[omastic]

 
You mean that it takes 5 seconds from the time you turn on the DX80 or once the music screen comes up that shows an album to play, it takes 5 more seconds? 

Once the music screen comes up. None of the buttons will work and I cannot swipe in either direction. After about 5 seconds everything's fine and snappy.

 

[jamato8]

  Once the music screen comes up. None of the buttons will work and I cannot swipe in either direction. After about 5 seconds everything's fine and snappy.

Did you try a factory reset? 

 

[omastic]

 
Did you try a factory reset? 

Not yet. To be honest not really bothered by this, just wanted to check if this is the case for others as well. I have the unit running quite stable for now. 

 

[jamato8]

   
I don't think the AK's are bad products, but I sort of think that they are testing the waters on brand loyalty to see how far can they can push the customers. It's hard to keep up with all the hype on each launch of AK240, 240SS, 380, 320, in such a short period of time..
 
The important thing about super expensive products is that they demonstrate what a brand can do with no excuses about the cost being the factor. It's actually really hard to create a desirable product that makes people justify spending that much money with confidence. (you can't just hike up the price on a crappy gear and expect everyone to believe it's worth the price). In that sense, AK has done well in making people go crazy over them, just like Leica cameras etc. It doesn't necessarily mean that the sound quality is superior in every way.
 
Personally I think a DAP is a gadget that becomes obsolete very quickly (unlike speakers and power amps), so it's best for me to frequently update to a new DAP in the price point that I can afford.

I can sell some of my Summicrons for more now than I paid for them. They are precision instruments. While I understand what you are getting at, I don't think that AK qualifies as the same type of quality to performance ratio as Leica. That is for the lenses of course. With my M9 body, well it is digital and takes a hit but my M2 still holds its price though not many shooting film these days but again quality to performance is there. 

 

[sandalaudio]

 
I can sell some of my Summicrons for more now than I paid for them. They are precision instruments. While I understand what you are getting at, I don't think that AK qualifies as the same type of quality to performance ratio as Leica. That is for the lenses of course. With my M9 body, well it is digital and takes a hit but my M2 still holds its price though not many shooting film these days but again quality to performance is there. 

 
Sorry. I was specifically talking about those compact Leica that rich dads like to swing around their neck proudly in tourist spots. I'm worried that AK ended up the same fate, that the serious hi-fi enthusiasts will feel embarrassed to use it because of the "premium grade" reputation.
 
Anyhow, DX80 being great, my point was that it would be nice if iBasso made a cost-no-objective statement model to showcase how far they can go. Not that I would definitely buy one...

 

[ignandi]

  compact Leica that rich dads like to swing around their neck proudly in tourist spots.

sorry for out of topic.. but this is so true and hilarious at the same time!

 

[charlie0904]

Sorry. I was specifically talking about those compact Leica that rich dads like to swing around their neck proudly in tourist spots. I'm worried that AK ended up the same fate, that the serious hi-fi enthusiasts will feel embarrassed to use it because of the "premium grade" reputation.

Anyhow, DX80 being great, my point was that it would be nice if iBasso made a cost-no-objective statement model to showcase how far they can go. Not that I would definitely buy one...

Brand marketing?

 

[HiFiChris]

  Am I hearing things or is L/R Balance reversed?

Neither of both - sliding to the left, it says "L  -x", meaning the left channel's volume gets reduced. 

At first, I also thought that the balance control was reversed (or that my IEMs' channels were reversed), but then I noticed the "minus" before the number.
Probably not the most intuitive method for adjusting channel balance though.

 

[vnmslsrbms]

  sorry for out of topic.. but this is so true and hilarious at the same time!

I also see a lot of tourists with the red line lens (Canon) and gold line lens (nikon) around their neck in Hong Kong. I'm not sure why they need to carry their camera on their neck in a heavily crowded shopping area.  I think it's like the Leica where it's a status symbol.  
 
Leica's are hard to use!  I've tried the rangefinder way, and it works, but I'm just too lazy looking to take a quick snap sometimes.  But the picture coming out of the process really is nice.  

 

[Scottes7]

  Once the music screen comes up. None of the buttons will work and I cannot swipe in either direction. After about 5 seconds everything's fine and snappy.

Yeah this happens to me, too, on both of the DX80s I had. For some reason I can swipe down to get that menu before I can swipe left or right. But after about 5 seconds everything is fine.

 

[DeepSilent]

Does anyone have experience of driving hd650 with dx80 (only) ? 

 

[mikeral]

  Does anyone have experience of driving hd650 with dx80 (only) ? 

I have HD-650 and even more power hungry HE-560. DX80 has more than enough power to drive them both to volumes I cannot [tolerate] listen for a prolonged time. (edited after i tried again )

 

[Mython]

 

 
You mean that it takes 5 seconds from the time you turn on the DX80 or once the music screen comes up that shows an album to play, it takes 5 more seconds? 

Once the music screen comes up. None of the buttons will work and I cannot swipe in either direction. After about 5 seconds everything's fine and snappy.

 
 
I can't help wondering if this might be related to the DX80 perhaps not yet having completed indexing the microSD card(s)?     Do you have a very large number of tracks on your card(s)..?
 
Also, do you have a lot of embedded artwork in your music tracks?
 
 
 
Please note - I do not own a DX80, so I am only making a reasonable guess (I'm an ex DX100 owner).

 

[DeepSilent]

  I have HD-650 and even more power hungry HE-560. DX80 has more than enough power to drive them both to volumes I cannot [tolerate] listen for a prolonged time. (edited after i tried again )

Thanks mikeral.
 
One more question, how did hd650 paired with dx80 in terms of sound. 

 

[Scottes7]

   
 
I can't help wondering if this might be related to the DX80 perhaps not yet having completed indexing the microSD card(s)?     Do you have a very large number of tracks on your card(s)..?
 
Also, do you have a lot of embedded artwork in your music tracks?
 
 
 
Please note - I do not own a DX80, so I am only making a reasonable guess (I'm an ex DX100 owner).

I have 3,300 FLACs, and 85-90% have album art and 30% of the album art is PNG which is currently unreadable by the DX80.
No files on the device are changed, and this 5-second pause occurs on every boot.
It might be scanning the card(s) behind the scenes, sure. It's just a little frustrating since I often forget to wait the 5 seconds.