I’ve got TWS for commuting as well (because of the ANC), but I almost never use them at home.

In general, there are advantages to wired headphones, even ignoring their professional use: low latency, compatibility with all kinds of devices, and especially sustainability. TWS last maybe 5 years in the best cases before the battery dies (and often cannot be swapped) or software support runs out. A good pair of over ears can last decades.

No.

No.

Glad you had better luck with the E10K

I had one of these and it had a weird issue where it would lock up and the LED would flash red. Pressing the reset button would fix it but only temporarily

I completely agree I couldn't stand the sundara but I heard the edition xs recently and I loved it, its a massive step up.

Why is this guy getting downvoted? He's not wrong

>Maybe stupid question... You do have the Ztella MQA version?

Fuck.... I'm gonna leave this up as a mark of my stupidity.

To answer your questions for any future people with similar problems:

MQA is checked, but someone suggested to uncheck and a dev suggested there was no need to do that.

The app UI does show Green and Blue dots for MQA songs and non MQA songs.

This whole time I really thought the signs were pointing to the pixel being the problem (even UAPP still has it listed as incompatible) despite the June '22 update. The UI even told me to turn on bit perfect mode and MQA since it detected the DAC. Hell, the DAC packaging had information on how to turn this feature on. But none of it mattered because I couldn't read.

Thank you and to everyone who helped me with this.

Thomann is great, is where I bought my AH-D9200s from

Hey thanks! I absolutely fell in love with the K701.

Man I loved the first season of K-On! Too much cuteness killed me in the next season though. Good headphones. Dt1990 is AMAZING by the way.

Maybe stupid question... You do have the Ztella MQA version? Goole shows that this DAC comes in MQA and Standard version. Latter does not support MQA.

Secondly, in UAPP "settings" > "MQA" menu there is a checkbox "MQA passthrough". Do you have it checked or unchecked? If information on the Zorloo website is correct Ztella only is a MQA Renderer so this checkbox should be unchecked (you want the phone to do the first unfold). But in reality this should not be an issue because UAPP should detect DAC capabilities and act accordingly but maybe it is not for some reason and needs a bit of guidance.

Lastly, does the UAPP UI shows MQA at the bottom and is there green or blue dot next to it? If there are no dots then phone is NOT doing the first unfold and sends the raw file to the DAC. DACs without decoder will not be able to decode it and will treat it basically as simple 44.1/48 kHz file and play it "as-is".

That's all I can think of. But I think it may be also just specific issue with phone/UAPP/DAC combination. For instance my Zen DAC V1 never shows up magenta on my phone and UAPP, only green and yellow. But it works on PC so I guess it is just nature of the beast.

I came from the HyperX Could II, which was surprisingly good for a gaming headset. I heard it was a clone of a clone of the DT770Pro, the first time I tried on the DT770Pro it wasn’t much of a wow for me. Since it sounds very familiar I was just not that impressed. It sounded good, but doesn’t hit hard like the K701. Partially because it’s my first openback, the sound stage is just incredible.

For me, they are the most value headphones out there. The soundstage is awesome and the mid are almost as good as hd600s. Its one of those few headphones that made me go 'wow'.

Well you just wasted money on a feature called MQSCAM. MQA is totally useless and does nothing, the only thing it increases are the devices cost. It makes the song not lossless(if you care about that), mixes some ultrasonics into the audible band.

I honestly don't know, I just know that folks who got the post-2018 model haven't seemed to report the same problems, even though the mounting hardware appears to be identical. Sorry that I don't know more. Like I said, I believe they fixed the problem, but five cents worth of zipties can do the same thing, and the headphones are absolutely worth five cents of zipties.

Get K701 because it have a unique sound signature that's very bright and refreshing: ❌

Get K701 because Mio: ✅

Guess who also have a K701 for the same reason.

I have worked in Sales and Support for nearly twenty years and if you experience all the problems, the customers have, you start searching for them on your own devices and start doubting your own reason. That's pretty much the same with doing.to much research on possible problems online.

Your Pixel6 asks for allowance. Your DAC recognizes it by indicating the pass through via LED. So I would imagine it works. What it doesn't do is change led colour by audio format. Could that the format is not transmitted. Could also be that the driver doesn't communicate the led change correctly.

What happens to the LED when you plug your DAC into windows and use Tidal from the desktop. My HiBy is much more reliable in terms of LED change with Windows than with my Sony Xperia....

I did too lol whoops.

I still have a Fiio E09K with an E17 which goes on top.

The Master Blaster setup

Hello!

I signed on my tidal account through the UAPP app.

Every time I plug in the ztella DAC it gives me that prompt and I allow it access.

I will feel like the idiot of the year if that was the case, but no it's definitely red, but I'll double check in a minute. *It's definitely red lol.

Honestly, yea it does sound better. I just feel that it's my phone not allowing MQA to pass through since others have said the pixel 6pro gave them similar issues.

Hi! Do you use Tidal through UAPP? Or do you use the AMP directly with Tidal app?

Does your phone ask if you want to give tidal/UAPP access to your DAC? It has to for the MQA throughput to work. If it doesn't ask, the audio signal is down sampled by Android and then given to the DAC.

Also are you sure, that the light turn red or is it just also red as well as blue to create purple but only if looking from the right angle?

I have a HiBy FC4 which does MQA and indicates quality if the played back file with the LED. And there are times, that I misinterpret the LED because of the viewing angle...

Apart from all this. Does the setup sound great to you? Does it change sound with MQA vs no MQA?

Impedance doesn't matter as much as sensitivity

No, but my E12 Mont Blanc is still kicking after 7 years. That and an X3ii was my original rig. I needed something that would drive full size cans on the road. It easily plays crazy loud without distortion. I think the gain switch is intentionally difficult to operate so you don’t accidentally deafen yourself.

It’s a beautiful workhorse milled from a block of aluminum, features Texas Instruments op amps, and an ALPS potentiometer with a satisfying feel. It’s a special bit of gear to me, and I don’t see myself ever parting with it.

Turn off audio enhancements.
Get a Spotify/Tidal subscription if you don't have quality files, if you don't have quality files no headphone will sound good.

Get you favorite treat and listen to your favorites albums :).