Apos

Great! Love the DAC.

The R2R DAC works great. Using it with Cambridge CD transport and headphones.

Excellent shipping and packaging. Professional all the way. Great company!

My experience with Apos was excellent even if the product I ordered did not ultimately meet my needs. The Hifiman was in excellent open box condition and appeared "As New". The problem was that the phones did not work as Bluetooth with Apple iphones. They did, however, work with the included 3. 5 cable and are an excellent headphone. The price was also excellent, the best I have seen on the market. Even though I was disappointed with the Hifiman product, I would definitely use Apos again. Their Customer Service was very helpful and the Agent went out of his way to help me.

FiiO K17 out of the box sounded great. On par with my Topping DX9. I have a desktop setup with Neumann KH120A powered monitors, and using straight Qobuz via iMac. (No Roon yet. ) After about 400 hours of burn in, the K17 improved moderately in all aspects. It has a wonderfully dynamic and hefty bottom end (analog-like), tight/crisp/precise top end (DSD-like), and a solid midrange that may be slightly recessed. Very happy using my Sennheiser HD600s. K17 has a boatload of features and tweaks and MOST IMPORTANTLY, they are easy to figure out and use — unlike my DX9. My next test will be my DSD collection via Roon. It’s shocking how good some of my DSD files are; will K17 stand in the way or reveal even more? Stay tuned. APOS and FiiO shipping/handling went fine. The only downside is — what if K17 breaks?