Technica ATH-M70x sounds better to me comparing the office set of Auralic Aries Mini/Beyerdynamic A20/Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro, despite the fact it costs far less...

Well the muting I have observed on Tidal client on Mac is at the beginning of every track, provided there is a gap in between the tracks. I think Audirvana sends a constant stream track by track without any gap which would cause the nano to go "standby" and wait what stream is coming, whereas...

I did not. I am running 5.3 and see no point in upgrading. Even your problems upgrading are another reasons not to try this and to risk bricking the unit. As for the lack of people interested into the MQA setup, it seems to me, most of the audiophiles do not use MQA, so they do not care. Even if...

Well perhaps, I can only speculate. As far I know, windows needs a special driver to enable usb audio (it has been at least like this for previous windows releases) and I think ifi provides such a driver you need to install. On the other hand, mac does not need this driver, usb audio is built in...

Well I have observed this and raised with ifi in past by submitting a ticket. See the attached screenshot. What they say basically there is an unmute delay for MQA files which is not the case for non MQA files. This is due to the circuit design... Since then I have switched from Tidal on Mac to...

Hello, well when using the iDSD as the system output device, the system volume becomes disabled on my Mac and I have to control the volume by the hw knob on iDSD. However, I almost never use the iDSD as the system output device, as I use with Audirvana and that is set up to connect to iDSD in...

And here is a review of the nano by Hans Beekhuyzen Seems he is really impressed by the unit.

I think there is a solution for you now. I have started to use Audirvana. It does MQA unfolding now on local mqa files as well as on streamed ones over Tidal. You just set it up correctly in preferences and it works perfectly with the ifi! You can specify playback preferences for each device...

Well if you're right, then why nobody streams flac high res as a service? ;-) So far I am aware, tidal and qobuz are the best options currently....

Well I do not believe, they will reply to this article. It is already quoted by the editor, they got a copy of before publishing and they confirmed they are not submitting any reaction. I read the article already some days ago I do believe the guy is right when it comes to the fact MQA is in...

Well I do not know too much about the Pro-ject S2, but so far I know iFi is a MQA renderer. That means it relies on a MQA decoder to first decode the file. See some explanation in here http://audiophileheaven.blogspot.sk Typically, Tidal app is playing the role of the decoder. My guess would be...

So based on the statement below by iFi, it should actually work now even on your micro... SO based on the iFi statement below, it should actually work even on your micro.. Hm.. thanks for the update. Wonder you could comment on the issues I still have with Mac-nano connectivity itself, where I...

Sure, I read this, but I do not think the fact the universal FW is MQA compliant will render the device HW not supporting MQA suddenly play MQA files...

If talking Tidal here seems you do not have the streaming options set up correctly... scroll above how to do this, ev. look to the attached screenshot how you have to set it up...

After some more listening after the upgrade seems the connectivity on Mac is still troublesome. One still has to follow the right switch-on order and if sorting goes wrong one has to close Tidal, switch off the nano, completely disconnect it (mean fron the cable) and then start from scratch by...

Well I do not think micro iDSD supports MQA...