Sounds good! The ones you linked won't work (I think) for my Ananda, I need 4.4 + dual 3.5. This (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005861726119.html) seems to be a valid option, but I do read that silver is somewhat brighter than copper, and I find my Ananda somewhat bright. But the price is...

Thanks for the help, and yes I hear you this is all super subjective. The only reason why I haven't gone with 20$ balanced cables from AliExpress was specifically because I assumed they would be a waste of time in terms of quality, and might give me a negative impression of what a balanced cable...

Thank you, I think this is quite helpful for a total noob like myself. To be honest, I did try the Ananda on high gain unbalanced, and 120 volume seems to reach what is humanly ok for my ears. So my understanding is that gaining double the amount of output is not necessarily useful here? Or, I...

Anyone here has any experience with balanced cables? I am meditating whether I should get one for my HiFiMan Ananda, or if should just use the one that came with the headphones. What is the most immediate difference that can be noticed?

Also note that if they have very huge second hand selections, and they have a full-on setup I was completely unaware of: * If you wanna try a DAP, they ask you if you have your headphones and your SD card with you * If you don't have your music with you, they can give you a temp one with a few...

Definitely go to e-Earphones (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZMkzdeSh1pSLysjh6) which is basically a paradise. If you happen to go to Nakano Broadway, you can also go to Fujiya Avic (https://maps.app.goo.gl/4an597YH579JuzKU6). You can easily get tax free as long as you bring your passport with you.

Fwiw I could normally install Amazon Music from the Play Store on my zx7070 (jap version)

Hi everyone, I went on a trip to Japan and scored a ZX707 (2nd hand) for around 450$, very happy! (For anyone interested, you can find tons of 2nd hand ones in great condition). Either way, I am very new to DAPs and I have a few questions: 1) This is maybe super silly, but is there any way to...

It's the wood + dark metal that does it for me!

These make my Ananda look like a cheap toy 😂

Listening to this with FiiO K5 Pro + HiFiHead Ananda, and I can't in the name of god hear any difference :beyersmile:

Am I crazy or there's no video reviews anywhere to be found?

Anyone in EU (even better Sweden) who imported the JP version? I am just worried customs will brutalize the costs

My cans (HiFiMan Sundara) have impedence of 25 Ω and sensitivity of 103 dB (fairly easy to drive). Will I have any trouble if I get a model of the ZX707 without high gain?

Completely agree with the above and why it's been so disappointing. Feels like we got promised updates and improvements, instead we all just got left behind

That's one very condescending comment, but you might want to doublecheck the meaning of vegan, though I don't think it's particularly valuable to start a massive debate here.

Honestly still a bit hurt from the Penrose experience :( I might if they offer a discounted upgrade path for early Penrose users who had to love with the technical issues, but at this point it seems like that might not even happen, and I am not sure I am ready to give Audeze additional trust...

The very unaffordable Abyss Diana are now (optionally) vegan

Any update on this? I think there's quite a few of us early adopters of Penrose who would very much appreciate this type of support given all the issues we've had :(

Yeah that's really outside of my budget :sob: Ended up going for the Hifiman Ananda! I also contacted Focal asking whether they have plans from non-leather products (either for Focal or for new upcoming products). Thank you for message. It is unfortunately not possible to change the material of...

Ugh, was about to pull the trigger on the Focal Clear until I found out they have leather headband :( Any recommendation for a similar price-range/quality/build-quality?

Can you elaborate on "Check interference with WiFi" and "Move to wifi5"? I have a WiFi 5 local network, but it's not like the headphones are connected via wifi.

I've had the Penrose X since day 1. I've been hoping fw updates would fix my connectivity issues but at this point I feel like giving up. I play literally 2.5m away from the dongle, and whenever my wife walks between me and the dongle, the audio disconnects, until it says "Connected" again...

Awesome, this was really unintuitive but it worked. For anyone else interested, I even struggled starting the pairing with the double tap of the power button ,but I just had to do it quite slowly. Thank you for the help