[ExpatinJapan]

I am enjoying the Amp 5.
It has a very sweet sound

 

[icefalkon]

Interesting. So far I've had zero problems with shipping times via DHL. Their Customs brokerage fees are questionable but the delivery reliability has been top notch to western Canada. I would choose DHL over UPS and FedEx any time if given the opportunity and regular post isn't an option. I bet with the Black Friday sales and US Thanksgiving week the package deliveries are taking a bit of a hit.

It's the opposite here in the States. DHL is horrendous and UPS is right up there with them. FedEx is the best of the three...and I'm in NYC! You would think that the service in a city the size of NYC would be great...alas...no. LOL. Hell there's both a DHL and UPS major warehouse less than 10 minutes from my house and we can't get a delivery earlier than 4pm on any given day.

 

[icefalkon]

I am enjoying the Amp 5.
It has a very sweet sound

I am as well. AMP 5 sounds fantastic with my Angies and with my Senn 650's. However, it's not powerful enough to drive the LCD 2's, when using them I use an external amp.

 

[twister6]

I am as well. AMP 5 sounds fantastic with my Angies and with my Senn 650's. However, it's not powerful enough to drive the LCD 2's, when using them I use an external amp.

That's when you switch to AMP4

 

[irablumberg]

I am as well. AMP 5 sounds fantastic with my Angies and with my Senn 650's. However, it's not powerful enough to drive the LCD 2's, when using them I use an external amp.

Where did you get the AMP5? It is not on the ibasso US website yet.

 

[HarlanDraka]

I get the loud pops occasionally too, but I don’t have an issue with the sound quality

So tested the ibasso with Tidal and Spotify, I get random pops when changing tracks or skipping to other parts of a track. I then tested a playlist in Tidal offline, wifi off, no pops and everything fine. Tested both on 2.4 and 5ghz with stagediver 4. Tried Mango App in android, no pops so it must be a bug in the iBasso software rather then hardware issue. Any workarounds to avoid the pops and cracks when streaming (beside downloading the music and switching off the WIFI)? @Paul - iBasso

 

[icefalkon]

That's when you switch to AMP4

LOL I wish I realized that earlier! I'll be posting my review of AMP 5 next week after the holiday. Thanks Twister!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[Cherubian]

So I've received COWON Plenue R today and it absolutely destroys DX200 in terms of UI speed. Extremely fast response on both hw buttons and touch screen.

Don't get me wrong, DX200 sounds fantastic but the UI and button response (both Mango and Android OS) is poor compared to COWON or AK players. iBasso should work on this hard as it has plenty of CPU power. Just my two cents...

 

[icefalkon]

I believe that's something they're continually working on. Other than the buttons, how does the Plenue compare to the DX200?

 

[jamato8]

So I've received COWON Plenue R today and it absolutely destroys DX200 in terms of UI speed. Extremely fast response on both hw buttons and touch screen.

Don't get me wrong, DX200 sounds fantastic but the UI and button response (both Mango and Android OS) is poor compared to COWON or AK players. iBasso should work on this hard as it has plenty of CPU power. Just my two cents...

In Android full mode the DX200 is as fast as my iPhone or Samsung phone and is instant so I don't see how it could be any faster. In Mango mode, slower but then I concentrate on the music and the speed though it takes a fraction of a second, for me, really isn't an issue.

 

[Dukebb13]

For those looking for the amp5 it is on ibasso.com now.

 

[Cherubian]

In Android full mode the DX200 is as fast as my iPhone or Samsung phone and is instant so I don't see how it could be any faster. In Mango mode, slower but then I concentrate on the music and the speed though it takes a fraction of a second, for me, really isn't an issue.

I use pretty much Android OS only and it's definitely not as fast as iPhone. Skipping through tracks takes some time and especially rewinding is far from being instant.

 

[irablumberg]

For those looking for the amp5 it is on ibasso.com now.

Thanks, ordered.

 

[jamato8]

I use pretty much Android OS only and it's definitely not as fast as iPhone. Skipping through tracks takes some time and especially rewinding is far from being instant.

Depends upon the track. Once an album is entered I find it very fast. Maybe it is your card.

 

[Cherubian]

I believe that's something they're continually working on. Other than the buttons, how does the Plenue compare to the DX200?

It's too early to make any sound statements as I've listened to R only for about an hour but price/performance ratio of R is fantastic for sure. As I said DX sounds fantastic but R's FW and UI is super superior.