When you connect the Qudelix 5k to a Windows pc as a usb DAC you can still access it’s EQ function through the phone app. There is no Windows app. I think it’s the same for the btr5.

I just bought a pair of HD600 a few days ago. I’m shocked at how good they sound, with all the “veiled” and 3 blobs, etc comments I’ve read about Senns I wasn’t expecting much. I think I prefer them over my Sundara actually.

That 6 ohm specification is for the speakers. There’s no spec for the headphone output that I could see. Those headphones are supposed to work well on most equipment but if you feel that you are missing bass, etc you could try a dedicated headphone amp.

I had the same zen stack but sold the zen dac after I bought the ADI-2. I kept the zen can which I occasionally use with the xlr out of the ADI. With my Sundara I can’t say for sure which one is better. I do like the zen can 3D effect so it’s nice to have.

I don’t have those Shure iems but I’ve had cables that stink before. It’s usually the clear insulation silver cables. They smelled like burnt hair and plastic. I used some rubbing alcohol on a microfiber cloth to rub it down. Helps a bit but still takes a month or so to clear up completely. It...

I just got the SP100 tube amp and have used it with an smsl sanskrit 10th mk2 DAC and an ifi zen dac. The SP100 drives the Sundara with plenty of volume. There’s a slight amount of hiss but really only noticeable with iems. It’s my first tube amp so I can’t say how “tubey” it sounds… One thing...

You should do your own comparison with the stock cable but for me I could hear a problem with it. It was just last week so I haven’t picked an alternative yet. Was looking at Hart Audio cables. Link

The power match is a kind of automatic gain increase based on the impedance of the headphone. You don’t need to use it. You could add the Zen Can which is a much more powerful amp. I’m using it right now with my Sundaras. One thing I would point out is that New Fantasia cable is probably...

Hi, I have a Zen stack and there’s one thing that is bugging me: What does CAN stand for? Class A ? I Googled it but nothing…

There are some impressions on it at the end of this thread: Zen DAC

Yes, although its hard to compare since I don’t have the hip dac anymore. Keep in mind that before I was just using the lightning adapter and small Bluetooth amps. There’s a whole new dimension of detail down in the bass region that I just wasn’t hearing before. I’ve also found that Iems that...

I like it. Not quite as much of the jackhammer punch in the bass but just a bit more refined.

I like to use my phone while listening to music and the Apple camera connect kit adapter was too short so I used the extension cable. I returned the Hip Dac and now have a Zen Dac connected to a laptop. Using Spotify connect to control it from my phone. I was also having a problem with the...

Mostly Spotify (320kbps), but also tested with iPhone music app playing local files. I am also using an Apple Watch, so I turned the watch off for a while and things got a lot better. Not perfect but tolerable. I’ve come to the conclusion that this old iPhone XR just can’t keep up with all of...

It happens more and in various apps on the hip dac than on others dac I’ve tried. Tried my Fiio btr3k with the same camera adapter and I could only cause the pause when loading Amazon app for the first time then switching away from the app. It only does that once until I quit the app and...

I’ve done more testing and found a way to make it happen every time. Open Amazon app, then swipe up to get back to the home screen. Audio pauses for about a second. It also does it when using the Apple lightning dongle. I can’t remember if I’ve noticed that before... It seems to do it more in...

No, I’ve been using it on a laptop for a few hours without problems so it can’t be the hip dac...

Question for iPhone users: Have the hip dac for about a week now. Is anyone else getting a 1 or 2 second pause in music when doing various things on the phone; switching between apps, typing in this message it paused for a few seconds... Im using an iPhone XR, lightning camera connect cable...

No, it doesn’t output the bt stream to the usb connection, just the headphone output.

I have the Qudelix 5K and got the ifi hip dac a few days ago. My vote would be for the hip dac. I think it’s in a whole tier above the 5K for sound quality. To me the 5K has kind of an odd “hollow” sound - like it’s trying to simulate room acoustics. I’ve given up on it now and will probably...

Oh yeah. The smell of those silver cables is like burnt hair and plastic for a few weeks but it goes away eventually. Rub down with alcohol and microfiber cloth helps a lot.

Just looked at both. The type B has less plastic to remove. Neither would require removing any plastic between the pins. It’s just the plastic around the rim. The KZ box says 0.75mm pin type.

Yes, I modified a ZST cable (type b) to fit the ZS5 which has that same type a cable. I used a small pair of electronics clippers to trim the plastic rim away. It fits great.

I updated my 5K to the new firmware. They added a bitrate counter to the AAC codec display on the Input screen of the App. On my iPhone XR it shows around 230kbps. According to Apple’s Bluetooth design doc 320kbps is “possible” but since there’s usually no way to see what the bitrate is, who...

I have a question for iPhone users: Has anyone else noticed that AAC does not sound right on the 5k? I have been doing a lot of critical listening with the 5k and I am positive that AAC sounds lifeless and flat compared to SBC. There’s a noticeable lack of detail. I've been using DT990 and...