[JutleysR3Saber]

Using mine with a Odyssey dac USB Type C adapter ,makes a huge difference i cannot take it more than 70% volume too loud but crystal clear.

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[funnyjoke]

That is a very difficult question to answer as everyone's hearing is different. The only way to know for sure is to try it yourself and then decide if its too shouty or not.

Don’t both of the players have defined sound signatures? I was wondering if Saber would increase the shouty-ness of the JVC FDX1.

 

[MarkParity]

Don’t both of the players have defined sound signatures? I was wondering if Saber would increase the shouty-ness of the JVC FDX1.

Yes but, and remember I don't actually own the R3 Pro Saber, the differences between the various DAC chipsets is usually very subtle. The sound signature is 90% down to other factors like implementation, impedance matching between source and device and load sensitivity.

IMHO the overall signature of a specific pairing is mostly affected by the IEM, I doubt the FDX1 will be noticeably more bright with the R3 Pro Saber if its already a bright IEM for you when used with other sources.

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

Hi guys,

As the proud owner of one of the HiBy R3 Pro (not Sabre) that I bought and received a few days ago, I must say that I am quite happy with the deivce.
The display is large enough for my big paws... sorry hands.
Features are nice : ability to be use as autonomous player, as a USB DAC, as a Bluetooth emitter and maybe as a bluetooth receiver, but have not tested that last feature so far.
Also outpower of the amp is enough for my headphones (HifiMan DEVA and Oppo PM-1).

The only concern is sound quality, as I think it's not that good, but of course, I usually listen to music with an AUNE stack with dedicated player, dedicated DAC and dedicated Class A Amplifier, so comparison is not really fair

What I would like to ask here is following. When used as a USB DAC, should it display the bitrate and sample rate accurately ? Because even if I feed it with 16/44, it display 24/44. If I feed it with 24/96, it displays 24/48.
Is that a wrong report of the player ? Is there a limitation in the sample rate that can be used as USB DAC or is it my source (Linux computer with stupid PulseAudio) that is given numbers ?

Thanks a lot for your answers. Maybe there's an answer already, but honestly... did not want to read 426 pages to find out

Regards.

 

[MarkParity]

Hi guys,

As the proud owner of one of the HiBy R3 Pro (not Sabre) that I bought and received a few days ago, I must say that I am quite happy with the deivce.
The display is large enough for my big paws... sorry hands.
Features are nice : ability to be use as autonomous player, as a USB DAC, as a Bluetooth emitter and maybe as a bluetooth receiver, but have not tested that last feature so far.
Also outpower of the amp is enough for my headphones (HifiMan DEVA and Oppo PM-1).

The only concern is sound quality, as I think it's not that good, but of course, I usually listen to music with an AUNE stack with dedicated player, dedicated DAC and dedicated Class A Amplifier, so comparison is not really fair

What I would like to ask here is following. When used as a USB DAC, should it display the bitrate and sample rate accurately ? Because even if I feed it with 16/44, it display 24/44. If I feed it with 24/96, it displays 24/48.
Is that a wrong report of the player ? Is there a limitation in the sample rate that can be used as USB DAC or is it my source (Linux computer with stupid PulseAudio) that is given numbers ?

Thanks a lot for your answers. Maybe there's an answer already, but honestly... did not want to read 426 pages to find out

Regards.

That's strange, could it be your file(s) or the app you are using, did you install drivers?

Excuse the poor phone pic.

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

That's strange, could it be your file(s) or the app you are using, did you install drivers?

Excuse the poor phone pic.

Hi Mark,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Can I ask what is displayed when you're playing a 16/44 file ?

Regards.

FRED

 

[MarkParity]

Hi Mark,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Can I ask what is displayed when you're playing a 16/44 file ?

Regards.

FRED

No problem Fred. Standard Red Book CDA will display for me like this. I'm not too worried about the 24bits as the extra bits will be padded with 0's in this case, its still "bit perfect".

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

Hi,

Thanks a lot.

So the 24/44 is normal even if 16//44 is played. That is OK.

Now, the reason as to why I get 24/48 and not 24/96 or 24/192 ? Probably messy Linux sound management

Thanks a lot for your time.

Regards.

 

[GodEmperor]

Hi,

Thanks a lot.

So the 24/44 is normal even if 16//44 is played. That is OK.

Now, the reason as to why I get 24/48 and not 24/96 or 24/192 ? Probably messy Linux sound management

Thanks a lot for your time.

Regards.

yeh in linux you'll always get 24/### unless you use pure alsa. most linux uses either pulseaudio or pipewire (with pulse)

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

Hi,

Switched the player to go from Sayonara to gmusicborwser.
In gmusicbrowser I've selected alsa and R3PRO as output with forced alsa (to bypass PulseAudio completely).
Now, I always get 24 as bitrate, but sample rate now displays as it should : so 96khz when I have 96khz
Good, I now know what is the output on this machine...

And I can confirm what I wrote earlier.
This is a convenient device.
But talking about sound quality, I am now so used to the sound of the DAC/Class-A headphone amp that I am disappointed.
Of course, not the same budget, not the same features, not the same portability... But not at all the same result

Regards.

FRED

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Guys, would the Hiby R3 Pro Saber be okay with the JVC FDX1 IEMs which are very "shouty", as people say, or would the normal R3 Pro be better? I don't want it to add to the shouty aspect.

If by shouty you mean the upper mids hump (relative to flat, if not the Harman target), setting "female vocals" on "detox" on the onboard Magesound 8-ball (MSEB) will definitely help.

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

Hi guys,

It looks like the Hiby R3 Pro SHOULD support NTFS micro SD cards.

Me, I cannot get the micro SD card formatted into NTFS to be recognized. It scans for music and finds none. Or simply says "NO SD CARD".

Anyone else getting the same problems with NTFS ?
Anyone lucky with ext4 ? After all, I assume HiBy OS is based on Android so it should support ext4 should it notr ?

Regards.

 

[GodEmperor]

Hi guys,

It looks like the Hiby R3 Pro SHOULD support NTFS micro SD cards.

Me, I cannot get the micro SD card formatted into NTFS to be recognized. It scans for music and finds none. Or simply says "NO SD CARD".

Anyone else getting the same problems with NTFS ?
Anyone lucky with ext4 ? After all, I assume HiBy OS is based on Android so it should support ext4 should it notr ?

Regards.

nah only exfat/fat32 is supported i believe

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

I tried NTFS again and... it works.

The thing is, you have to disconnect the device so it refreshes the database.
AND : you have to be careful. Because when using NTFS the system may put a lot of DATA in cache before it is actually copied to the SD Card, so it you eject it too soon, no DATA on SD card which then may appear corrupted.

Regards.

 

[GodEmperor]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

I tried NTFS again and... it works.

The thing is, you have to disconnect the device so it refreshes the database.
AND : you have to be careful. Because when using NTFS the system may put a lot of DATA in cache before it is actually copied to the SD Card, so it you eject it too soon, no DATA on SD card which then may appear corrupted.

Regards.

nice! i'm sticking to exfat until i have a reason to upgrade my card