[daseinpdx]

Any recommendations for a replacement extension cable?   Mine is dying ... again.   Now that it is post-warranty, I don't want to buy the crappy stock cable: crapped out 4 times already in the last 2 yrs.  It would be good to get a cable extension that is a little longer too.  I think that one of the big causes for my cable failure is the constant jerking due to the shortness.
 
Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[pietcux]

Any recommendations for a replacement extension cable?   Mine is dying ... again.   Now that it is post-warranty, I don't want to buy the crappy stock cable: crapped out 4 times already in the last 2 yrs.  It would be good to get a cable extension that is a little longer too.  I think that one of the big causes for my cable failure is the constant jerking due to the shortness.

Thanks for any suggestions.

So you constantly jerk on the cable and call it crappy. Sorry, I don't get your logic. You should think about wireless. Cables are not for you, lol!

 

[Dobrescu George]

I have a question to the people who have hardened cables. 
 
Mine is hard already, I can barely move it. Should I wait until I cannot bend it at all, or it is hard already? I have around 5 cm from the IEM that cannot bend without lots of force, and are very stiff. But it still bends if you apply enough force. 

 

[Dobrescu George]

So you constantly jerk on the cable and call it crappy. Sorry, I don't get your logic. You should think about wireless. Cables are not for you, lol!

I think that he meant completely something else by jerking. 

 

[pietcux]

  I think that he meant completely something else by jerking. 

eh!

 

[daseinpdx]

So you constantly jerk on the cable and call it crappy. Sorry, I don't get your logic. You should think about wireless. Cables are not for you, lol!

 
One of the LOGICAL consequences of a short cable is more tension.   This translates into more stress on the cable from just ordinary movements.  That is one of the reasons other companies don't make cables that short.

 

[deltronzero]

My new pocketable set up.
 

 

 

 

[Dobrescu George]

  My new pocketable set up.
 

 

 

does the DAP sound good? Comapred to dx90?
 
It looks so sleek and stylish. 

 

[Caruryn]

  My new pocketable set up.
 

 

 

Deltron,you're a bad influence 

,from recent reviews the jr appears to be a very competent dap,nothing junior about the sound.

 

[deltronzero]

I'm gonna need more time with it and let it burn in for a bit.  But it sounds good from what I've heard so far.

 

[privilege15]

I'm gonna need more time with it and let it burn in for a bit.  But it sounds good from what I've heard so far.

From my humble experience, a good DAP alone will never sound as good as a DAP+Amp setup. A hi-end amp is necessary NOT to make the sound loud, it's necessary as a high quality amplification circuit for pure and clear sound. The one who tries to separate high quality components will understand what i'm talking about. The one who lives by theory only will try to argue with me)

 

[JaZZ]

From my humble experience, a good DAP alone will never sound as good as a DAP+Amp setup. A hi-end amp is necessary NOT to make the sound loud, it's necessary as a high quality amplification circuit for pure and clear sound. The one who tries to separate high quality components will understand what i'm talking about. The one who lives by theory only will try to argue with me)

 
That's certainly true. But adding a high-end DAC will make the sound even better. Just even less portable – if that's the purpose of your DAP. So an additional amp is dispensable if you're aware that a portable system can never reach ultimate sound quality anyway.

 

[tumburu]

What he said, especially with easy to drive IEMs like the ie800 or k3003.

 

[yangian]

   
That's certainly true. But adding a high-end DAC will make the sound even better. Just even less portable – if that's the purpose of your DAP. So an additional amp is dispensable if you're aware that a portable system can never reach ultimate sound quality anyway.

Sources and phones matching is also very important. No guarantee to have best sound with an excellent DAC + excellent headphones. But from my limited experience, a way to test the quanlity of a headphone is to try it with different DAC/amplifiers. High end phones are very picky to them.

 

[JaZZ]

  Sources and phones matching is also very important. No guarantee to have best sound with an excellent DAC + excellent headphones. But from my limited experience, a way to test the quanlity of a headphone is to try it with different DAC/amplifiers. High end phones are very picky to them.

 
I'm aware of that, on the other hand personally I'm not overly dependent on system matching since I equalize. But my point was rather that a portable system is limited in sound quality to begin with, so adding gear means adding weight and bulkiness in the first place, leading the portability approach to the point of the absurd.