Another thing, regarding the hiss. It turns out that viper4android, even though it does wonders for the overall sound it's responsible for the audible hiss. With viper turned off there is no hiss. So I guess it's a compromise when using viper. Just wanted to add that for anybody wondering about...

UAPP was the culprit. After disabling autostart everything is back to normal.

I had it turned off. It's most likely a UAPP issue

Yeah, if it's UAPP then it's a n easy fix. I'll look into it when I get home.

I figured it might be something to do with Android and I'm glad to hear it might get resolved via FW. I had all this in mind but the problem is that the Cobalt worked initially so that makes me think it might be something else or something to do with UAPP hijacking the volume control?

The low volume issue using Tidal is driving me crazy. I have to crank the volume all the way up to hear anything with the Cobalt. It's fine listening to through Tidal via UAPP though. I contacted the the store I got it from and they think it's a weird issue but they have barely tried the Cobalt...

I'll do some more testing later this evening. I use the DFC in bit perfect mode so I can the only change the volume with the onscreen volume toggle. If I use the regular Tidal app after UAPP the hiss is back.

Right now, nothing as I'm happy with the Cobalt and 846. Just wondering for future upgrades. Let's say somewhere around the 700$ mark.

Right now, nothing as I'm happy with the Cobalt and 846. Just wondering for future upgrades. Let's say somewhere around the 700$ mark.

Listening through Tidal on USB Audio player pro and MQA you get a black background. Funny this app is better than tidals own. I've been missing out. The sound is really great without eq. Maybe I've gotten used to viper4android and it's ruined my appreciation for better sound...

What DAC do you guys recommend for the 846? Just out of curiosity.

It's not black with my 846, there is hiss and it's less than the Red but not by much. This is on my phone...on my PC it's much better.

My Cobalt behaves the same, no volume differences from the Red at all.

Hi Like I said earlier, I'm no audiophile. Listening to Tidal on my phone (op7 pro) there is an audible hiss on some songs and in the very quiet parts in the music you can here some hiss. It's not much and nothing that bothers me. Listening toTidal on the PC it's much cleaner and the hiss is...

Makes sense. Thank you for the explanation.

So this is why it sounds distorted and frankly really crappy with the iematch. Any other options to get rid of the hiss?

Do you have any idea why the sound gets distorted with the ifi ie match? It's really annoying.

I use it with the ifi iematch and at first everything worked like advertised, but after a while the sound came out distorted. Have no idea what causes it. Both the 535 and 846 are too sensitive but it's most noticeable in the really quiet parts of the music. Om the go or when I finally have...

I also like my DFR but at times it would be too bright but that was happening with the Shure 535, so I guess it's the headphones fault. There is some background hiss/noise with the cobalt. I'll listen more tonight and I'll get back to you. With both the cobalt and the red there is a noticeable...

Thank you for taking the time to reply. The Mojo is too big. I will listen to the cobalt a little more today before I decide to keep it.

Been lurking on this site for a while trying to learn a thing or two. I'm not an audiophile but I do appreciate good audio, I know it's very subjective what good really is. I have been using the DFR for about two years. I got it used for about 80$ and used it with shure 215, 535 and lately with...