Ambleside RIP Palle Danielsson ( 15 October 1946 - 18 May 2024), one of the greats gone.

On A Good Day 7Hz Timeless V1 with Kbear 4.4mm balanced pure copper cable<-- Shanling M6 Pro 21/ Tidal app I suspected there might be great synergy with this music and the Timeless and I was right. Shout out to Leonarfd for finding this one in his collection and posting!

This is a fantastic record. I'd never heard of them before and gave it a listen on Tidal last night. That listen turned into the whole record in one sitting. Was using my Edition XS's and FiiO M11 Plus ESS on All-to-DSD setting. Can't say enough about it other than it's a very big musical...

So sad to hear. What a loss.

Aside from all of those brilliant players and great tunes, this is one of the best sounding recordings I've ever heard and sounds great just streaming through Tidal on my HiFiMan HE-X4's and Shanling DAP. Marcus Miller's bass is so well recorded! Can't imagine how analog and visceral it must...

This is some amazing music, like nothing I've heard before. Thanks for posting!

The Streamlined Man (with Bobby McFerrin) HiFiMan HE-X4's (mildly customized with Brainwavz oval pads and Hexagonal grills)<-- Shanling M6 Pro 21/Tidal.

Martin Kohlstedt & Mollono.Bass AMS (Mollon.Bass Rework) HiFiMan HE-X4<--Shanling M6 Pro 21 (Tidal streaming) Great synergy between headphones and DAP. Bass and drums dig deep with lots of clarity. Soundstage isn't really big but big enough.

Or you could just clean it up a bit and then go for one of these. I've got one on my Edition XS (has same "fat tire" headband) and it works great. I got the thinner one but they also sell a thicker strap, depending on your head size...

Yeah, I've had the case where I had V1.2 still on my SD card in slot 1 and somehow the machine took it upon itself to reinstall that same firmware after I had already installed it previously. I kept thinking What??? then later on I figured it out. I made sure this time to get the new firmware...

Little Blue (with Brandi Carlile) Edition XS<--FiiO M11 Plus ESS (Tidal streaming). About as good as it gets, just pure magic.

OT: The first time I heard Holly Cole's version of I Can See Clearly Now, back in '93, it blew my mind. Still does.

Last night I had a good listen with NOS toggle to OFF and just selected the Darwin Ultra filter, nothing else. Had my RS2 4.4mm Balanced line out to Balanced line in on my A&K PA-10 Amp. Yeah, when I A/B it's hard to hear a difference but that's just me; I trust there is something good and...

Did you install it on your RS2 and then check the firmware in the about section on the machine itself? I downloaded and installed rs2.upt (dated Apr 7, 2024) on my RS2 yesterday and it is now showing FW 1.3. I installed from Joe Bloggs' link (post 100) on...

Joe--Thank you for getting Darwin V2 to the RS2. I installed it today and see that it's now properly reporting Firmware V 1.3. Just a quick question: If I just want to use the Darwin Ultra setting, should I select NOS as on (toggle over to right) or off (toggle over to left)?

I hadn't listened to to Hymns/Spheres in a long time and I put it on Tidal last night. It really is an amazing, otherworldly performance. Like you say, there are many ambient qualities to it and it ranges melodically from sort of baroque church organ to some sort of darker undefinable ambient...

Opalesque

Thanks for the info, at least now we know.

Apparently when the M23 is stable in Android 12 in testing (and/or their other candidates are also stable) they will OTA the upgrade to the rest of the candidates, which as far as I can surmise, will be those that are at Android 10 with Snapdragon 660, such as M17, M15S, M11S, M11 LTD and M11...

Something old, something brand new, something in between. All great. John Surman--Words Unspoken (2024) Flower In Aspic Kit Downes--Obsidian (2018) Black Is The Colour The Gary Burton Quartet With Eberhard Weber--Passengers (1977) Nacada --this is one of my favorite ECM album covers

I agree with your sentiments. Lately, the pinnacle of my listening experience is a simple set-up: My Edition XS and Shanling M6 Pro 21 in turbo mode using balanced 4.4mm with a pure copper cable. Any type of music, from Ralph Towner to Night Verses to Hania Rani, to Ton Koopman's Amsterdam...

Try Neighborhood if you haven't already, from 2005.

I ran into the same problem with my M11 Plus ESS...the FiiO app would not install the update after downloading from the Play Store. I then went into the app and in the About section it will show if there's an update available and I was able to download and install. Mine is now on 3.2.1. So, at...

My favorite too. Soulful stuff. I got mine on vinyl sometime in '85. Lots of associated memories.