You are really helping me out as you will have reviewed or will be reviewing every DAP I have been considering. The R6 III is another DAP I have been looking into recently along with the DX180 as my next DAP to own. Needing to immediately buy a 1 TB card if I bought the M5 Ultra pushed it way...

I agree with you especially when you say once you find a DAP you like you keep it as long as you can. I have owned several DAP's that I kept for a few months and then sold because I was not happy with them. With my A55 with custom firmware I have been the happiest with it over every other DAP I...

Well to experiment you have to get your hands on one. As I stated I never buy a DAP on first release and I am not looking to get a DAP right at this moment. So I can afford to get impressions from reviews and posts. I also want to make sure there are no issues which most Chinese DAP's seem to...

Okay remember I said looks and I honestly prefer the look of the DX180 over the R4, it looks more like something someone my age would carry vs the R4 for my millenial and Gen-Z's out there. It has a larger higher resolution screen than the R4 which is something a 60 year old man appreciates. I...

I first became aware of it on the Sony A306 and ZX707 sold in North America and Singapore I believe which seem to start enforcing it at the same time after the EU did. There has always been a North American volume cap but it was before now applied to audio products for children only. I am...

I haven't had a chance to hear it yet so for now specs wise it is a step up from the M5 Ultra for me as it offers better battery life, and the power output is more inline with my needs. It has 128 GB onboard memory as well vs none for the M5 Ultra, my 512 GB card is maxed out and the oboard...

I wonder how it compares to the Shanling M1s though a non-android DAP it is almost the same price. I had a chance to listen to my nephews M1S and I rather liked it as a real alternative to my custom firmware A55 sound wise. It pairs pretty well with my NAD Viso HP50's but the bass is a little...

Looks great, did you get yours from Bloom Audio or import it from outside North America? I ask because I was talking to my buddies in Canadian audio sales about the North American volume cap and the buzz is it would be a hard cap on units sold domestically in the US and Canada just like the...

Are you sure this will be legal in volume capped countries? Sony did not make the volume cap bypassable on the A306 and ZX707 on units sold within North America. If it is legal to do this why wouldn't Sony have done this? This volume cap is the law and generally laws are not meant to be...

Hiby is now complying with the EU volume cap through firmware updates on their Android DAP's. It is being discussed in the R4 thread. Thing is if it is only possible to disable it in developer mode how hard would it be for Google to remove that ability with an Android update if mandated to do...

There has been discussion on this thread about the EU volume cap being applied via firmware updates. Can I assume the North American volume cap will also be applied for units sold in North America? We all know how the the volume cap has crippled the Sony A306 and ZX707 making importing from...

What about the North American volume cap on these units? It was been discussed at length how the North American Volume cap on the Sony A306 and ZX707 have crippled these units. If I purchase the DX180 from the Bloom Audio site will the unit come with the Volume cap applied? If not what are...

I get that but this is something I experienced and it is not a direct complaint about A&K DAP's, merely another perspective on why some people buy DAP's. I am simply pointing out that there are other motivations to buying a DAP that having nothing to do with audio capabilities. I did not...

Glad I am not planning to order an R4 for a couple more months. Hopefully this overheating issue will be sorted by then. I know it is only a few units with the issue but it is still a gamble I would rather not take if possible.

I think to some degree those that buy the really expensive DAP's are more about the bling than the technical capabilities. There was this tiny Portable audio dealer I bought some stuff from (has since moved into a larger location). He sold A&K DAP's and he told me he would sell 7 or 8 a week...