AudioBear
Headphoneus Supremus
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Great read, I recommend it to all. Thanks.
I am using my U12 with the DPX1. I only have the stock cable and is only able to listen via SE. What I can say about it is that the sound stage is really immense and precise, details of the tracks are just laid out to you but everything is in a laid back manner. It is very relaxing and fun to listen with. My Balanced cable is on it's way now and will be giving a short write-up with the Balanced output when it arrive.
For cable, I can't recommend much as I'm fairly new into this game too but some of my friends recommend the Forza cables.
I just got my A8s a few days ago. I want to post a picture to the thread, but my account still hasn't been approved to change my profile picture or upload photos... My account is a year and a half old though?
Thank you. I look forward to your write up when your balanced cable arrives. Which one did you select?
are there any u12 owners that use it with ak380 and amp
and how does the u12 pair with the ak380 and amp
as I have the shure 846 and pairs very well with that combo
while my sony z5 pairs very bad and sounds so dull with that combo
so is the u12 a great pairing with ak380 and amp, with great dynamics
i hope it will be not a disappointing pairing especially in the bass department
Having said that the DP-X1 UI is a bit annoying. It doesn't have file view. Some people say the streaming and apps other than the default Onkyo app does not make use of the dual amps as well as it should and is noticeably noisier (didn't get a chance to try), and putting my own uSD card into the slot cause the DP-X1 to glitch and fail to find any files if I let the auto-indexing do its thing (I had to restrict the DP-X1 to indexing specific folders I wanted to audition). My gut feel is that all this would be fixable if Onkyo bothered to keep pushing out firmware updates. So buyer beware for now, it feels a little half finished.
Having said that I haven't heard a better sounding Android based DAP for that price and I would have bought it outright except it was out of stock in the Xmas period in Japan
Maybe by the time I get organised enough to buy it there will be an MQA enabled firmware that fixes or the glitches or a DP-X2 in the market already ...
Do you mean one cannot navigate via folders then play entire folder content?
I listened to the Mojo and the DP-X1 with my U6 (unbalanced in each case) and to be honest, based on this pairing, I couldn't really understand what the hype about the Mojo is about.
I preferred the DP-X1.
But this was 20 - 30 mins of listening in e-earphone Akihabara in less than ideal conditions so take this with a pinch of salt.
To my ears I felt the DP-X1 indeed had better soundstage, layering and separation and was noticeably cleaner and less warm than the Mojo. Mojo had a warmer punchier sound, but I don't think the A6 is lacking in the warmth department and ended up with just a less appealing sound with a "greyer" background ... maybe no synergy?
Having said that the DP-X1 UI is a bit annoying. It doesn't have file view. Some people say the streaming and apps other than the default Onkyo app does not make use of the dual amps as well as it should and is noticeably noisier (didn't get a chance to try), and putting my own uSD card into the slot cause the DP-X1 to glitch and fail to find any files if I let the auto-indexing do its thing (I had to restrict the DP-X1 to indexing specific folders I wanted to audition). My gut feel is that all this would be fixable if Onkyo bothered to keep pushing out firmware updates. So buyer beware for now, it feels a little half finished.
Having said that I haven't heard a better sounding Android based DAP for that price and I would have bought it outright except it was out of stock in the Xmas period in Japan
Maybe by the time I get organised enough to buy it there will be an MQA enabled firmware that fixes or the glitches or a DP-X2 in the market already ...
Yep. It only indexes based on tags/metadata.
Which is a bit of a nightmare for my collection of poorly tagged music collected since the late 90s ...