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Any owner of M0 can shed some light on the above query?
The first half you can answer yourself by reading the first posts of this thread ("yes").
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Any owner of M0 can shed some light on the above query?
The first half you can answer yourself by reading the first posts of this thread ("yes").
Aww, you gave the answer away!The first half you can answer yourself by reading the first posts of this thread ("yes").
I have both Dragonfly Red and the M0, also red So I spent all evening listening to both. I used an iPhone 6+ with the first version of the CCK. For the audio player I used iAudioGate made by Korg. It is a Hi Res player. All files I played were 16/44 Flacs ripped using Jriver from my CD. I used my Sennheiser IE800 ear buds. So using the M0 in DAC mode vs Dragonfly Red. Surprise! Dragonfly Red is the clear winner. It has a wider soundstage. More authoritative bass that stays where it belongs. Much better clarity and separation of instruments. The DF Red simply sounds noticeably ‘better’. It makes the M0 sound mushy. But the DF Red is a one trick pony and costs twice as much. And the M0 sounds great, has bluetooth with LDAC, holds my entire music collection on a 400gb card with plenty of room for more. I mainly use my M0 as a transport for my Mojo.Now for the second part, how does it compare to a Dragonfly Red in pure USB DAC mode, when used with a smartphone?
I have both Dragonfly Red and the M0, also red So I spent all evening listening to both. I used an iPhone 6+ with the first version of the CCK. For the audio player I used iAudioGate made by Korg. It is a Hi Res player. All files I played were 16/44 Flacs ripped using Jriver from my CD. I used my Sennheiser IE800 ear buds. So using the M0 in DAC mode vs Dragonfly Red. Surprise! Dragonfly Red is the clear winner. It has a wider soundstage. More authoritative bass that stays where it belongs. Much better clarity and separation of instruments. The DF Red simply sounds noticeably ‘better’. It makes the M0 sound mushy. But the DF Red is a one trick pony and costs twice as much. And the M0 sounds great, has bluetooth with LDAC, holds my entire music collection on a 400gb card with plenty of room for more. I mainly use my M0 as a transport for my Mojo.
Same for me as wellI have a problem scrolling through a lot of info and stopping where I want to, e.g., through alphabetized artist names to get to “R.” I have not been able to make the little dots that comprise a scroll bar, on the right edge of the screen, to work, and I either overshoot or (worse yet) randomly get thrown back to “A” if I just scroll through everything to get to “R.”
Any hints?
I have both Dragonfly Red and the M0, also red So I spent all evening listening to both. I used an iPhone 6+ with the first version of the CCK. For the audio player I used iAudioGate made by Korg. It is a Hi Res player. All files I played were 16/44 Flacs ripped using Jriver from my CD. I used my Sennheiser IE800 ear buds. So using the M0 in DAC mode vs Dragonfly Red. Surprise! Dragonfly Red is the clear winner. It has a wider soundstage. More authoritative bass that stays where it belongs. Much better clarity and separation of instruments. The DF Red simply sounds noticeably ‘better’. It makes the M0 sound mushy. But the DF Red is a one trick pony and costs twice as much. And the M0 sounds great, has bluetooth with LDAC, holds my entire music collection on a 400gb card with plenty of room for more. I mainly use my M0 as a transport for my Mojo.
Someone suggested breaking down a large library into more subsections. So A-D, E-F and so on.I have a problem scrolling through a lot of info and stopping where I want to, e.g., through alphabetized artist names to get to “R.” I have not been able to make the little dots that comprise a scroll bar, on the right edge of the screen, to work, and I either overshoot or (worse yet) randomly get thrown back to “A” if I just scroll through everything to get to “R.”
Any hints?
I did not try that but I will and report back. Simply using the M0 as a DAP with the IE800’s I found low gain to be warmer. Hi gain brighter. I had not used the DF Red in a while. I was shocked as all get out at it’s sound quality.Did you try the high again mode on M0, for the IE 800? I find it better than lo-gain. It may not beat the DF Red, but the difference might not be as drastic.
I believe you are right. The M0 did sound a bit better on Hi-Gain when used as a DAC. But the DF Red still sounds more like a full size DAC/Amp. Trust me, if I could only choose one, it would the M0. It does so many things well. Quite the little Titan.Did you try the high again mode on M0, for the IE 800? I find it better than lo-gain. It may not beat the DF Red, but the difference might not be as drastic.
So when will they give us firmware update that allows concurrent use of M0 as LDAC receiver and USB transport, if ever?