Very good. Brutal. But sadly enough, I've come to prefer the ISIS cover of Streetcleaner. Or, I guess, it depends on what I want. Straight bleak brutality = Godflesh. A bit groovier = ISIS.

NEW SUNNATA

I have a HD569 on a shelf in the closet. Haven't used it in years. Dull and piercing at the same time. Intensely underwhelming. Cheaper sennheiser closed-backs sound way better than the 569. The HD471, for example, is a lovely headphone. As long as this isn't another HD569. Sorta interesting.

It's probably album art in the 'lock screen'.

Shanling M5s --- Topping NX7 --- Koss KPH30i All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people...

What is high gain on this thing? Can't find that spec.

I asked in the M5 Ultra thread and Shanling said that the M5 has 3.5 and 4.4 line out modes.

Line out?

I don't really like the sound of it. And it makes a low electrical buzzing in standby. It was nice to have something very clean for the warm headphone amp, at first, but it also sounds a bit dead and empty. And that electical hum. Back to the drawing board.

This one: https://geshelli.com/product/jnog2-socketed-j2s/ You'll see the option under 'DAC chip'.

The 4499 version is best. Most pronounced differences I've ever heard when rolling op amps. Go that, and shell out for some premium op amps, and you'll have a smooth, detailed DAC with a voluminous stage.

Ha, that's a nice dream. This is about the most that non-android users can hope for these days. Look at that new moondrop phone/dap... that's what the kids and the tech-heads want.

Done and done. I always flick a dollar into the guitar case though. Anything else I already have.