[heliosphann]

Fridge has you listened to Greta Van Fleet? Led Zep re born

Hey now, let's not get too crazy with labels...

 

[Jezda]

"c'est comme il a dit lui" depite
Couldn't say better !
DX200 is to me better in Soundstage for example but also very heavy and hot. So R3 will be my summer Dap.

Thanks to both of you!

I think the sound of R3 improved after cca.40 hours of burn in, better soundstage and more detail and separation and is very nice sounding especially with hi-res and DSD files.
I bought it to stack with Mojo and then to HD800 and AKG K550, but for now I am quite impressed with sound direct from R3 to headphones even with less power and headroom.
Volume 90 to 100 on low gain to HD800,less with AKG K550, nice sound signature to my ears and even some more (or different) detail than stack with Mojo but maybe not so natural. But have to do some more critical listening at home since now I am at the seaside and more noisy environment.
That is why I asked how does it compares to Fiio x7II and DX200 or DX150, because they have more power (and even better sound?) and could use one without Mojo direct to HD800.
Maybe some more words on comparison with DX200 when you will have more hours on R3?

Cheers

 

[Tanelorn]

Thanks to both of you!

I think the sound of R3 improved after cca.40 hours of burn in, better soundstage and more detail and separation and is very nice sounding especially with hi-res and DSD files.
Cheers

You really say that the DAP/ DAC sounds better after a burn in?
Is "burning in" really a matter here? Never heard of it according to a dac. (well one snake oil fanatic who also burns in his usb cables in another audiophiole group might also want to burn in a dac).

 

[smallcaps]

You really say that the DAP/ DAC sounds better after a burn in?
Is "burning in" really a matter here? Never heard of it according to a dac. (well one snake oil fanatic who also burns in his usb cables in another audiophiole group might also want to burn in a dac).

The burn-in doesn't happen to the DAP. The brain also adjusts to the sound signature and dynamics of the new system. In that time you burn-in your mind.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Fridge has you listened to Greta Van Fleet? Led Zep re born

Yes, quite like them someone turned me on to them quite a while ago.
That guy has an amazing voice & the band as a collective nail it!

Found this on excellent piece on comparing them to Zep & pretty much lays it out there as there are worse bands you could sound like, can’t blame that kid for having an amazing voice!

Check it out about 7:30 min long

 

[FridgeMagnet]

You really say that the DAP/ DAC sounds better after a burn in?
Is "burning in" really a matter here? Never heard of it according to a dac. (well one snake oil fanatic who also burns in his usb cables in another audiophiole group might also want to burn in a dac).

I burn everything thing in before I sit down & expect to enjoy maximum experience.

That includes my brain & my new car engines & my scrambled eggs & hash browns...

 

[Zachik]

Use https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ it's an official formating tool for sdxc cards.

Format using the long version

Tried that, too, although do not remember if it was long version or not.
At this point - I am starting to suspect SD card is bad. Will get a new one today and try again.
I am curious:
Anyone who got a brand new SanDisk 200GB card here... did you have to format it at all?! or just pop into R3, plug to PC by USB, and start copying folders / files?
I am on latest FW 1.09

 

[CactusPete23]

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Tried that, too, although do not remember if it was long version or not.
At this point - I am starting to suspect SD card is bad. Will get a new one today and try again.
I am curious:
Anyone who got a brand new SanDisk 200GB card here... did you have to format it at all?! or just pop into R3, plug to PC by USB, and start copying folders / files?
I am on latest FW 1.09

There are a lot of fake 200Gb cards out there... I always test with h2testw_1.4 before using. The Fake cards may really be 8gb, but look like 200GB on your PC, and Seem to show files on them in the PC, but really have only 8 or 16GB of real memory capacity.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/detect-fake-storage-devices

 

[Zachik]

There are a lot of fake 200Gb cards out there... I always test with h2testw_1.4 before using. The Fake cards may really be 8gb, but look like 200GB on your PC, and Seem to show files on them in the PC, but really have only 8 or 16GB of real memory capacity.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/detect-fake-storage-devices

Mine was purchased from amazon (seller is amazon. not 3rd party through amazon).
Also, confirmed to be a real SanDisk.

 

[CactusPete23]

Mine was purchased from amazon (seller is amazon. not 3rd party through amazon).
Also, confirmed to be a real SanDisk.

Good for you! I have been burned, and believe that many (even good) sellers cannot tell the fake from real cards in packaging.
Always recommend format to FAT32. Only because more devices can read FAT32 ...

 

[rosiedog]

Good for you! I have been burned, and believe that many (even good) sellers cannot tell the fake from real cards in packaging.
Always recommend format to FAT32. Only because more devices can read FAT32 ...

I also have a Sandisk 200gb card from Amazon.ca. I loaded everything on, about 125gb. Works fine in my Opus 1s. Loses 1/3 of album covers and about 10% of files on the Hiby r3. Let's face it. The Hiby is buggy, underpowered and sounds awful. Burn in is an urban myth sorta like spending hundreds for connecting wires and earphone cables. Wire is wire. Electronics either work or they don't. Have fun trying to make this thing try to work for you. Mine is for sale.

 

[Pbrackell]

Yeah I would like an answer to that also.

Tried a different DNS on Hiby instruction and now get "failed to load". Tidal obviously doesn't work which is a shame as that was a big purchase reason.

 

[originalsnuffy]

Well at least you can test out Tidal. I can't even connect to wifi!

I find the bass response / output on my unit to be relatively weak when set to "flat" response. Wonder how other people are experiencing the low bass.

 

[gawroot]

That's a little exaggerated. It is a new product, actually not yet released on the market. There will be a lot of updates, and they are specialists in their field. No need for an open sourcing thing, give them some time. It's still a ridiculous request from people who don't know anything about it anyway.

Not released on the market ? Are you serious right now ? Should I talk about Chinese people who has them for a long time already ?
I hope that there will be a lot of updates but who knows ? The shuffle bug with special characters (which is actually a bug caused by the number of files) was reported 3 months ago and they did nothing about it, sorry but you can't put the shuffle option on the top, visible from the main screen and have it buggy for 3 MONTHS, this so very unprofessional.
You can be a specialist and still suck dude, look at the world 2 seconds, I'm not saying the Hiby sucks just that some things might have been checked a little bit earlier.
So, basically, just because I thought that open sourcing their software was a good idea means that I and I quote "don't know anything about it" ? In a couple of years I will be a software engineer dude, just saying. Of course making it open source can be seen as a bad move because other companies could take advantage of it (that's why I said a part and not all of it) but the world didn't built itself as we know it today through proprietary knowledge, it's by sharing that we evolve and evolved. I did a bunch of open source code myself so I know what it's like to "give away" something that you created but it's also to help making your beauty better, by letting other people help you.

 

[mikp]

Not released on the market ? Are you serious right now ? Should I talk about Chinese people who has them for a long time already ?
I hope that there will be a lot of updates but who knows ? The shuffle bug with special characters (which is actually a bug caused by the number of files) was reported 3 months ago and they did nothing about it, sorry but you can't put the shuffle option on the top, visible from the main screen and have it buggy for 3 MONTHS, this so very unprofessional.
You can be a specialist and still suck dude, look at the world 2 seconds, I'm not saying the Hiby sucks just that some things might have been checked a little bit earlier.
So, basically, just because I thought that open sourcing their software was a good idea means that I and I quote "don't know anything about it" ? In a couple of years I will be a software engineer dude, just saying. Of course making it open source can be seen as a bad move because other companies could take advantage of it (that's why I said a part and not all of it) but the world didn't built itself as we know it today through proprietary knowledge, it's by sharing that we evolve and evolved. I did a bunch of open source code myself so I know what it's like to "give away" something that you created but it's also to help making your beauty better, by letting other people help you.

Fully agree,- this dap has 700+reviews on jd and been on sale for months. The shuffle issue was pointed out over 3 months ago and hiby then said it would be "fixed" in final product.
This is not a product not released...........

Not helping that even now they dont answer questions about it, it has been known since february (second post in thread). Ldac is still nowhere, But "things" are working in the offices and they cant talk about it. Leather cases should be finished by end of june etc etc etc etc.

Too bad since I like the small size and big screen. Wanted for a long time to replace the ap60 and r3 was the first one that popped up with touch screen and ldac. Looked at the a45 but eq did not work with bluetooth, oh well.