[FooFighter]

I am still experimenting with different player Apps like UApp, Neutron in DAP mode or Audirvana in DAC mode and agree with fejomits impressions.
I would even dare to say:
The sound signatures appear so much different as comparing 2 different DAPs!

 

[FooFighter]

Off topic but might still be useful for streaming freaks who are anyway paying for several services like myself.
I have been using Spotify for quite a while for non-audiohile music discovery and still think that this service has the superior AI for finding music for your own taste.

I have just tried a software called Soundiiz https://soundiiz.com which can synch your playlists between any popular streaming services including Tidal, Quobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, Youtube, ...
You can even keep the lists in synch and define rules how to do that in detail.

There is a free option for limited synch, paid version is offering the named unlimited and automated synch option.
It's great to discover the music in Spotify and then listening in high quality in Tidal.
Quobuz and Amazon Music HD will most likely work accordingly.

Highly recommended by me.

 

[DarginMahkum]

@Whitigir and @fejnomit, all cool. Thanks for sharing your ideas. In the end we are here to share our experiences to enjoy our toys more.

 

[ThomasHK]

Off topic but might still be useful for streaming freaks who are anyway paying for several services like myself.
I have been using Spotify for quite a while for non-audiohile music discovery and still think that this service has the superior AI for finding music for your own taste.

I have just tried a software called Soundiiz https://soundiiz.com which can synch your playlists between any popular streaming services including Tidal, Quobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, Youtube, ...
You can even keep the lists in synch and define rules how to do that in detail.

There is a free option for limited synch, paid version is offering the named unlimited and automated synch option.
It's great to discover the music in Spotify and then listening in high quality in Tidal.
Quobuz and Amazon Music HD will most likely work accordingly.

Highly recommended by me.

That's how I've managing several services too!
UI leaves something to me desired but does what it says on the tin.

 

[rde01]

Anyone found an android system wide equalizer that works? (preferably retaining mqa decoding and max sample rate)

 

[Whitigir]

Anyone found an android system wide equalizer that works? (preferably retaining mqa decoding and max sample rate)

Yeah, why not this one ?
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/iba...om-new-firmware-2-6-2021.943221/post-16170498

 

[rde01]

Yeah, why not this one ?
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/iba...om-new-firmware-2-6-2021.943221/post-16170498

Well portability comes into mind. and its architecture sure should be good enough to do it. (now the software should just be up to it)
Maybe Ibasso should give there programmers a free DX300 so they woul be enclined to make the most outof this platform.

 

[ValeryPaul]

I am still experimenting with different player Apps like UApp, Neutron in DAP mode or Audirvana in DAC mode and agree with fejomits impressions.
I would even dare to say:
The sound signatures appear so much different as comparing 2 different DAPs!

Pardon my ignorance, how do you download UApp onto the dx300?

 

[Bosk]

You can upsampling together with Oversampling as well.

Yes, these 2 terms are a little confusing. That is why many times people would think offline processing DSD from PCM is not authentic.....well, the studios are doing the same thing, then branded it SACD and people buy in.....there are differences, one are being calculated, studied, trialed ....etc....by the studio, and one is being done by end user and personal preferences. Is it really that the studios did all the above ? Who knows ?

the facts remains, Oversampling is done by all sigma delta Chips, and most of the modern DAC converters are all sigma delta, even R2R.....so before they all pass into LPF, they are converted into DSD by the Chips, in live processing. Off lines processing give it the advantages of being more accurately processed and less effected by other factors. The downside is that it takes so much storage, computing power

Lucky for us those are two things that have become extremely cheap in today's modern world!

Yet I still like to believe there's a place in audiophilia for NOS DACs. The sound of a good TDA1541 tube DAC is hard to beat.

 

[Tex Irie]

Don't know what you think of your Tinhifi T4, but initially I was disappointed with it.
Since the DX300 arrived, the T4 has been getting a lot of serious listening time.
Not sure that if I was hit with serious brain burn timing, but DX300 and T4 sounds wonderful together.
Listening through 4.4mm. It had a really restrained sound initially, but it's really opened up now. Nice sound stage is really good for it's design.
I get an even nicer imaging effect when I attach my Oriolus Vaccum amp together with the DX300.

@Jawis The TinHifi T4 was a cool pickup. What balanced cable did you get for it? I like it a lot but haven't tried it yet with my DX300. I've been listening with my Angie's and LCD-X so far.

Somehow the DX300 in Mango OS mode reminds me of the Questyle QPM. It just effortlessly presents the music beautifully. That is the highest praise I can offer for this DAP! Makes me want to listen to music for hours on end every day.

 

[FooFighter]

Pardon my ignorance, how do you download UApp onto the dx300?

Google play store

 

[Tex Irie]

Pardon my ignorance, how do you download UApp onto the dx300?

You would have to get the Google play store from APK Pure, then you can download UAPP using Google Play. If you are prompted to pay for UAPP and you previously purchased it on another device; either refresh Google play or sign out of Google then log in again. The prompt to pay should be removed.

 

[ThomasHK]

Holy **** this whole time I had the filters mixed up.
In Android,
1 = min. phase fast rolloff
2 = linear phase slow rolloff
3 = linear phase fast rolloff
4 = min. phase slow rolloff
5 = NOS

Quite confusing as they use the ”short delay” name for the linear phase filters and the order is completely different to dx220. I had been using filter 1 all this time in comparing with dx220, thinking it was linear/fast, typically my preference.

 

[KevP]

Has anybody hooked the DX300 to an external DAC/AMP?? Is there any benefit in doing so?
Thinking about getting either Xduoo XD05 Balanced OR the ifi idsd Neo for my desktop

Obviously the Xduoo is portable which gives the added benefit of being able to use it with the DX300 but is there any point and will it enhance music on the go???

if not I would go for a desktop solution for the desktop and forget about portability

Thanks all.

I've been trying it out with the Cayin C9 that arrived a few days ago and yesterday, with the Oriolus BA300s. Being tube amps, they both definitely warm up the, for me, slightly aggressive upper mids on the DX300. But it's not yet a night and day improvement. The added complication is that I only have 100 hours on the DX300 so far. So, a settled picture won't emerge for a week or two yet.

 

[Juson]

TPU case has just arrived. Nice! Good fit. Good quality. DAP doesn’t slide out....

I´m looking for an alternative case too. Which do you mean? Can you please post a link?