[Tom75]

Its working again.
Only used 5v chargers and it was completely dead.
Was only playing music without charging and the battery level was ok (so may be the battery status information was wrong).
Now, I tried several 5v charges and pressed several buttons in parallel. Before, I pressed the power button for more than 15 sec without success.
Glad it's working now, but thus battery level/status bug seems to be still there (a few days before, the battery level showed 100% for a long time and then switched to 35 % within one second..).

 

[Deferenz]

I am not really qualified to post here so excuse me if i slip up, but i would like to say on headphones i opted for the Meze Elites with upgraded copper cable balanced.

Dealer suggested the upgrade cable, never tried the stock cable or the headphones untill they were delivered.

Really pleased with my upgrade choice as opposed to Astell and Kern Kann cube and HD800S served me well and still own them but older tech it was glitchy on my home network and they do not sound as good when i compare them to the N8ii + Elites.

Question i have never tried IEM'S are they comfortable ? can you listen for hours with them, i prioritze comfort over form i am afraid.
Can you try something to simulate a fit like silicone ear protectors for motorcycles ? to try and get a idea whether they would be comfortable,guessing hygiene prohibits trials in shops ect.

Apologies i am really new to this so sorry if my questions are a bit daft.

I love being portable with the N8ii.

Learning lots here (Don't understand it all )
Thank you all.

I see that you are in the UK. Why not get a ticket for Canjam London that’s on 30th & 31st July. There you can try out as many different IEMs as you can manage. You’ll get a good idea of fit and comfort from the various brands and models. Take your N8ii with you and see what combo’s give the best synergy.

 

[Doug2507]

I am not really qualified to post here so excuse me if i slip up, but i would like to say on headphones i opted for the Meze Elites with upgraded copper cable balanced.

Dealer suggested the upgrade cable, never tried the stock cable or the headphones untill they were delivered.

Really pleased with my upgrade choice as opposed to Astell and Kern Kann cube and HD800S served me well and still own them but older tech it was glitchy on my home network and they do not sound as good when i compare them to the N8ii + Elites.

Question i have never tried IEM'S are they comfortable ? can you listen for hours with them, i prioritze comfort over form i am afraid.
Can you try something to simulate a fit like silicone ear protectors for motorcycles ? to try and get a idea whether they would be comfortable,guessing hygiene prohibits trials in shops ect.

Apologies i am really new to this so sorry if my questions are a bit daft.

I love being portable with the N8ii.

Learning lots here (Don't understand it all )
Thank you all.

You could get a pair of CCA CRA+ from amazon for 20 quid, see how you like them for fit. Not as good as some of the main brand stuff but still very comfy and probably worth a shot to try out just on cost alone. (They also sound pretty good for a 20 quid IEM!)

 

[Sovsroc]

I see that you are in the UK. Why not get a ticket for Canjam London that’s on 30th & 31st July. There you can try out as many different IEMs as you can manage. You’ll get a good idea of fit and comfort from the various brands and models. Take your N8ii with you and see what combo’s give the best synergy.

Thats a great idea,i will check my diary.

Thank You

 

[Sovsroc]

You could get a pair of CCA CRA+ from amazon for 20 quid, see how you like them for fit. Not as good as some of the main brand stuff but still very comfy and probably worth a shot to try out just on cost alone. (They also sound pretty good for a 20 quid IEM!)

£20 wow i would try and then just let someone have them if my kids don't get to them first i had no idea they were this cheap !

Thank You.

 

[ahossam]

Delete.

 

[Allears79]

Why there are so many N8ii for sale? I don’t get it…

 

[AnalogandDigital]

Why there are so many N8ii for sale? I don’t get it…

Probably saving some money and getting the iBasso DX320 instead

 

[littlexx26]

so dx320 is better than n8ii？

 

[AnalogandDigital]

To make it a short story
Those owning a DX300 and upgrading say yes for them
And most put it up to level of the N8II
But do know that most of those never seen or heard a N8II in real life
The owners of the N8II don't think so at all
It shares sort of the same sound characteristics since both use the same Rohm DAC
But when you filter all the N8II is ' better'
Next the N8II has 2 x NuTube vs 1 and Balanced output vs SE
Now I own a DX300 and I like it combined with my Cayin C9 but I bought a N8II nevertheless

 

[Allears79]

I think that there is a significant performance gap between those devices. Specially if you consider the amount of flexibility and fine tuning that you can get from the N8ii. For me at least it will be difficult to come back to something inferior after that. I believe that the only 2 DAPs that outperform N8ii are the DMP-Z1 and the LP6 ti but we are talking about a 2.5x higher price.

 

[AnalogandDigital]

Those are both better performers at a price for sure
And as in every hobby to get to the next level you need to spend some money
Now people always think they struck gold and their cheaper 'toy' outclasses brand X type Y and only costs half the money
And it might be out there but I personally never been in that situation in any hobby until today
Mostly what pops up is: this sound as 90% of ...
OK but what's 90% ?
Or even better : deminishing return
Very popular term today in audio
Very popular ...

 

[Doug2507]

so dx320 is better than n8ii？

Nope. Similar sound but delivery a few steps below. Good bang for buck though as long as you're not going out and buying all modules, n8ii second hand would make far more sense as you get it all in one package and noticeably better sq. For me, the only detail that 320 does better is stage width. N8ii does the all rest to a higher level which is the difference between totl and mid fi for me, and all in one package. Dx320 does have quite nice treble though.

I've put mine up for sale as I want to hear Jewel paired with 7AE and don't want to plough more money into another dap. I'll quite happily come back to N8ii if 7AE doesn't work out and be a very happy man. I bought 320 as a curiosity simply to hear another ROHM implementation, I'll listen to it over the next couple of weeks with 12exn when away with work then it'll be hitting the classifieds as well.

 

[AnalogandDigital]

Nope. Similar sound but delivery a few steps below. Good bang for buck though as long as you're not going out and buying all modules, n8ii second hand would make far more sense as you get it all in one package and noticeably better sq. For me, the only detail that 320 does better is stage width. N8ii does the all rest to a higher level which is the difference between totl and mid fi for me, and all in one package. Dx320 does have quite nice treble though.

I've put mine up for sale as I want to hear Jewel paired with 7AE and don't want to plough more money into another dap. I'll quite happily come back to N8ii if 7AE doesn't work out and be a very happy man. I bought 320 as a curiosity simply to hear another ROHM implementation, I'll listen to it over the next couple of weeks with 12exn when away with work then it'll be hitting the classifieds as well.

Well was expecting what you just posted ...

 

[Doug2507]

Don't get me wrong, dx320 is pretty good, at its price point, but I'd definitely take any of the "it's as good as N8ii" hype with a large pinch of salt...