howard,
That's cool. And yes, you assumed correctly.
Ok cool. You got lucky then. Lately I had issues with it working via copy & paste, so I went back to using Media Go (this after I did the update the
correct way) and now it always works. So logic tells me that before when I'd done the update the wrong way, that is what caused the album covers to eventually not work via Media Go. Apparently the PHA-2 does need to be
updated as well, but no files need to be removed obviously to do it correctly.
Well for you the PHA-2 may not be ideal b/c you said you prefer wireless over wired connections. For me, I only do wired. I would only ever switch to wireless if both my player and headphones had LDAC, but I need to hear what you say about 1ABTs before I'd even consider that. But in reality, it's not that important to me. The one con using my phone and PHA-2 (which stands for Portable/Personal Headphone Amp by the way) is that I would no longer have LDAC, but again, the only time I'd use it if I didn't do the wireless headphone thing is if I was at a party where they were using a bluetooth speaker and I wanted to make it sound cooler (by enabling LDAC). So it'd be a rarity.
I decided to buy the PHA-2 last night actually off Amazon and it will come tomorrow. I will test it out and compare it's sound quality to the Walkman's. If it's AS good (or better), I will prob keep it. If not, I'll return it and end of story. But not having to put the songs on 2 devices, having the option to hear music in Hi-Def while I drive, and not having to worry about storage for 2 devices are pretty good pros. We'll see. It's built like a tank too and not a bad size either. One con is battery life is not too great (though
it IS replaceable, unlike Walkman's), and it takes like 7 hours to charge (ok that's only if it's at 0% lol), so I'd do overnight charging for that. They said 17 hours if not Hi-Res & 4-6 hours if Hi-Res, but since I downsample my Hi-Res to CD-Quality (because it doesn't affect the sound quality despite what Sony and Pono say lol), I will be much closer to 17 hours. The Walkman gets like 30 hours though but still, 17 hours is damn good. I only listen for maybe an hour or two at a time anyway, so I'd prob get a few listens in before a charge would be needed.