My current listening setup consists of :- Nokia 7 plus phone as music player SMSL M6 DAC SMSL T2 TUBE HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER WITH UPRATED MULLARD TUBES SENNHEISER MOMENTUM 2 ON EARS SENNHEISER HD280 SONY MDR1A BOSE QC25 SOUNDMAGIC HP200 VARIOUS BUDGET IEMS , FAVOURITES ARE 1MORE TRIPLE DRIVER My...

As I need title, I have a Nokia 7 plus, which I currently connect to SMSL M6 DAC and then through SMSL T2 with Mullard tubes. I am looking to add the ability to add full MQA to my setup, I use UAPP to improve USB bandwidth , so get up to 96khz MQA first unfold, but looking forward, it would be...

I am looking to upgrade from using Nokia 7 plus using SMSL M6 DAC with SMSL T2 valve amp with Millard E180f valve upgrade. Question is do I go for SMSL M500 MQA DAC and get full MQA unfolding or would I be better sticking to using the UAPP app which unfolds first MQA fold and produces...

I have Sennheiser Momentum 2 on ears, using cable, HD25’s and HD280 Pro, (I like sennheiser ), plus Sony MDR-1R (most comfortable headphones I ever tried). The options I have in mind are Sennheiser HD650/HD6xx or AKG K712? Or suggestions in same price band please.

Hi, I am looking to upgrade from using Nokia 7 plus using SMSL M6 DAC with SMSL T2 valve amp with Millard E180f valve upgrade. Question is do I go for SMSL M500 MQA DAC and get full MQA unfolding or would I be better sticking to using the UAPP app which unfolds first MQA fold and produces...

I have a Nokia 7+, using UAPP to stream Tidal. It recognises the phone has a Hi-Res DAC built in. I have 2 questions, 1. does anyone know what the DAC is and 2. should it be better quality using the headphone jack or the Cyrus Soundkey I have or the SMSL M6 I have? I know what I prefer, just...

Hi, I just started a trial for Tidal and I noticed a lot of head-fiers listen to Tidal using Audirvana so I downloaded it. I have to say I don't hear any massive sound quality improvements listening to the same "Master" MQA tracks on Audirvana than Tidal? My setup is windows 10 laptop, SMSL M6...

As a Noob to headphones , tube amps, DACs etc I was looking for advice as to ow to set up my audio chain with regards to volume settings. Which elements in the chain should be set to high volumes to get the best results. My equipment will be :- Windows 10 Laptop using Musicbee which will...

i have acquired a number of headphone# and iem’s, but currently trying to work out if my view of a couple of them is accurate or down to my own bias or lack of exposure to decent headphone# and amps/sources. The 2 in question are a pair of a Sony MDR-1R’s and a pair of Sennheiser Momentum 2.0...

Being an older audiophile and only a user of “hifi” systems (still a current term?), I am now venturing into the audiophile world of headphones, but without my previous budget I had when I purchased my Linn Sondeck, still a treasured possession. I have in a few weeks progressed to using either...