Yes its Android and Windows to blame, but I guess us people looking for quality audio are a small minority and fall under their radar. I am sorted now and have the magic Magenta led colour. If I like the sound of that then I will look into a ZenDac for my second home set up and will probably revive my old JRiver to run it.
Sadly it didn't take long for things to go wrong. I was happily enjoying Tidal Masters on the train yesterday then when I got off and walked across the car park it died. So ... UAPP doesn't work in offline mode apparently ! That's a problem. Oddly it seemed to be playing fine from the downloaded Tidal tracks whilst connected to the wifi on the train, I am pretty sure it wasn't streaming through wifi because the train connection and speed is terrible so I would have had problems, its as if its a logging on issue so you have to have data turned on instead. The problem is that it doesn't then resume playing from downloaded content but streams via mobile data. That is going to burn MB at a very nasty rate. Does this sound right ? To make things more annoying, I cannot then just go back to Tidal and use offline mode, without MQA but at least something to listen to, because Tidal no longer recongnises the HipDac and will only play through the phone dac. Am I doing something wrong here ?
"Another quibble is the lack of indicator dots on the volume knob. Though the knob does make a satisfying click when you power down the device, from there it’s guesswork as to what your current setting is. We appreciate sleek styling, but even small machined ridges would be helpful to avoid an uncomfortable blast of sound if the dial is accidentally set too high."
IFi - any way to upgrade existing units with an indicator. I don’t think mine’s a collector’s edition with this silly defect. I’d rather have one that makes it easy to know what I’m adjusting to. Can we just purchase and replace the knob?
IFi - any way to upgrade existing units with an indicator. I don’t think mine’s a collector’s edition with this silly defect. I’d rather have one that makes it easy to know what I’m adjusting to. Can we just purchase and replace the knob?
If the knob was held by a screw, then it would be possible to replace at home without any damage and we'd gladly send you one, but it's not. At this point the best way would be to make a dot on your own.
And yes, I'm aware that this advice is not really helpful. But knowing how tightly that knob sits, any attempts to pull it out might not go well.
Anyone tried to connect an iBasso DX 200 with the Hip DAC? Not sure if I am doing anyting wrong but when I connect my DX 200 in Android mode playing Tidal using the USB C to the Hip DAC it doesn't seem to work but any other Android phones/iOS devices work fine.
Am I missing anything with my DX 200?
Anyone tried to connect an iBasso DX 200 with the Hip DAC? Not sure if I am doing anyting wrong but when I connect my DX 200 in Android mode playing Tidal using the USB C to the Hip DAC it doesn't seem to work but any other Android phones/iOS devices work fine.
Am I missing anything with my DX 200?
Been listening to mine which arrived 24 hours ago, pretty much non-stop except for 6 hours of sleep.
Late yesterday I flashed FW 3.5c and it got even better. This thing is a keeper.
Incidentally, all the MQA troubles I read here, there and everywhere (in various contexts) continually make me happy that I remain listening/loving with Qobuz and local FLAC.
Trouble-free aural wonderfulness, and the Hip Dac delivers it effortlessly thus far.
edit: and it's true what many have said... the "XBass" on this thing is truly like an illicit drug; I shy away from bass-boosts in general except for specific tracks and headphone combinations.... but this button is becoming a very guilty pleasure.
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