[NAD Fi]

I’m interested in the W4EX. I don’t see anything wrong in putting this vs RU7 for comparison. As noted in the link the price difference is very close between them - 30$

Both bring their own breakthroughs - One designed it’s own dac chip and uses extremely low power + brings incredible record breaking desktop level measurements (dynamic range/thd) and the other has its own discrete circuitry for 1 bit etc

If we are looking at lower consumption and lower output the Ibasso DC04pro, Fiio KA5 etc are the price point benchmarks for the W4EX, not the RU7.

 

[hardykalyan]

Short impressions:
In comparison with RU6, GoBar Gold, - this one is better. It is organic, black background, it’s not sparkly, has good depth and very good bass and mids, need to test with pos 3,4 on Anole turned on.
Ru6 was congested - never heard anything good in it, sold happily. Gold bar is too heavy. Only desktop use
And definitely it’s 10 steps above Qudelix 5k.

Hi, How would you compare gold bar and ru7 in terms of sound quality and signature? Is it worth to get a gold bar alongside ru7? Thanks in advance.

 

[daijobudes]

Hi, How would you compare gold bar and ru7 in terms of sound quality and signature? Is it worth to get a gold bar alongside ru7? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I didn’t really like gold bar, frankly - sounded a little artificial while ru7 sounds extremely natural (at least to me and on my gear)
Spatial effect of ru7 is very organic, it’s not exaggerated but it feels grand.
I’m listening to RU7 now and I can’t find any reason to buy gold bar for my preferences.

 

[hardykalyan]

Hi, I didn’t really like gold bar, frankly - sounded a little artificial while ru7 sounds extremely natural (at least to me and on my gear)
Spatial effect of ru7 is very organic, it’s not exaggerated but it feels grand.
I’m listening to RU7 now and I can’t find any reason to buy gold bar for my preferences.

Thanks a lot... you just saved me 500€

 

[daijobudes]

Thanks a lot... you just saved me 500€

Let me know what You think when you get ru7, better pm

 

[daijobudes]

That moment when ESTs kick in

 

[Andrew_WOT]

Hi, I didn’t really like gold bar, frankly - sounded a little artificial while ru7 sounds extremely natural (at least to me and on my gear)
Spatial effect of ru7 is very organic, it’s not exaggerated but it feels grand.
I’m listening to RU7 now and I can’t find any reason to buy gold bar for my preferences.

New gear always sounds better until excitement wears off.

 

[jjxaker]

New gear always sounds better until excitement wears off.

Not always... for example, RU6 cannot get bored because it is unique. but personally, I didn't have enough low frequencies compared to any delta sigma.
Nevertheless, he is special and it is always nice to listen to him again. it is obvious that RU7 is also unique, having no analogues.
Personally, I regretted that I sold RU6. I won't make such a mistake with RU7.

 

[Andrew_WOT]

When somebody is about to hyperventilate over excitement, these "impressions" are just noise with no value for others.
I'd expect next post will be comparison to Chord Dave or <insert gear of your choice> and it will be not as natural and refined as RU7 with mandatory disclaimer (to me, my ears, and with my gear).
Has anyone compared it to similarly priced W2, there was a post in the other thread rating RU7 below W4 which is only slight improvement over W2?

 

[Polky74]

In my opinion no dap/dac/dongle is perfect and it goes equally well for everything... what matters a lot is the synergy with the iems, our personal tastes and the type of music we listen to. A RU6 can be special if listening with transparent IEMs and without pumped frequencies (Blessing 2, Mest MKII, Jewel) and listening to music very much based on voices or single instruments or soft and warm jazz, but at the same time it can give much less satisfaction if it is listened to with an IEM like IERZ-1R (bass pumped) listening to music full of instruments, layered on top of each other like very hard progressive rock. The synergy concerns a bit of everything... dac/iem/music/ourselves. In this world there is no one dress for all seasons... if you really want to aim high.

 

[NAD Fi]

When somebody is about to hyperventilate over excitement, these "impressions" are just noise with no value for others.
I'd expect next post will be comparison to Chord Dave or <insert gear of your choice> and it will be not as natural and refined as RU7 with mandatory disclaimer (to me, my ears, and with my gear).
Has anyone compared it to similarly priced W2, there was a post in the other thread rating RU7 below W4 which is only slight improvement over W2?

RU7 owner is hyperventilating but W4 owner is the authority on declaring the W4 a better Dongle?

 

[Andykong]

I received the RU7, very impressed!
With Anole V14 - it’s nothing I’ve heard them like before - different sense of space, details are clear, but no vivid and all around you, when listening.pics attached

No, I think I have pointed out that it sounds organic
Nothing is making any fatigue. Also, probably I need to put it like this:
I’ve listened to RU7 for the past 12 hours almost all the time. I don’t feel fatigue except for the tips I used on Mest (Fiio ones)absolutely no fatigue. No ear ringing. It’s extremely comfortable sounding, no harshness.
I must’ve added it in bold print. Sorry about that.
It’s a different sound signature- no plastic feeling, no fatigue. It does not sound like DS chip dacs. It’s natural.

Thank you very much for your impression and continuous update, glad you like your RU7. I hope you'll like it even more after say 50 hours of usage.

Will someone who dislikes RU6 enjoy RU7? This is a question we have in mind when we working on RU7, we didn't deliberately make the RU7 different from RU6, but we definitely want to widen our Dongle DAC client base when we introduce a new model. Your response has answered our question, and that's a very positive and happy answer.

Thank you.

 

[daijobudes]

When somebody is about to hyperventilate over excitement, these "impressions" are just noise with no value for others.
I'd expect next post will be comparison to Chord Dave or <insert gear of your choice> and it will be not as natural and refined as RU7 with mandatory disclaimer (to me, my ears, and with my gear).
Has anyone compared it to similarly priced W2, there was a post in the other thread rating RU7 below W4 which is only slight improvement over W2?

Well, fyi this is not watercooler thread, and I “hyperventilate” as you put it, because I have next to me laying DX320X that I do not use last days at all, I am definitely sure that smth like RS8 or sp3000 is better. Go ahead and buy endgame gear if your pockets are full of money, but for us, working folk, that are not spending thousands on sources everyday, this RU7 is going to be go to gear that will replace multiple heavy daps.

 

[daijobudes]

Thank you very much for your impression and continuous update, glad you like your RU7. I hope you'll like it even more after say 50 hours of usage.

Will someone who dislikes RU6 enjoy RU7? This is a question we have in mind when we working on RU7, we didn't deliberately make the RU7 different from RU6, but we definitely want to widen our Dongle DAC client base when we introduce a new model. Your response has answered our question, and that's a very positive and happy answer.

Thank you.

Thank You for that experience- please send those good words to the team that did that!
I’d say it’s my real musical enjoyment that i haven’t experienced for some time..
I’m sure good word will follow this little dac/amp and people will enjoy musical experience with it.
Separately I want to say about how good and sturdy the connectors lock on usbC. It’s a very small but important detail.

 

[daijobudes]

In my opinion no dap/dac/dongle is perfect and it goes equally well for everything... what matters a lot is the synergy with the iems, our personal tastes and the type of music we listen to. A RU6 can be special if listening with transparent IEMs and without pumped frequencies (Blessing 2, Mest MKII, Jewel) and listening to music very much based on voices or single instruments or soft and warm jazz, but at the same time it can give much less satisfaction if it is listened to with an IEM like IERZ-1R (bass pumped) listening to music full of instruments, layered on top of each other like very hard progressive rock. The synergy concerns a bit of everything... dac/iem/music/ourselves. In this world there is no one dress for all seasons... if you really want to aim high.

I thoroughly enjoyed specifically complex genre, metal of all kinds, classical, orchestra, instrumental- with Anole V14 it sounds very much how it should - all instruments are very well separated, music is pronounced and well presented, didn’t notice any interference among frequencies or mushing.