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.

I use UAPP with a FiiO M11 Plus (ESS). I've noticed that DsD plays back at 384Khz instead of the "native" 5.6 MHz or 11.2 Mhz. In the FiiO Music app DsD plays back at 5.6 and 11.2 Mhz. Is there a way to do the same in UAPP or does it convert everything to PCM?

Yes. Edit: I assumed that by filters you meant the EQ function, which only affects the BT playback mode. The various dac filter options work for all sources. Sorry for posting wrong info.

What does the RU6 screen show when you play a regular non-MQA track in Tidal? I do believe that tidal does bypass all the windows APO's and SRC.

The NOS mode on this DAC, what a unique feature. But, it's use is frustratingly hindered by sample rate conversion in Windows and Android. NOS implies that the DAC should get a bit-perfect signal in it's native sample rate. A 44.1 track should reach the DAC as 44.1 in order for the true NOS...

As far as I'm aware, there have never been firmware updates for the ru-6. I'm not even sure the unit is updateable.

Has anyone tried using a 3ft or longer USB-C cable with the RU-6? I just got mine, letting it burn in on my windows machine. If I use a 3ft USB-C cable the unit will work for a few minutes and then windows audio stops and I have to unplug and reconnect the cable. Edit: It was not the 3ft...

Got my KA1 a few days ago. Using it with my stock Android 12 Pixel 6 Pro there is a random clicking/popping sound in my headphones. Happens with YouTube music and Amazon Music. Any thoughts on what could be causing this? KA1 works fine with my windows 10 PC.

On my AKM K9 Pro, I stopped using the front standby button to power down because it will randomly turn itself back on. This has happened several times. Now I just use the rear power switch instead. Seems like the "standby" mode needs some tweaking.

Ah, this answers my question I guess. Since it's a bug, I suspect I should run the preamp gain at "medium" level to avoid the software attenuation.

Finally hooked up the K9 Pro AKM to my Purifi Balanced amp. With the K9 in Preamp mode, I noticed the gain switch can be adjusted from low gain to medium gain. The high gain setting does nothing though. What are the gain levels for the low and medium setting? The manual says this switch...