That’s what intrigues me. WA22 is way out of budget for me. What might you suggest at around $1k? Heard good things about Feliks Echo 2…

Super curious about tube amp with XTC. Who has experience and impressions? @phoneslave86 I see you have Woo Audio. How does it compare to solid state?

That’s the experience I’m having now I’ve tried a lot of dongles over past month or so. Tried and returned Woo mini tube, TPZ TP50, Questyle M15i, Aune Yuki. Andy Vault Dongle Madness you tube channel is a great reference. I’m landing on Cayin RU7 for best sound, typically at desk. And Fiio...

Bummer. Thanks for confirming

So no way to switch tracks from RU7?

To any folks interested, my R-28 NOS is up for sale so I can upgrade to R27 :)

To any folks interested, my R-28 NOS is up for sale so I can upgrade to R27 :)

this one?

I believe I've narrowed down my next purchase to either adding a DDC to R28NOS (if DI-24HE that's about $1000 out of pocket), or selling R28NOS and upgrading to R27RE (which is probably ~$1500 out of pocket). So think of $1000-$1500 as my near term budget. Anything additional would be at least a...

Helpful. Without any power conditioners in place, I can either approach cleaning up power one component at a time or in one fell swoop with an external unit (you and @OCC7N have each shared some options). In this I am tempted by the value prop of DI24-HE but in order to clean up power on R28...

Thanks for confirming, @Patswalker. I noticed the same thing that both pages state that

Confirming there is no ability to switch tracks from the dongle itself...

does the regenerative power supply clean up the power going into R28 too, or only DI-24?

Thank you @FredA amd @OCC7N ! Your advice is always sooo helpful

Sweet! Well that definitely intrigues me. I was noticing recently how night listening is so much better and wondered how much of it has to do with “dirty” vs “clean” power. @FredA how would you describe the improvement in sound quality by adding DI-24 (in my case to R28NOS)? As in what...

Thanks! So does that accomplish the same thing as a power conditioner?

Just realizing there are two models here. What is the difference between DI-24 and DI-24 HE? To date I have been assuming the former at $648

Here's what I heard from audio-gd (not Kingwa) in response to my table : Channel: If you do not replace the R28 NOS, adding DI24 can improve the sound quality of the R28 NOS. The three models of the R27 series have a variety of OS and NOS configurations, if configured to NOS, the sound color...

Thanks you for this feedback!

Love this perspective. On separate thread I asked this question

Stream from Apple Music/Spotify/ maybe Tidal in future on 2019 Macbook Pro

Thanks for chiming in, @Currawong, @OCC7N , @Patswalker ! I can’t make any sense of the website, but what I would love to know is what I gain for each of the options listed below: Add DI24 (to R28NOS) R27 MKII R27 RE R27 HE Least expensive combo of separates- R-8HE MK3+ Master 9 MK3 Total...

Got any recommendations?

Thanks for all the feedback! I’ll keep researching DDC and if I get a chance will listen/ demo one. Perhaps it’s for me, or it may be I should just save up and upgrade to version of R27. Also wonder if I should be looking into power conditioners. I definitely notice sounds is waayyyy better at...

Would love to hear impressions on how the sound will change/ improve with DDC. awesome info