[efftee]

Managed to update to 1.03.209 directly from the updater.

 

[Tomz1313]

Latest update (p.242 to p.252) to owners listing.
Keep 'em coming!

DX300 MAX SS: Edition Number details updated. Please let me know your Edition number and I will add you to the listing (if you wish to join).

Now including additional owner details on 3MAX Titanium that I know of so far..... Join in if you please.... let me know your username and... when received.... your unique owner number on the members card.

aaf evo: 387 : Ti: 081
ajlolo: Ti: 034
alsorkin: Ti: 023
Auricon: SS: 401
ayang02 : Ti: 043
behemothkat: 212
bluestorm1992: Ti: 41
Copland62: 273
cradon: 427
DarginMahkum: 400
DaYooper: Ti: 056
Damz87: 391
Dennis80: 147
Doug2507: 453
Dsnuts: 149
efftee: Ti: 004
ExpatinJapan:
fabduf69: Ti: 047
frankyan88: 489
fuhransahis: 232
funasianguy4u: 441
gazzington: 303
gentzen: Ti: 040
Giraku: Ti: 025
gonzfi: 182
greygrey:
hssong85:
infinatejustice:
Infoseeker: 116
jamato8:
jsawmusic: 495
Junnu: 111
justanut: 377
Laplace: Ti: 015
Lappy27: 348
Libr4: 297
linnsondek: 478
Lumithium: 324
Lu88: Ti: 075
markel: 253
masahito24@chart: 207
Maxx134: Ti: 084
meomap: Ti: 085
mico1964: 402
mobplay: 295
Morbideath: Ti: 054
mungster: 465
namawee: 164
Ojisan: 169
purk: 304 /
pv815: 452
Reima: Ti: 033
RjayGwapo: 486
RPKwan: 113
roygbiv6: 217
snapandslide: 475
stersa: 189
subguy812 387
Tawmizzzz: 127
TheHelper1964: 101
Tom75: 173
Tomz1313: 225
Twistie: 363
Twister6: Demo
veezhun: 379
vkenz: 362
voja: Demo
Whitigir: Ti: 073
Yannis:
zxcvy19: Ti: 078
zen87192: 00 : Ti: 00

Hi zen87192! My no is 224 not 225...saw it totday Please update the list . Best Tom

 

[zen87192]

Hi zen87192! My no is 224 not 225...saw it totday Please update the list . Best Tom

Ooopppsss.... sorry
I've corrected this and updated.
Thank you for pointing it out.
Happy listening

 

[Tomz1313]

Ooopppsss.... sorry
I've corrected this and updated.
Thank you for pointing it out.
Happy listening

I reportet it wrong . No problem

 

[Doug2507]

I think I might be starting to have buyers remorse getting MAX SS....

Finding it really hard to turn it off and it's robbing time for other things! Seriously impressed by this one.

I'll get home from work on Monday and be swapping out SanDisk extreme for a micron along with Clear MG to Stellia. Feeling like a kid at Christmas and only a week or two until Arctic Integra arrives to seal the deal.

Was tempted to pick up a Ti but tbh I'm enjoying the SS immensely for all sorts of rock through the years, even the bad recordings sound decent. 100% satisfied with SS.

Well done iBasso, knocked it out of the park!

 

[alsorkin]

I'm on the same or similar boat as Nostoi. My primary use case will be as an all in one solution for the ZMF VC. If it were for IEMs I wouldn't care as much.

If I keep the DX300 Max I'd sell my ZMF Pendant (can't keep both unfortunately), so I sure would like to know how their driving power stacks up relative to each other. I don't think the Max will reach that power of course due to form factor alone, but perhaps it gets closer than any other similar transportable source or stack would.

Not the end all be all, but it is useful in this case for example, plus I think it just helps to know exactly what it is you're buying at this price and how it performs on a hardware level, vs having it be some sort of mystery.

Just purchased a ZMF VC from a Head-Fier to use with my 3MAX Ti. Do you have any tips for this pairing since you have the 3Max? I ordered a 4.4mm Balanced cable from ZMF since it did not have it. What about earpads that work best? Also, I did sell the DX300.

 

[fuhransahis]

Just purchased a ZMF VC from a Head-Fier to use with my 3MAX Ti. Do you have any tips for this pairing since you have the 3Max? I ordered a 4.4mm Balanced cable from ZMF since it did not have it. What about earpads that work best? Also, I did sell the DX300.

Congrats!

No real tips per se but buying the 4.4mm cable would certainly be the best first step, as you'll need the power the balanced output provides.

Other than that it's literally all up to your preferences, but happy to share my setup:

DAC Vol 100

D3/D4 filter (I haven't been able to tell the difference between them to be honest)

Norne Draug 4.4mm cable
This one is copper - from what I've gathered about the Ti, it being slightly brighter than the SS, you'll likely want to use a copper cable vs silver with the VC to keep its more natural tuning (unless you do want to squeeze every ounce of detail and treble though I have never been wanting for that with VC)

Auteur Hybrid Pads
I like the openness of the Auteur pads and the bass impact they provide. Auteur leather pads ended up being slightly fatiguing for me in the long run, but literally only slightly, but the Hybrid pads gave it the bit of smoothness without loss of resolution or staging. This area might be the one you tinker with the most, given how impactful rolling pads for ZMFs is. Universe pads will make the tuning more dynamic while slightly narrowing the stage, for example. And pad rolling will likely have you listening with one set of pads for one set of source/amp and a different set of pads for another. I've sold all else and only use the Max SS now so have stuck with Auteur Hybrid for my preferences.

That's about it - I stream Tidal to discover tracks then use UAPP to listen, and then Mango where applicable.

If any other questions lmk!

 

[alsorkin]

I find the 3MAX bulkiness argument completely absurd especially from Head-Fi'ers who routinely demonstrate expert and in-depth historical knowledge of DAP releases from various manufacturers.

DX300MAX/Ti's predecessor, th

e DX220MAX - the photos and use of the term "MAX" should be obvious of what you're buying into - it's limited, it's thick, bulky, chunky, substantial etc, on extreme of what some consider portable, it's makes a resounding statement of the best from iBasso.

If you wanted slim and sleek, it's obvious the MAX ain't it.

Side note - the 3MAX effectively replaces my DX312 + C9 hot stack and Eletech interconnects with it's glorious bulkiness.

Glorious bulkiness is a great way to describe my 3Max Ti, Romi Audio portable amp with Eletech Socrates interconnect and Corpse Gravedigger cable to my HD820 cans.

 

[purk]

Glorious bulkiness is a great way to describe my 3Max Ti, Romi Audio portable amp with Eletech Socrates interconnect and Corpse Gravedigger cable to my HD820 cans.

So your Romi is still outperform the Ti headphones output?

 

[Lumithium]

So your Romi is still outperform the Ti headphones output?

BX2 plus is still a lot more powerful power wise

 

[alsorkin]

BX2 plus is still a lot more powerful power wise

Yes the BX2+ puts out 600mW/300ohm . What is the 3MAX 4.4mm LO output?

 

[Tybot]

Ooopppsss.... sorry
I've corrected this and updated.
Thank you for pointing it out.
Happy listening

I’m now 127.

 

[zen87192]

I’m now 127

Welcome to the owners club! Your details have been added to the listing. Wishing you many happy hours of listening

 

[Whitigir]

You may be mistaken about power output (grins) , yeah , I put on hazmat suits and get ready.

Power delivery is very different than rated power output.

There is virtually no way to take a battery pack of a mere 3.7V and offer something like 15V boosted while squeezing the living hell out of it for current and voltage swings….it isn’t possible. The only thing possible is to market it under some “plausible manner”.

Anyways, I can tell you a very sure thing is that you can look at this picture of mine . I will confirm couple things

HD800S, a desktop amp with Western 300B, Titanium.

1/ The power delivery of Titanium is amazingly clean and capable. It isn’t easy to outperform this finesses coming from such a little DAP

2/ The titanium is a crazy device for a DAC that has True Line Out

 

[Whitigir]

Another thing to note is that the 3MaxTi has 4 batteries for amplification section. 2 in series and a pair of it. So the voltage total is actually 16.8V packs for the amplifications alone. Cayin C9 has similar designs, or following Ibasso on this, but 3Max is a lot more portable

It isn’t raised and boosted from a mere 3.7-4.4V packs. I can confirm this with all I have done to compare it up until now.

The only way for you to out performing the rawness and finesses of the 3MTi is to use a much more powerful amplifier. We are talking about amplifiers that are running over 50V swings