I have various HiRes music files in my collection over the years. I have the excellent Macy Gray Stripped as well as copies of Norah Jones Come Away With Me, Miles Davis Kind of Blue, etc etc in DSD, 24/196 format. But I always enjoy listening to CD Rip copy of Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome...

Lol... you're right...in addition, the never ending experiment of changing copper to silver cables or DAPs pairing setup, etc etc... But I'm already no longer going for the ultimate. As long as the pairing sounds good, I'll be fine and will just focus on enjoying my collection of music...

You just got to keep trying with different tips to see how it sound. For example, the 2 on the left are considered wide. I'm currently using the transparent medium wide tip from my old collection from Ultimate Ears. I had another different brand of wide silicone tips that sounded even better...

With any IEMs, always good to experiment with different tips. ES4 is one such example. I didn't like it at first until I changed to wider bore tips, then it became one of my favourite. ZSN however, sounds good with its default tips, so I never bother to try another tips.

Considering between AS10 or ZSN for this 11.11 buy. Will AS10 be a definite upgrade, whereas ZSN may be a sidegrade? I have ZS3, ZSR and ES4. They are all musical to my ears and I am happy with all 3.

DSD files, HiRes 24/96 24/192 files all eats up battery REAL fast! (DSD seriously drain battery!) My estimate would be ~5 hours or less play time if those are the format you are listening to. My own experience, a combination of 16/44.1 flac or wav, plus HiRes 24/96 24/192 flac should last me...

Sorry about my comment, only come to realize the proprietary charging for Sony is just only cable. My pain with Hifiman proprietary charging is having to deal with carrying an expensive 'brick'

Would like to try a Sony (like A45 or ZX300) for the reasons you had mentioned. But what has been holding me back is the Sony proprietary charging cable. I owned a Hifiman HM650 that too uses proprietary charging which I find is a pain.

My one week old AP60 Pro managed another hour of playback time, despite the battery indicator already showing fully empty. Really power huh :wink: I guess an updated firmware will be nice to have.:relaxed:

The review and comparison was done mostly using Audio-Technica ATH-M50. It would be better if more headphones/IEMs were used to get a more balance impression. Imo, synergy between IEMs/DAPs plays a very important role. A poorly matched combo will give off a poor sound impression. Still, I like...

Few questions here, hope you can help to explain: 1. The capacitors 1000uF 6.3V x2 qty and 470uF 6.3V x2 qty are additional add-on meant for the new op amp? How do you settle for the above capacitors' values? So currently (from factory), these spaces are originally left empty? 2. Reason for...

Joybuy.com is now having flash deal on C10 at USD$129, ending in 4 days time!!! Bought mine at USD$144 during their previous sales. For sound alone, I have to say this is a very good buy.

Great. Look forward to receiving my unit. Meanwhile, the rest of my 'portable', please make way....

Thanks. Ordering one. Are there any outstanding issues on using the current beta firmware (assuming Hidizs is not following up with any more firmware update)? From what I have read, the current status is that it is very stable and very usable.

I had made a few purchases especially on IEMs that had me regretted (TFZ 5s, RE-00, NuForce EDC...), based on the mostly very positive users' 'impression' on their respective threads. Having more comparisons against other similarly price products will be very helpful.