[VoyagerDude]

I too have been impressed with Hiby. From the screen/menu where you select the track that you want to play, tap the ">" to the right of the track name. Does it give you the option for details about the file and download? I noticed that I could use this to download tracks from Baidu cloud where I had been saving music to stream back thru the app. Maybe you could do the same to download music from your server???

Ah thanks for pointing out  the ">". I would have never guessed that.
Looks like downloading from DLNA is not an option. I'll check LAN too, though LAN browsing is a lot slower than DLNA.

 

[theintrospect]

Been using NePLAYER with the Shure se846s and I dunno what it is but detail retrieval is redicilous. Took the 8s to a whole new level.

 

[spook76]

Been using NePLAYER with the Shure se846s and I dunno what it is but detail retrieval is redicilous. Took the 8s to a whole new level.

That is exactly why I prefer NePLAYER. At first I thought it was too bright but then realized the bass is just as good as other apps but the detail is phenomenal.

 

[theintrospect]

That is exactly why I prefer NePLAYER. At first I thought it was too bright but then realized the bass is just as good as other apps but the detail is phenomenal.

Would I benefit from adding in a Mojo to the mix ?

 

[spook76]

Would I benefit from adding in a Mojo to the mix ?

Absolutely, I have the SE846 and used it with the Mojo for 5 months before I bought the KSE1500. I still use my 846 and still love the sound.

 

[spook76]

If anyone pairs the iPod Touch with the Mojo I would recommend the Penon Audio Lightning decoder cable. It is pricey at $130 but works flawlessly and I feel it improves the sound (I know digital out but...).
http://penonaudio.com/Lightning-Pure-Silver-Decoding-Cable

 

[VoyagerDude]

Just downloaded NePlayer again.
First impression was WOW.
Then I started listening carefully comparing with Hiby some instrumental music (Al Di Meola Plays Piazzolla, Tango Suite III)
phrase by phrase.
While  both sound excellent, Hiby sounds a little more tube-like, but what much more important to me Hiby has a much more 3-dimensional field. You can hear thing up and down, left and right forward and back. Instrument layering is spectacular (at least to my ears), tracks are not mushed together. You can hear the separation with NePlayer but you have to look for it, with Hiby it's just so obviously there. At least with my setup.
And this is with a 16/44 track! Well made one, but still...

 

[spook76]

Just downloaded NePlayer again.
First impression was WOW.
Then I started listening carefully comparing with Hiby some instrumental music (Al Di Meola Plays Piazzolla, Tango Suite III)
phrase by phrase.
While  both sound excellent, Hiby sounds a little more tube-like, but what much more important to me Hiby has a much more 3-dimensional field. You can hear thing up and down, left and right forward and back. Instrument layering is spectacular (at least to my ears), tracks are not mushed together. You can hear the separation with NePlayer but you have to look for it, with Hiby it's just so obviously there. At least with my setup.
And this is with a 16/44 track! Well made one, but still...

Last I checked Hiby was downsampling everything to 44.1. Do you know if they have fixed that problem?

 

[VoyagerDude]

Last I checked Hiby was downsampling everything to 44.1. Do you know if they have fixed that problem?

To be honest I never had that problem, as I only started using it a couple of days ago.
I do recall reading a few pages back that it was fixed by the developer.

 

[VoyagerDude]

found it:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/699741/audiophile-ios-audio-player/225#post_12951728

 

[VoyagerDude]

Guess my chief concern with this app that it appears to be updating very seldom.

 

[thamasha69]

Just downloaded NePlayer again.
First impression was WOW.
Then I started listening carefully comparing with Hiby some instrumental music (Al Di Meola Plays Piazzolla, Tango Suite III)
phrase by phrase.
While  both sound excellent, Hiby sounds a little more tube-like, but what much more important to me Hiby has a much more 3-dimensional field. You can hear thing up and down, left and right forward and back. Instrument layering is spectacular (at least to my ears), tracks are not mushed together. You can hear the separation with NePlayer but you have to look for it, with Hiby it's just so obviously there. At least with my setup.
And this is with a 16/44 track! Well made one, but still...

I appreciate your observations of Hiby. My first listen and I knew something was special. I absolutely agree with the fantastic separation and imaging. Very full sounding still and easy to listen to...musical perhaps.

 

[theintrospect]

It seems that Hiby doesn't recognize files downloaded from the iTunes Store ?

 

[spook76]

Just downloaded NePlayer again.
First impression was WOW.
Then I started listening carefully comparing with Hiby some instrumental music (Al Di Meola Plays Piazzolla, Tango Suite III)
phrase by phrase.
While  both sound excellent, Hiby sounds a little more tube-like, but what much more important to me Hiby has a much more 3-dimensional field. You can hear thing up and down, left and right forward and back. Instrument layering is spectacular (at least to my ears), tracks are not mushed together. You can hear the separation with NePlayer but you have to look for it, with Hiby it's just so obviously there. At least with my setup.
And this is with a 16/44 track! Well made one, but still...

I have Hiby another listen and you are right they fixed the downsampling problem.

As for the sound it maybe my second favorite sounding app. Imaging and separation are equal to NePLAYER but I would still give NePLAYER the edge in soundstage. There is an airiness to NePLAYER that is missing on Hiby; however, this maybe to my setup and the synergy thereto not any inherent flaw of Hiby.

 

[daberti]

Well, I've tried again Hiby, NePlayer and Kaisertone with my rig which is iPhone 6+, Lavricable, Mojo, Silvedream cable and Fostex HP-V1 and Kaisertone IMHO is still the best.
Namely (but not only) when the game comes to the very best possible equalizing with some headphones like Meze 99 Classics (bass out of phase) its Spline equalizer really rules.
Then, soundcape is guaranteed by tube preamp stage in the Fostex.
Bottom line: I can listen to DSD256 as well, which ain't shabby as I've 5 albums encoded in such a standard.