I just ask how long does it last being connected but not playing? Please, forget a word "idle" at all. Sometimes what I am asking for is called "standby time".

Hi, It isn't a feature. It will last some time on connection and without pllaying back at any case. And I ask about this time. If you want, let's name it as a pause state instead of an idle state.

What is BTR7 idle time in BT receiver mode (that is it is connected, but no playing back takes place)?

A person lives as long as he is curious.

It is compensated with loud +20 dB shouting at timbre range.

I am surprised and jealous of people who carefully fold (and then unfold) the cable every time they use buds. I don't have that kind of patience.

Agree. Say, Hiby and Shanling pay a lot of attention to describe audio path, OS specific audio details and so on. Here we see nothing.

Please, reread: that was about volume regulator. Shanling DAPs have excellent ones, but I prefer R6III by other reasons.

Will you, please, keep a minimal level of conversation culture? I'm not your brother. I haven't said you don't write about the knob at all. I just say it's unhandy construction isn't listed in main drawbacks (that is "Cons" list).

I guess you haven't really used the DAP even few days. The thing is, you have missed the main drawback. And it is a realization of hardware volume regulator (software one is also bad, but not so bad). Or I'm wrong, and you are happy owner of magically nimble fingers (I'm not, and I'm not the...

As for RW-1000, have updated here https://www.head-fi.org/threads/earbuds-round-up.441400/post-18034703

Probably instead of vague definition I'll say which buds' tonality I prefer, and it's RW-2000 (along with RW-1000, RW-3000, FF5 staying in my collection).

For me is sounds as contradiction. And I don't relate musical emotions with technicalities. Then why bother?

Indeed. When we significantly increase source output impedance, we, in fact change voltage driver-moving control to current one. While it could result in blurred and/or reduced bass, it also could result in more even tonality and reduced distortions in MF-HF range.

I guess such large impedance brings additional side effect: it may turn out that the buds sounding may be indifferent to cables in use.