My post wasn’t clear. I’d want a hub so I don’t have to unplug the Mac mini every time I connect my phone or iPad. Not sure if that works but worth a try. Having an iPad permanently connected might be nice.

Nice. I currently have the usb plugged from my Mac mini to the bifrost. I’ll have to buy a usb hub to see if I can use it for both the Mac and an iOS device. Type B usb hubs are not as easy to find as type A.

I tried roon, it’s nice. From what I experienced, it’s just playback software that catalogs your collection on hard disk, has the capabilities to stream from tidal and a couple of other pay services, and makes your entire collection available from many compatible “roon end points”. The metadata...

You guys are the worst. Time to sell some stuff to offset the dollars I’m going to spend on the bifrost. There’s a used Gumby floating around in the fs section that looks tempting but a new bifrost with a full 5 year warranty, unison, user upgradable firmware and upgradable internals May be the...

One of my favorite bands from the last 15ish years, this is my least favorite of their albums but the more interesting sounding ones on my audio set up. Still hate the album though.

I just read through this entire thread... so much content! Dangerous really. Have a modi 3 and I’m fearing just subtle incremental improvement for multiple amounts more $$$ but it looks like everyone has been happy with the bifrost 2 so far. May have to take Schiit up on their 15 day trial period.

Such a great album

I’ll have to try that little cable out again tomorrow. Thanks for the tip!

The Holloways

I'm not an audiophile so for those looking for a super nuanced detailed review for a buying decision, this ain't it, sorry. But if you ever wondered what a total novice would think if he/she borrowed your headphones - sans any hype, I'll share a more informed impression on this thread after...

The Beths!

Yeah, I just checked my firmware and I’m affected by the firmware update that deteriorated the noise cancelling. I was wondering why it wasn’t as effective any more on planes and now it makes sense. Hope they fix it soon.

Bought a dragonfly cobalt and it’s reinvigorated my passion for great sounding portable audio. Looking for a nice set of iems next. Looking forward to reading what everyone is listening to.

Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs.

I have no experience except with the cobalt. It made a big difference for my iphone8/shure215 combo.

Just bought a cobalt during Christmas for my modest setup, iPhone 8 and Shure 215s. Overall, very happy with it. It gets to higher volumes but I don’t really care much about that. The biggest difference is the separation it clears up between the instruments. Didn’t know that was possible with my...