do i need a top hat for a RPi? let me explain a bit. using a headless player such as MoOde with a RPi3 via its built in wifi should bypass the well known USB/Ethernet problem so allowing the use of an external USB DAC. the files will be stored local on the Micro SD card so no...

if it sounds good to you then it is good. enjoy what you have, enjoy the music.

i personally dont like embedding artwork and much prefer to organise my music library correctly. depending on the player you dont have to tag wav files as most players read folder/filename structure. this is why its important to have a properly organised library. be lazy get bad results. Root...

by default WAV does not store metadata. you can use MP3Tag but you will have to configure it. always store your rips in the proper naming starting off with folders. Artist folder/Artist Album/ then you name the album.. Artist - Album - Track # - Song Title. to display artwork for the album...

you cant disable real sound tech. you have to use a music player app that does bit perfect.

DT-990 Edition (not Pro) are tuned and designed for home use. the clamping force is reduced but one still needs to bend the headband to suit their head. just pick your ohms flavour depending on your amplification. i personally preferred the DT-880 Edition (not Pro) as i found the sound...

OPPO phones have built in DSP (real sound technology) and most players like the one that comes with it or pulsar dont turn it off. the setting is in settings/sound and vibration "global sound"/real sound technology. i have an oppo a74 5g. using an app like HiBy Music Player (you can get it free...

a Digital to Analogue Converter takes a digital music signal from another device/source and converts the digital signal into analogue to be passed on to usually amplification like say a headphone amp. dont try and convert CD rips in FLAC to 24 bit. it does weird things, well so i have read.

what you are hearing compared to other Beyer headphones is midrange. so maybe you have a preference for V shaped sound signature. for me the pads are fantastic but i dont have huge ears. also with the DT700/900 you must bend the head band to suit your head size as the clamping force is really...

maybe its just me thats very sensitive to sibilance then. i have/had DT-770 Pro 80r, DT-990 Edition 32r, DT-880 Edition 600r, Custom One Pro 16r + mongrels and DT-900 ProX 48r. and every singe one has a sibilant peak when things get a bit hot in recordings. thing is i dont hear "sibilance" in...

you need to remove the foam outside the centre. doing this lets the radiated/reflected sound move back into the cups and a lot faster and the result is a lot less muddyness/in cup sound and they sound more like listening to speakers. i'm still experimenting with felt disc replacement materials...

you should have tried a pad swap while you were at it. 900 pads to 700 and 700 pads to 900. i know for a fact that the 700 pads on the 900's make the 900's a lot more bottom end orientated sound wise. bets that the 900 pads make the 700's very analytical. messing around with the ear foam discs...

just a small heads up. if there are other out there having a problem of the player closing after XX min on android phones then its the power settings on your phone. you need to turn off all power saving features. my phone navigation is: (YMMV) Settings/Battery/ Power saving mode's (off) More...

well after loooots of messing about i finally got the OPPO A74 5g to work with OTG to the Topping E30. the OPPO is a right PITA to get to work with any USB device and even more so with Windows. i'm using HiBy music player, its a superb bit of software. even makes my OPPO A74 sound better than...

thank you for such an amazing player. gapless works perfect for me but i use local files. my OPPO A74 5G is a nightmare for OTG but works fine with Topping E30 and HiByPlayer

whats its use? does it really have to be 7.1? personally i would buy a second hand 5.1 AV amp instead. that way it does more onboard codec decoding, more power, more inputs more well everything.

are we looking at the same EMM Labs.. i can find any low end stuff.

give 3 people 3 different sets of headphones using the same equipment and each person will give different results of what they hear/like about each headphones. if people are willing to fork out silly money on audiophool equipment then let them but i would just like to say that you wont find that...

i guess what i'm saying is up to a certain length of network cable it makes absolutely no difference what you use but if you have dodgy termination it will. yes shielding from EMI, AC voltages (the twisting in the cable takes care of a lot though) etc.etc is a must but apart from that it makes...

correct but most people cant or dont want to understand how it works. there is a whole complex chain of events with networking to make sure that the bytes of data sent from one end get to the other end intact but you can still get corruption of data. your not sending 1.s and 0.s your sending...

so far i'm pretty happy with the E30 so it will stay in my system for now. i might upgrade the power to a dedicated linear supply in the future. the E30 is way better than the dac stage in the X3 II.

£29k.... hahahahaaaaaaaa. suppose if you got it flaunt it :wink: is that streaming, cd or rip? as i'm starting to think it might be the cd version i have (dont have it at hand to know version). its the same with my JB - Sloe Gin (I ROND CD 07-DD534 Russia). its only very few cd (rip to wav)...

well it looks like its my phone and dap thats the problem.. pos oppo a74 has dodgy otg connection, dap does not support audio transfer over usb.

16 devices into two outlets is a fire waiting to happen. get a electrician in to fit more outlets to your ring main or even better get a dedicated consumer unit/fuse box put in for your audio gear.

the ones i have seen are tiny longest is 60cm. i want to lie in my bed and brows folders on my DAP or Phone.