Everything you post is useless to the headfi community. Nothing constructive or productive. Why are you even here? Drop the silly newb polemics, go delete your account and start over with a new username and a better attitude.

My akm k9 sounds great feeding a Purifi power amp. If yours sounds "awful" either your gear is defective or you are imagining things. What does "awful" even mean in this context? Even a modern $99 dac will sound excellent with a decent amp and speakers. Lol, this forum is too much sometimes.

It's a great all-in-one dac/preamp/headphone amp. I can't tell any difference between it and other DAC's I've heard. The THX HP amp has more power than I will ever need (audeze LCD-X). The DAC itself is just really good, like most DAC's are nowadays but the HP amp is where I think it really...

Is there anywhere that describes the differences between all the tips that come with the Timeless? I can see that the sizes vary but are there any other differences to be aware of?

If I'm understanding your question correctly, these are the key settings that either enable or disable Windows volume control. There is no "Analog" output to a DAC. If you leave "Enable Audio Enhancements" checked, it will allow control of volume from Windows as well as the use of EQ (like...

Dt770 (80ohm). I have not tried iems with it yet but I will out of curiosity.

Maybe it was my initial bias but I just can't hear a difference between OS and NOS modes anymore. Does anyone know a song where the difference is apparent? Not sure what to listen for at this point. When I first got the ru6 I thought I could hear a difference but now I can't. I assume it's...

I can't speak to the optical connection but did you try a different USB cable and/or different USB port on the macbook? Dropouts should not be happening over USB.

If you like contemporary, synthesizer based instrumental world music, David and Diane Arkenstone are some of the absolute best. Diane has a series of albums called "Adventure Cargo" which are all excellent and cover various themes (Africa, Rain Forest, Egypt and Equator). This is one of my...

384khz/DSD256 is the max. The thread is incorrect.

I had the same issue. Ended up downloading and installing the APK from the link posted by @FiiO.

This is the original but I like the Manhattan Transfer version better.

Yep. UAPP says "Direct: 352.8kHz DSF: DSD 5.6MHz 1bit". I am not using the USB out, just the built in DAC on the M11 Plus. Fiio M11 Plus also reports sample rate as 352.8kHz.

I think I've tried every setting to no avail.