The above for me = LOVE.
Best I can get without being tethered to the Home Audio System.
iBASSO DX90 Coaxial - OUT
Forza Audio Works 5cm RCA-W&M cable (FAW Copper Series Digital LO for Hifiman/iBasso/JH3-A - DAPDAC : iBasso DX100, Length : 5 cm, Termination : W&M RCA)
iFi iDSD Micro Amp/DAC SPDiF - IN Settings: Power|
TURBO, Polarity|
+, Filter|
BIT PERFECT, IE Match|
OFF, 3D|
ON, XBass|
ON
Most Music never needs me to turn the volume past 11 or 12 o'clock Can't even max-out the pot with the headphones on! (AKA "Louder than I'd EVER go no matter what".)
Great full sound, wide soundstage, solid BASS but controlled. (I drop the XBASS for most piano or classical though. Not because it's bad, but because it doesn't add anything.) Clear vocals! I love the female voice with this setup more than ever before. I'm not a bass-head, but had always been listening to bass-forward headphones (VMODA Bass-Freqs, PHOTIVE PH-BTX6, etc..) when not slumming on Apple earbuds or Koss Sparkplugs for the gym. Consequently, I believe my "normal" to my ears is a bit warmer and bassier than "Flat" representation, but it's not like I can't appreciate a good representation. So I think that I'm overly-sensitive to sibilance. (I.e. I couldn't take the GRADO SR-225e sound, though I immensely respected the detail that it provided.)
At the moment: Listening to Roger Waters "What God Wants Part-1" while adjusting a project plan for the millionth time.... Changing the project plan yet again, IMMENSELY annoying. Changing the plan while listening to AWESOME music, not so bad.