I wouldn't assume a 4.4mm jack operates in "true" balanced mode. One of the great features of the 4.4mm spec is that is supports both SE and balanced.

Price is definitely attractive and audio quality will likely be better than any dongle. However this is neither a full featured smartphone or a full featured DAP so not sure how big of a market this really creates. By "full featured" I mean the respective mass market priorities for smartphones...

On the topic of new model, it seems the latest trends for DAPs are: More AKM4499EX options Discrete R2R DACs Sub-miniature tubes Limited editions (AK have been doing this for a while though) No opinion on AKM4499EX from me since I've yet to listen to one. Tthe discrete R2R DACs are...

No worries, I don't feel there is disagreement on the "theory". We are both speculating on what DX320 has built into hardware battery charging limits. Until there is a definitive answer from DX320, we are all free to assume whatever makes sense to us. Personally, I enable 80% charge limit which...

Sure, if iBasso decided to call 80% charge 100%, then yes 80% charge limit is a pointless feature because that just lowers to 60% which does not give any meaningful long term benefits versus 80%. That being the case, why would iBasso implement the charge limit feature if the DX320 already limits...

That is not correct. Charging your LiON battery to 100% accelerates the degradation faster than leaving it at 80% regardless of your usage pattern. iPhones for example will watch your usage pattern and charge to only to 80% when it thinks you don't need a full charge. While you are technically...

It is impossible for the 4.4mm Pentaconn to short unless the socket is damaged. Look at the pin out and you will see the obvious design.

That rules out the ground as the problem. If your temporary solution is to keep the button depressed, you run the risk of the protection circuitry not able to protect a "real" problem. I would ask Cayin to give you another battery module to try out.

Are you using the same power supply for your C9 and analog source?The two cannot share the same ground or it will trip the protection circuitry. You can test this by making sure there is no USB cable connected to the C9 while in use.

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I am also on the latest firmware. I should be more specific - when you hold an app icon and move it, you get different options at the top of the screen. I usually see both Remove (upper left) and Uninstall (upper right). In some cases I only see "Remove" but I have not seen an option only for...

Touch the app icon that you want to remove until you see "My Apps" option. Drag the icon over "My Apps" and you will see two options at the top of the screen "Remove" and "Uninstall". "Remove" does just that, deletes the icon without uninstalling the app. If you want to access the app later...

Looking at the specs for wireless you have two options: 1) Subscribe to Roon - this is expensive but the 205 is Roon ready and many here on Headfi say the price is worth it for Roon. 2) The 205 supports DLNA. There are numerous app players that support DLNA so you could try some. I've used the...

If you are trying to use the USB digital out to your UDP-205 digital input, any player app should work. I use DX320 to send digital out to a Schitt Bifrost without issue using Apple Music.

Manually copy your entire library for initial sync. Your incremental sync after that should not be a problem at all. This is the recommended approach to all folder syncing apps. Having said that, whenever you add incremental files to your NAS, it's pretty simple just to copy the files to your...