Recent content by Orac
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The New HIBY R3 II is here. 4.4MM Jack; Improved Sound and Bluetooth.
Thanks for those, it does seem as though 11 hrs might be pushing the limits. It is less than I would like, but everything else with this player looks so good.- Orac
- Post #623
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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The New HIBY R3 II is here. 4.4MM Jack; Improved Sound and Bluetooth.
R3 looks like it will be a great DAP, but I'm still on the fence because of the battery/playback time. Is the quoted spec likely to be a true to 'real world' or more a best case scenario with sensitive IEMs/earbuds? Did the R6 live up to its' spec re playback time?- Orac
- Post #619
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Obscure Chinese DAPs
Useful first feedback, thanks :) It sounds like it might tick a lot of boxes for me, if the playback time was longer it could be near perfect, but ~20 hrs is more useful than the 8-12 hrs that so many other players are limited to.- Orac
- Post #4,072
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Obscure Chinese DAPs
does anybody know anything about the AGPtek H3? just noticed it on Amazon and something about it looks familiar, but I can't find any mentions of it on Head-Fi DAP discussion. AGPtek H3 $130 / £99 / €115 specs claim: 94 × 56 ×15 mm 256GB microSD support, up to 14999 songs 22-24 hrs playback...- Orac
- Post #3,993
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Earbuds Round-Up
It sucks, but anything that escapes fees is lucky, not standard. I don't know if DAPs and earphones are subject to duty, but you should pay item value + duty + VAT, shipping + VAT. DHL add handling fees of something like €15 + 2% of the value, and they're often sly ****s because they add the 2%...- Orac
- Post #26,313
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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NEW XDUOO X serie DAP-X20, X10+ & X3+. XDUOO Are on FIRE!!!
Cowon is the brand I mainly associate with very long battery life, there are several discontinued models with 60-100 hrs and more. Before they were discontinued those occupied the niche I'm talking about. Right now Plenue D is a current product with 100+ hrs claimed for mp3 and 50 hrs for flac...- Orac
- Post #25
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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NEW XDUOO X serie DAP-X20, X10+ & X3+. XDUOO Are on FIRE!!!
For me, 8 hrs is pathetic and I wouldn't even consider it no matter the other attributes. I considered the Cayin N3 as most people are happy with it, but the claimed 12 hr life was the deal breaker. 25+ hrs is very desirable, but I'd really prefer a lot more and I'm only really impressed by...- Orac
- Post #23
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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NEW XDUOO X serie DAP-X20, X10+ & X3+. XDUOO Are on FIRE!!!
Given the feedback in the other thread, the D3 is very disappointing. I suspect that X3+ will not interest me either if the battery/playback time is limited, but I may as well ask: is anything else known about the features or when this might be available?- Orac
- Post #18
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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XDUOO NANO D3 24bit/192Khz DSD256 portable DAP-Info and impressions
Thanks for the feedback, you saved me from wasting $80 and I can strike this from my list. Somewhat depressing that so many of these contemporary DAPs are disappointing in so many ways, but there it is.- Orac
- Post #41
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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XDUOO NANO D3 24bit/192Khz DSD256 portable DAP-Info and impressions
or you could consider this is as a blessing, if you're as a busy as you said you won't have the distraction until you've got time again, and the new toy will be something to look forward to having after your deadline.- Orac
- Post #25
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Chinese / Asian Brand IEM Info Thread
Honestly if you go through my posts you will likely find dozens of dyslexic typos, repeated words, missing words, incorrectly substituted words etc. I have a really bad habit of using cut & paste excessively to rearrange paragraphs and sentences, then failing to notice errors until later -...- Orac
- Post #13,769
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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XDUOO NANO D3 24bit/192Khz DSD256 portable DAP-Info and impressions
Well said! Is the status of gapless as a feature of D3 confirmed one way or another?- Orac
- Post #15
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Chinese / Asian Brand IEM Info Thread
Not a problem: English: offence US English: offense https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/offence- Orac
- Post #13,768
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Earbuds Round-Up
Thanks again, now I'm armed with enough information to (hopefully) find a good solution. No worries on gom vs gum, I had the faintest inkling I'd seen it that way before :)- Orac
- Post #26,095
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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New Head-Fi Update
I hadn't noticed until it was pointed out here, but that's great. For the sub-forum search, could this have a check box to search thread titles only? or do so by default? Maybe I'm in a minority, but I have an idea I search way more by thread title than all posts.- Orac
- Post #1,721
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)