u/RetroGemCollector

There is $10k missing as I haven't haf the time to catalogue.

I must say I love this much more than the Khadas Tea (2nd picture) for sound both in BT and wired mode. it also has a NOS mode for such a tiny dac. So when you get this you have to enable the developper mode so you can crank up the volume because out of the box it is locked. Still I will take the Khadas when I want to go out. that low profile makes is the best and most portable dac I've had so far.

Mostly use this setup to play multimedia or to record gameplays. Built arround the Mac Mini M2 Pro. Can wait for the new update to the Mac Studio to upgrade.🍻✌️

Quad setup, Ally z1e + rtx4090 mobile, Mac mini m2 pro, Xbox series x and ps5 pro

After about 2.5 years of rocking the iFi Zen DAC/AMP V3 it was finally time to move on. Obviously watched a lot of youtube and had the chance to personally test some equipment. But in the end the Fiio stack looked and sounded very good to me. I am mainly running my Z1R, HD800s and the newly acquired ROG Kithara. So far, I'm baffled by the upgrade over the iFi stack. I love the warmth of the r2r and absolutely love the EQ potential of the K17. I also ended up installing a 4 120mm fan contraption behind the stack to pull the warm air out (as opposed to blowing cool air on the stack). Still running tests to make sure constant keeping cooling at different fan speed won't negatively affect the tube performace. I also ran a long 4.4mm extension from my M6 Double in case I want to give the stack a bit of rest. Since I am also addicted to microphones, I had to route the Rodecaster Pro2 via a coax converter to the coax in of the warmer. that way when I play online my chat and stream mix can go through the stack as well. So far I'm extremely happy with the outcome.

Now the game of waiting for customs to release my warmer r2r begins. The little ba$tard been so elusive recently. About 2 weeks ago it was fairly available but all of a sudden it became unavailable everywhere for a few days and now the soonest shipping time is in early July...once I got the k17 I had to have the warmer so I bought one off eBay. I know it is not recommended to stack them but I'm building fans behind the stack and will run some tests before finalizing the setup. So far AI seems to think I'll be fine but I have to wait and see. Regardless I'll miss my Zen Stack V3 as it served me well starting my audio journey.

I know I know...it is old and not very well reviewed but since it got released (7-8 years ago) I really wanted one but never got around getting it and completely forgot about em. About 2 weeks ago I was doom scrolling on YouTube when I came across a video by a reviewer that Iike who had this reviewed way back then. I watched a few videos about it and bought this one sealed for $70 on eBay. So it is a closed back and has two drivers per ear, one small ceramic twitter placed in front of your ear and one Titanium driver as the main one right on the ear. It is for most an on-ear headphone but for people like with small ear lobes they pass for over-ear. From my short listening they are better suited for movies and game.