[Sauntere]

I didn't know it was there either. Thanks guys. It is very useful.
 
Agree completely about the UI being intuitive though. Like most i suspect, i just dived in and started navigating around and found it all very simple.

 

[flymetothemoon]

  I didn't know it was there either. Thanks guys. It is very useful.
 
Agree completely about the UI being intuitive though. Like most i suspect, i just dived in and started navigating around and found it all very simple.

So stupid that I am only to find out a home button after 3 months of ownership LOL.

 

[burtomr]

  So stupid that I am only to find out a home button after 3 months of ownership LOL.

 
Don't worry we won't tell anybody, "What you say on HeadFi stays on HeadFi".......forever.  
Now, don't you feel better...

 

 

[flymetothemoon]

   
Don't worry we won't tell anybody, "What you say on HeadFi stays on HeadFi".......forever.  
Now, don't you feel better...

 

Much better.
 
All because of you guys...glad to be part of the Headfier community.   

 

[Saraguie]

So stupid that I am only to find out a home button after 3 months of ownership LOL.

No no the way to think about it. You dig the sound so much it was totally engrossing.

 

[Sauntere]

I am loving the sound out of the AK240 but there is one little thing i would like to see improved and that is the noise floor. Just occasionally i become aware that the background is not completely black which detracts from the perceived detail an sense of space.
 
Is there a mod which addresses this ? 

 

[flymetothemoon]

  I am loving the sound out of the AK240 but there is one little thing i would like to see improved and that is the noise floor. Just occasionally i become aware that the background is not completely black which detracts from the perceived detail an sense of space.
 
Is there a mod which addresses this ? 

The noise floor...would that be the recording but not the machine.  If the noise floor exists then it has to be consistent rather than some recording only.
 
For example, I can hear the rumbling of the hall from the Arthur Fiedler-Rodion Shchedrin; Carmen Ballet and it is definitely not the noise floor.  
 
Or maybe if you can try disable the "gapless" function and try to see if you'd find the noise between songs.

 

[Sauntere]

  The noise floor...would that be the recording but not the machine.  If the noise floor exists then it has to be consistent rather than some recording only.
 
For example, I can hear the rumbling of the hall from the Arthur Fiedler-Rodion Shchedrin; Carmen Ballet and it is definitely not the noise floor.  
 
Or maybe if you can try disable the "gapless" function and try to see if you'd find the noise between songs.

No, i definitely mean the noise floor. What i am hearing is not a product of the recording. I am being very critical here though

 

[flymetothemoon]

  No, i definitely mean the noise floor. What i am hearing is not a product of the recording. I am being very critical here though

I don't have good ears (too old, my ears' function are deteriorating) and thus not able to find such exist.  Anyone has the same observation?

 

[daseinpdx]

  I am loving the sound out of the AK240 but there is one little thing i would like to see improved and that is the noise floor. Just occasionally i become aware that the background is not completely black which detracts from the perceived detail an sense of space.
 
Is there a mod which addresses this ? 

 
Can you replicate this problem using a different set of headphones?   Sometimes a poorly matched set of headphones will hiss.

 

[Sauntere]

   
Can you replicate this problem using a different set of headphones?   Sometimes a poorly matched set of headphones will hiss.

 
Yes i am aware of that issue but it happens on two of my sets (I haven't used the others with the 240 yet). As i said, i am being very critical.
 
Am i to take it that no one else agrees with me ?
 
All  am saying is that it does not have a perfectly black background. I am not saying it is bad or anything because it sound terrific.

 

[Levanter]

Yes i am aware of that issue but it happens on two of my sets (I haven't used the others with the 240 yet). As i said, i am being very critical.

Am i to take it that no one else agrees with me ?

All  am saying is that it does not have a perfectly black background. I am not saying it is bad or anything because it sound terrific.

could it be your unit has a defect? I've not seen anyone mentioning about background hiss. Even Tyll's review.

 

[daseinpdx]

   
Yes i am aware of that issue but it happens on two of my sets (I haven't used the others with the 240 yet). As i said, i am being very critical.
 
Am i to take it that no one else agrees with me ?
 
All  am saying is that it does not have a perfectly black background. I am not saying it is bad or anything because it sound terrific.

 
It isn't a matter of disagreeing with you.   AK products have a reputation for being extremely "black".   People sometimes don't like the sound signature or how it pairs with their headphones - but typically they don't complain about how noisy it is.   In addition, i haven't experienced any such background noise.  Haven't heard any other reports of hiss or noise from other headfi folks.  Because of this, there is a chance that you have a defective unit or should look for other causes like headphone pairings.  Headphones with extremely low impedance are more likely to hiss.

 

[AnakChan]

Actually at this point I'd like to pull in the hisspert @shigzeo who borrowed my AK240 before it was modded. I hope he makes it here for a comment or two about it. I know he was praising about the DX90's very low noise but I don't know if he managed to compare side-by-side or returned my AK240 before receiving his DX90.

 

[Ultrainferno]

  Actually at this point I'd like to pull in the hisspert @shigzeo who borrowed my AK240 before it was modded. I hope he makes it here for a comment or two about it. I know he was praising about the DX90's very low noise but I don't know if he managed to compare side-by-side or returned my AK240 before receiving his DX90.

 
He says the DX90 has lower noise than then 240, he told me. He has everything up on Ohm as well: http://ohm-image.net/opinion/audiophile/rmaa-summary-ibasso-dx90-vs-astell-kern-ak240