Never heard those but I'm quite intrigued.

So you're saying the highs are blunted on the M9 compared to MV1?

I was wondering what IEM would sound the closest to MV1. Opinions welcome.

I spoke too fast. Experienced my first crash of Direct Music with the new firmware. EDIT: second crash of DM mode. Obviously that bug isn't fixed. @FiiO

Confirming the pause bug is gone, and Direct Music doesn't seem to crash any longer. Just didn't expect the device to take forever to boot after the update, though.

nvm

Not my experience. What happens is after pausing and the player has been idle for a short time, pressing twice doesn't do it. It does only when I unlock it via the switch, and then pressing play again automatically jumps to the next track. Very annoying. I'll add that the lock switch excludes...

@FiiO

In the sense that it's not working as expected when bought, I'd agree, indeed.

Thanks. Do you have an ETA for this?

I don't think that would change anything. It really seems it's a software/firmware problem IMO.

Agreed, and it's very irksome. This was mentioned MONTHS ago. What is @FiiO doing?

I confirm what someone said earlier in the thread, MUC-S12SB1 is a game changer on the MV1, at least to my ears. And I'm not a big cable-miracles believer, but this is distinctive with that combo; as good as the original cable is, the Kimber brings noticeable enhancement all around.

Hi, Selling my trusty Shanling ME900, good as new, complete package with eartips unused (I've always used third parties). In perfect working and cosmetic order. Comes with an Eletech Azrael copper cable (4.4mm terminated), + Gladiator V2.2 IEM MMCX, also 4.4 Pentaconn terminated. Paypal only...

Seeds of love is probably one of the best recorded and mixed record of its era. What do you find wrong with it?