In my experience wifi has always been a weak point on the hibys. Just by going to a different room from where your router is located makes the signal very weak. The 300r on the other hand has no such problems connecting to wifi but has a rather short battery life.
well, I'm formatting using the official SD card tool. A full, complete format - not the quick format. Will report my findings. I hope this is card related, or software at worst. If it is r6 hardware related - hopefully @Joe Bloggs is responsive to warranty claims.
Joe has left Hiby if I understand correctly.
That so true.
If your getting a "this card is corrupt and needs formatting" on a PC then when the PC checks it finds no errors.
No LG device has more than one DAC chip inside. They have 4 of... *something*... inside their one DAC chip, which for all anyone knows most DACs on the market also has 4 of?
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Could be due to impedance mismatch. What gear are U using?Okay so I received my Hiby R6 this morning and I must be doing something wrong or maybe it's faulty. First impressions are that this is a massive let down.
The key issues:
-Bass is weak and muddy. I'm shocked at how weak. And MSEB and Equalizer don't solve the issue, they just pile mud onto the sound and there's entire lyrics being distorted from a slight bass addition on the EQ. Eminem's new album in FLAC with a slight EQ tweak and a push towards bass extension and warmth distorts lyrics horribly. This is the most disappointing thing.
-My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with the Hiby app, a FLAC file and a Fiio A3 amp is better. Better bass and clearer sound at the same time
-Loud clicking noises when playing music, usually between pausing and swapping songs.
-Atrocious wifi. Doesn't work in the bedroom above the living room
-Spotify on R6 sounds much better than Galaxy Note 8 but if you add an A3 to both it's negligible.
-Bluetooth doesn't connect to my car's Kenwood stereo even though every phone I have works fine with it. Gives me a "pin code not recognised' error despite not prompting me for the pin. Useless for driving.
-Incredibly flat and dull sound without EQ although I admit it does sound clear and detailed and I can pick out instruments well and it goes louder than Note 8. But as above EQ distorts the sound horribly and overall it's coming off worse than A3+Note 8. And worse than my old Cowon J3 (rest in peace)
I'm not happy with the player at all at this point. I'm not the kind of person who has £500 to spare and I planned on using this player for years to come
I don't think impedance would be that much of an issue, the worst I've experienced is the isine20 bass being muddy. I actually don't mind the Andromeda straight from the r6 with EQ, and that's theoretically the worst pairing.
okay, I think you're onto something. I thought it was coincidence too, but have noticed the SD card issues after hitting the volume button. However, I'll have to pay more attention to this going forward to confirm it's not happening under other circumstances. I thought maybe it was due to 'hot swapping' SE and BAL output as I noticed at least two failures when I was comparing the outputs using my balanced cable with/without the SE adapter. What I mean by 'hot swapping' is that I would not allow the amp to click off before removing the cable.I was just listening to some music, and I noticed a notification that said the MicroSD was in the process of ejecting. I waited and after a while, the player told me the MicroSD was corrupted. I noticed this happened after adjusting the volume using the physical buttons. It's possible it is a hardware issue, but it could also be coincidence.
I turned the player off, removed the MicroSD, and plugged it into my computer where it prompted to to a disk scan. After doing this, Windows reported that there were no errors. I put the MicroSD back in, turned the player on, and it detected the MicroSD properly.
EDIT: I've done some fiddling around, and it seems that I've been able to consistently reproduce this issue. I don't think it's a hardware issue. When not playing music for a while, the player goes into a sleep mode (power button light turns off). If the player is woken up and the volume is lowered using the button while the screen is on, the MicroSD icon briefly appears in the notification tray.
If the player is woken up, the music is unpaused (order irrelevant), and the volume is lowered using the button while the screen is on, the MicroSD icon appears for longer, resulting in either Android flagging the MicroSD as corrupt (remedied by restarting) or the MicroSD correctly being remounted. I've noticed that this happens when using Neutron or using Hiby Music, so it is probably not app dependent. I've noticed this happen with 2.5mm output, 3.5mm output, and no connected output.
