[sharkshark]

Can I be the one person who sees your point.
You had an issue with hiss and were not rude purposely then it escalated.
I have the 846 and though they wonderful they not ideal for the QP1R so I use my Laylas and Hifiman HE1000.

Try the Fiio X7. It's not at all bad.

Thank you, that means a lot... two microsd cards and the X7 would be top of my list to get

 

[WCDchee]

Of course you did... and still haven't taken out your 846s, put on the stock cable and filter, plugged them in, and tested for hiss. Intereting priorities.

I look forward to a discussion with the mods.

You know buddy. I absolutely hate trolls.

But.

I don't think what you've done is wrong. In fact, I appreciate how you've made a consistent effort to acknowledge and appreciate moedawg140's efforts in this review. I'm sure he appreciates it, as I would if you showed your appreciation for something I spent lots of time doing up

On a side note, Having tried the questyle, I do note that there was an audible hiss on my earphones, even my ditas which aren't the most sensitive IEMs.

Have a great day everyone

 

[sharkshark]

You know buddy. I absolutely hate trolls.

But.

I don't think what you've done is wrong. In fact, I appreciate how you've made a consistent effort to acknowledge and appreciate moedawg140's efforts in this review. I'm sure he appreciates it, as I would if you showed your appreciation for something I spent lots of time doing up

On a side note, Having tried the questyle, I do note that there was an audible hiss on my earphones, even my ditas which aren't the most sensitive IEMs.

Have a great day everyone

Thank you as well

 

[WCDchee]

Also, just in case anyone thought I was here to troll, or to blast the questyle, I thought that sonically, the questyle was pretty awesome

 

[siwe1st]

You know buddy. I absolutely hate trolls.

But.

I don't think what you've done is wrong. In fact, I appreciate how you've made a consistent effort to acknowledge and appreciate @moedawg140's efforts in this review. I'm sure he appreciates it, as I would if you showed your appreciation for something I spent lots of time doing up

On a side note, Having tried the questyle, I do note that there was an audible hiss on my earphones, even my ditas which aren't the most sensitive IEMs.

Have a great day everyone

Hmm, how come all the sudden more people start to hear hiss? My unit has audible hiss when using *very* sensitive IEMs like the Empire Ears Zeus, my Metal Jacket Rosie did not have any hiss. Maybe this issue is of various degree, who knows? My questions, should I still ask for a replacement unit to try out, or simply return the unit? I still have faith that a replacement would have little to no hiss.
 
 
@moedawg140, what suggestion did you give in the last few pages to help alleviate hiss? I must have missed it. And just a Thank you for always being helpful. 

 

[WCDchee]

Hmm, how come all the sudden more people start to hear hiss? My unit has audible hiss when using *very* sensitive IEMs like the Empire Ears Zeus, my Metal Jacket Rosie did not have any hiss. Maybe this issue is of various degree, who knows? My questions, should I still ask for a replacement unit to try out, or simply return the unit? I still have faith that a replacement would have little to no hiss.

 
[@=/u/399714/moedawg140]@moedawg140[/@], what suggestion did you give in the last few pages to help alleviate hiss? I must have missed it. And just a Thank you for always being helpful. 

I believe that different people have different levels of sensitivity to hiss. That said, while I'm very sensitive, im not too bothered by it usually

 

[sharkshark]

Hmm, how come all the sudden more people start to hear hiss? My unit has audible hiss when using *very* sensitive IEMs like the Empire Ears Zeus, my Metal Jacket Rosie did not have any hiss. Maybe this issue is of various degree, who knows? My questions, should I still ask for a replacement unit to try out, or simply return the unit? I still have faith that a replacement would have little to no hiss.

 
[@=/u/399714/moedawg140]@moedawg140[/@], what suggestion did you give in the last few pages to help alleviate hiss? I must have missed it. And just a Thank you for always being helpful. 

Maybe more are just now coming forward.

The suggestions I've received from several helpful users - use the volume seitch, get an impedence adapter, try another unit, get new headphones, live with the hiss and stop complaining.

The volume switch of course worked by lowering noise of input and forcing me to increase volume on player, as an impedence insert would do as well. It's less than ideal and of course handicapping a specific quality of these headphones (for whatever that's worth)

Good luck with your investigation, there's plenty of good suggestions above, I recommend you read as much of this whole thread as possible.

 

[Jack Vang]

I believe that different people have different levels of sensitivity to hiss. That said, while I'm very sensitive, im not too bothered by it usually

 

[siwe1st]

I believe that different people have different levels of sensitivity to hiss. That said, while I'm very sensitive, im not too bothered by it usually

I could really care less when the music is playing, it sounds marvelous. It's just during track transition and very quiet passages the layer of hiss distracts me. Other devices that I tried, DP-X1, AK380, and even my iPhone didn't have Any hiss from the Zeus IEM. So for $900 I expect no less from Questyle. And also there is my disappointment of this being my potential best sounding DAP, so close, yet so far...
 
I notice the hiss is coming from the Amp, as the line-out side doesn't have any hiss. 

 

[sharkshark]

I believe that different people have different levels of sensitivity to hiss. That said, while I'm very sensitive, im not too bothered by it usually

Heh, totally...lived with it on iPod forever.. But with FIIO I've had ability to "fall in" to a recording, even/especially one that has native "hiss" from tape (without competing player hiss) I found with the small time I had the player that it was more distracting than sympathetic, especially at medium gain (where the volume would be lowered, obviously but hiss sound stays same level).

Again,as always, ymmv. Through my HD25s the player's background sounded silent in those very same passages.

 

[Renzo228]

Just had to post as the 2 excellent Qp1r threads have got a bit lively lately.

I bought my Qp1r on the 1st December. Like a lot of members here, it is not possible for me to listen before buying. That's where guys like you, moedowg140 have my heartfelt gratitude.
The review was the most comprehensive I have read on any DAP. So using whatever other information from other sources I could find at the time, I alone made a buying decision and bought a superb sounding DAP that can drive all my IEM'S and as a bonus my 250 ohm beyerdynamic T90s
So for my first post I thought I should thank moedog140. Thanks moedog140 for an excellent review

Good to see a few hifiers come across from the x5 threads, great Ears think alike.

 

[Jack Vang]

  I could really care less when the music is playing, it sounds marvelous. It's just during track transition and very quiet passages the layer of hiss distracts me. Other devices that I tried, DP-X1, AK380, and even my iPhone didn't have Any hiss from the Zeus IEM. So for $900 I expect no less from Questyle. And also there is my disappointment of this being my potential best sound DAP, so close, yet so far...

 
DP-X1 has served us really well and I personally use my Iphone 6s+ when at the gym. Had a chance to listen to Stillharts and Moe's QP1R but it was very brief with a good bit of ambient noise at CanJam so I unfortunately can't contribute much on this end lol

 

[sharkshark]

I could really care less when the music is playing, it sounds marvelous. It's just during track transition and very quiet passages the layer of hiss distracts me. Other devices that I tried, DP-X1, AK380, and even my iPhone didn't have Any hiss from the Zeus IEM. So for $900 I expect no less from Questyle. And also there is my disappointment of this being my potential best sounding DAP, so close, yet so far...

I notice the hiss is coming from the Amp, as the line-out side doesn't have any hiss. 

cool, so confirmation the Onkyo doesn't suffer the same way?

 

[siwe1st]

cool, so confirmation the Onkyo doesn't suffer the same way?

The only two devices I hear background noise/hiss with Zeus IEMs on are the Mojo (which is documented in the forum already, I bought it before my Zeus, so it was my fault for not doing good homework on the pairing) and the QP1r. I purchased it with confidence after going through Moedawg's comprehensive review. He also personally assured that the Empire Ears line up has no hiss on QP1r. I do trust his words. My unit may very well be a faulty/imperfect unit.

 

[sharkshark]

The only two devices I hear background noise/hiss with Zeus IEMs on are the Mojo (which is documented in the forum already, I bought it before my Zeus, so it was my fault for not doing good homework on the pairing) and the QP1r. I purchased it with confidence after going through Moedawg's comprehensive review. He also personally assured that the Empire Ears line up has no hiss on QP1r. I do trust his words. My unit may very well be a faulty/imperfect unit.

Yeah, or a it's not the stock headphone setup. I'll let him speak to that, of course.
As above I tried four units, all differed by FW. I'd hope it's a weird hardware run that's been resolved, that would be terrific news and certainly worth advertising.

My unit was VIP Questyle in the low 400s, fwiw