I think what he meant was that you can connect a USB DAC dongle to the "Z80". And not the "Z80" to your phone...

You have to run "FAT Sorter" each time you add some audio files onto your microSD card. This way, everything is sorted alphabetically. This is a native "Windows" binary but you can run it under "Linux" too using "Wine"...

I'm absolutely positive about the "Penon Totem Adapter", sir ! This is something that enters the "Universal Upgrade" category, no doubt about that...

Xduoo X3 (rockboxed + brand new battery within !) + A935 Hifi AMP + Penon Totem adapter cable + Hakugeï "Interligent Star" 7N Black LITZ frozen OCC modular cable + BGVP NS 10 + slow rebound foamies

Finally, i went the other way around the "Upgrade Path" to my "ShoonTH ESEP-01BL" earbuds set. I went for a "universal upgrade" that works with almost every earbuds / IEM i own. :relieved: L-shaped 75 ohms impedance adapter + Penon Totem Adapter cable You have to try it to believe it ! d0_ob

This is the only page i've found on Baidu where FA4 firmwares updates are stored : https://pan.baidu.com/s/17afFdtXFjiGDkWxOH6g9rA Now, to be able to download from Baidu without owning a chinese phone number, someone can use the service located at : https://genesis-ark.club/#Start Once there...

Okay, it seems that units having a SNID beginning with "FA4P" can and should be upgraded with the latest firmwares then... Too bad for those units which have a SNID starting with "EKG". I bought mine at hifigo...

I'm absolutely positive about this DAP, given the specs of the device, it's a real bargain at this price point. The sound it delivers put it a the top of the mid-tier. Perhaps even a little bit higher up the ladder given its price / performance ratio... BTW, what is the SNID printed at the back...

No hissing/crackling trouble on my side. Regarding the filecount limit, it's related to the library and the fact that it automatically rescan your microSD each time you power on the device. So, up to 3000 audio files, the scan is lightning fast (routine is ASM optimised), but over this 3000...

F.AUDIO Firmwares : T3 : T3_V8.3_20240131 FA4 : FA4_V8.1_20221207

Audio Technica cm2000ti is on sale around 200$ on amazon Japan. I almost pulled the trigger and then found a lot of complaints against its brightness... Not for me !

Here you go : SHOONTH ESEP-01BL (around 25$), i've just got this one. SHOONTH ESEP-01BU (around 200$) is their flagship. and SHOONTH ESEP-01BLE (around 100$), no reviews to be found for this one...

Ok, so, if i understand correctly, this (discontinued) "Foster" japanese driver they use in their earbuds line are low impedance (32 ohms) but these are so good that they chose to put resistors to inflate the impedance. Then they just add windings to the voice coil and work on the tuning to...

Warning : i've bought one Silicon Power 1TB last january and the microSD card was dead 3 weeks later. Don't buy this, QC problems. I asked for a refund and bought a Lexar 1TB which works great. I paid 10 more bucks only for this microSD...

Thanks. So, let's say i have an impedance adapter (150 ohms), i plug it to my source then plug my "Shoonth ESEP-01BL" on the adapter and, basically, i have upgraded to the "Shoonth ESEP-01BLE" for a fraction of the price, correct ? All right, i'll get a set of "Qlabs Athena 2" instead...

Hi there ! I've just got a "Shoonth ESEP-01BL" set of earbuds and found these to be so good that i'm eventually looking forward an upgrade to that set. Is the "Shoonth ESEP-01BLE" a worthy upgrade ? Is it the same tuning with a higher impedance (150 Ohms) or is the tuning even better ? And what...

Awesome ! Could this be made pocketable and powered by AA/AAA batteries ? This makes me think of a bare bone "Rockbox" D.I.Y. digital audio player ! Congratulations, THIS is something we need to see more often...

Yep ! Even more so considering the price i've paid : 40$ on a sale. Same goes for the Swofy X60 : 55$. Sounds great for the money.

FiiO Q3 or Topping NX7...

There were 2749 Hi-Res audio files on the Lexar 128Gb when i plugged the cable. I've quickly copied a few dozen files to the micro SD. And then *BAM* it disconnected right away after the copy was over... This left me a little bit confused, so i un-plugged and re-plugged the device to check if...

I guess we'll have to be patient and wait a few months before they hopefully roll out a nice firmware upgrade. These DAPs : the hardware is great and they have a good basis for the firmware to work upon. I'm pretty sure they work really hard to get there. Let's wait and see how they manage...

Swofy X60 + Little Bear Tubes Amp + Penon Fan2 + Hakugeï Prince cable

Yes, it seems this firmware is a work in progress, they're still fixing bugs so user feedback is important. Hopefully they will release an update which fixes all these issues.

/*EDIT*/ I've just plugged in my unit and checked the "Mass Storage Device" option and it does not work as expected : It just disconnected after a few moments. SO : it's most likely a firmware downgrade. A bug. A nasty one ! /*EDIT*/

Battery drain : same thing. USB DAC mode seems to work fine ATM. BUT, i'm running MX Linux and i don't have any "winblow$" installed on my machines. Also, i've successfully updated the T3 to latest firmware version, no trouble. So, your device may be defective. Or it might be an issue related to...