I was also at the High End in Munich the last days and I listened to the DCA E3 on several amps and DAP to come to a conclusion if I really need another headphone... and I ordered it this mornig (no surprise). However, at the AK area with all their DAPs some less brilliant people plugged the...

I think it has not yet been posted in this thread: There is an new E1DA dongle available, the E1DA 9039S with a ES9039Q2M DAC chip replacing the 9038 ones: https://e1dashz.wixsite.com/index/9038s <<--- despite the link title, it is actually giving the specs of the new 903*9*S available (for...

If you really want to get rid of the hooks, you can always cut the heat shrink tubes along their length direction towards the connectors with a very fine scissor (see attached image just for orientation). I did this several times with some other cables for different IEMs (but will not do it...

I received this cable with 4.4mm plug from AliExpress yesterday also for my Sennheiser IE600 which shares the same special MMCX connectors as the AKG N5005 (and the Sennheiser IE900/300/ ...). I got it for 55 EUR and it is really a nice cable which fits perfectly in the IE600-sockets. I did not...

Well. I just flashed it 30min ago - so I don't know if it is really stable but it works as far as I can see. I skipped the version 0.99 and went directly from 0.84 to 1.16 mainly for the "HID" function keys; "A" seems to be the behavior up to now, "B" is short press=volume +- and long-press=skip...

11.0 x 7.0 x 1.5 cm is what I measure.

It is in the "Audio" settings and you need a KA11 Firmware of version 0.07 and higher (it currently is on 0.08 afaik).

It looks very much like the Moondrop PARA (their 300 USD planars) with a different design of the cup surface but otherwise very similar including the slightly angled connectors, the same headband mechanism and the same attachment system for the pads with the magnetic discs. The connectors on the...

Yes. It looks very much like the Moondrop PARA with a different faceplate but otherwise very similar including the slightly angled connectors, the same headband and the same attachment system for the pads with the magnetic discs. So you pay about 600 USD more for the drivers… I hope that they...

I think I get your idea and such an application would be nice but I'm afraid, that's not how these things work. The CMA18p is just an audio device with output plus recording/input channels to the USB-host device (normally your PC, Mac, Phone, DAP or tablet ...) - just like any other audio...

Strange... Absolutely no problem with my Moondrop Dawn PRO and my Windows10 Laptops, Linux-PCs or Android devices. No driver installed and OOTB recognized in Windows with up to 384kHz/32bit support.

I just received these EP-100A pads for my PARA from HifiGo and in case your just as optimistic/naive like me, a little warning: I was fooled to believe by the product pictures in the shop (see below - there was no text information about these pads at the time I ordered) ... ... that the...

I use one of the super capacitors that way with my battery-less Mojo-1 (I went through two batteries and gave up - but I still have a Mojo-2 for truly portable use as well). There the SCs act more like a power supply with good filtering (as it does for the R2R RU6 and the 1bit RU7 DAC-dongles)...

Sure. I bought two of these a few weeks ago: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005006319204408.html I am not at home, otherwise I would send you a picture with the two SCs for size comparision; these are significantliy smaller, have a switchable charging current limiter and pass high rate data...

Don't we all wear audiophile trousers to accomodate our portable DACs...?

I have a kind of deja vu ... I use magnets to stack that stuff together ... ... the RU6 (and RU7) loves ample instantaneous clean power :) Edit: There are now smaller 5V-Super Capacitors available on aliexpress which have only USB-C input/output and support data transfer through that. They...

Yes. I guess that's why they advertise this only as recording function (to a USB-host) "with simultaneous monitoring from the headphone outputs" of the CMA18p and not as analogue amplifier. But you can also "monitor the recording" with your headphones without being connected to any USB-host...

That is not correct. You can use the CMA18 as an amp for your analogue sources with input to the Line-In ports and "direct" output to the headphone jacks (it is however internally ADC-DAC converted obviously). This also works when not connected to a USB-Host for recording. You just have to...

OMG, some alien robots took over Hibys design department and are preparing the global invasion ... I am definitively too old for this flashy gamer design. ... and why aren't they marketing this under their "Hiby Digital" sub-brand "for the Gen Z" like the M300? But more importantly, I would...

Out of pure curiosity I grabbed one of these TimeEar TEU-99 DAC dongles for 22 EUR (with same day delivery). Nothing spectacular but not bad either. Here some basic info from an Amazon review I just wrote... I like the form factor: compact and light-weight but with an exchangeable (nice)...

That custom power bank would be an instant buy for me - especially if with approx. 1000mAh capacity.

If the USB-Input gives you too much lag, you can use one of the SPDIF-Inputs (Coax or TOSLINK) which are not processed by the onboard chip and use one of the many cheapish USB-to-SPDIF-converters like a Douk Audio U2(pro) or a SMSL PO100(pro) in the 40-60 USD range to convert your computers...

No statistics I know of but my own RU7 has absolutely no quality issues. It is in use since last June and I plug/unplug many different 4.4mm cables very often as I use it as a DAC with its balanced Line-Out at home and with several IEMs on-the-go.

That info gives me some peace of mind - I now know that I am not missing out on something provided by firmware 5.5 with my older firmware 5.3 since I hardly use the remote anyway and there are no fancy temperature management algorithms implemented in it :)

The Anker USB-C-to-Lighting Audio adapter does not work with the Fiio KA11-Lightning version. That is not really surprising given the fact that the adapter is actually a USB-DAC for the host device (your PC, phone, ...) and a host device for the Lightning-audio-device (your Lightning-earphones...