airwax
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S3 > headstage usb dac > RSA protector > JH13s
Feels like an old school set-up now
Sent from my Paranoid Android SII
I was looking at Trekstor Vibez as well. When Rio folded, many engineers went to Trekstor and the Vibez can be seen as a continuation of the Rio MP3 line. But I found a Rio Karma in good condition, with only some small scratch on the screen, and then I just had to buy it.
I usually EQ my MP3 players, but the Karma sounds great with a flat EQ setting. If I EQ the bass up, it becomes too much. I'd say that the Rio beats my Cowon S9 in SQ. Sometimes newer isn't the same as "better"...
S3 > headstage usb dac > RSA protector > JH13s
Feels like an old school set-up now
Sent from my Paranoid Android SII
Troll Dragon, how did you get the head-fi graphic on your Sansa? That's pretty cool
Gotta be Rockboxed...lol. I like it!
iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3... which one takes the sound quality trophy?
Doesn't matter to a head-fier because unless you've got $600 to drop on a DAC or DAC/amp combo (VAMP, HP-P1, CLAS), you're better off picking up a Pico used and offloading digital audio from an S3. Or even better, get the new Apex Glacier and save $100 for a DAC that is 90% as good and an impeccably clean, Pete Millet, TTVJ-designed, stepped-attenuator-based amp section with vastly more voltage swing
Kojaku
Are there any comparisons between the glacier, alo rx mk3, and uha-6s mkii? I heard that the pico doesn't work properly with the gs3.
Uh...lol it totally does. I use it every day as my permanent porta-rig. I posted it in this thread like a page ago xD...
Kojaku
I heard wrong then LOL