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I should clear up - the popping / artefact noise that I, and others have heard - are from, so it seems - poor quality mastering / rips - that is being exaggerated by the extra power that the M8 has on tap...
Re changing region from '0' to '1', am not really sure if it improves or not, as I don't have two phones to enable me to A/B - I think that there is more headroom (so, more hiss) with region set to '1', but - cannot say with authority as by the time I've amended the props, rebooted the phone, readjusted the volume, and started listening again, my auditory memory has long since passed..
Anyway, back to point, so long as you are accepting that even FLAC / WV files can be afflicted by poor mastering - which doesn't appear to highlight itself on other handsets, then - you're laughing - but, in the first instance, it is a little offputting...
This caveat doesn't apply if - you don't play at full volume anyway (which you shouldn't with IEMs such as the IE800 / E846 anyway, as they have far too much volume potential... Protect your hearing everybody!!)
Re changing region from '0' to '1', am not really sure if it improves or not, as I don't have two phones to enable me to A/B - I think that there is more headroom (so, more hiss) with region set to '1', but - cannot say with authority as by the time I've amended the props, rebooted the phone, readjusted the volume, and started listening again, my auditory memory has long since passed..
Anyway, back to point, so long as you are accepting that even FLAC / WV files can be afflicted by poor mastering - which doesn't appear to highlight itself on other handsets, then - you're laughing - but, in the first instance, it is a little offputting...
This caveat doesn't apply if - you don't play at full volume anyway (which you shouldn't with IEMs such as the IE800 / E846 anyway, as they have far too much volume potential... Protect your hearing everybody!!)