I like that Hakugei cable but I won’t deal with them any longer way too many QC issues.
Those two were replacements for two other cables. So far great love the sound of the Black Warrior definitely adds a bit of detail for the top end over a pure OFCC.
Mail Call again New IEM from a New Brand from AGASOUND called the AGA ONE
Was a whole lot spicy in the upper mids and a 500 mesh filter takes care of that but stock oh wow!
【Agasound AgaOne】 In-ear Earphones Balanced Dual-Cavity &Dual-magnetic – KEEPHIFI?
Shanling teasing thier upcoming EH2 Desktop.
I love the EH1 where you can power it right off my USBC DAP!
EH2 this time with over 4 Watts of power & Bluetooth- and get this in house developed R2R Dac! Sweet
New NiceHCK NX8 in ears playing with different nozzles.
Kinda like the Moondrop Kato Brass Nozzle.
The Kato nozzles are longer so there is that factor the NX8 gets deeper.
Stock nozzle suffer from bieng really short like the Himalaya.
Edit: nozzles not the problem those new eartips doing something wierd.
Also this piezoelectric driver is different from a BA tip end set , has some special zing up top.
New JVC Spiral Dots FX12 to the rescue!
Love this one warm on bottom , fun on top!
That piezoelectric driver sounds unique, and it’s surprising how much the tips can influence the sound. Glad the Spiral Dots FX12 worked to bring everything together!
I am still not sure on that PZT driver.
Vocals sound a bit unnatural to me.
I like the NX8 uniqueness still need more ear time with the set.
Good afternoon, is there a big difference between astell se 180 and hiby r8ii? Now I have hiby, I’m thinking of listening to astell se 180, will I lose much in the sound?
I haven’t heard the SE180, but have owned 5-6 AK DAPs.
Compared to R8ii the AK house sound is tuned more toward detailed and highly resolving mids and highs.
The one exception I know of is the Kann Max, and while it is still a high resolving DAP the mids are more subdued than other AK DAPs I have experienced.
They will typically be less warm than the R8ii, but you won’t be missing or losing anything, it’s just a different sounding tuning.
I like having different tuned DAPs to pair with different IEMs.
I am surprised that R8II is warm sounding as Hiby is usually more cold/analytical from my limited experience.
But then again there is MSEB which allows it to sound completely different If you wanted to so I’m wondering If R8II could sound like any of the other DAP you mentioned 
±5 warm already changes a lot on R6III
The R8 ii was definitely a warm sounding DAP I called it the smoother fixer!
Now they might have a new warm dap contender from Shanling
Wtf is wrong with that screen 
Looks interesting but also has a weird taste to it
I had 3-4 of the Hiby 6 series. They were all mids forward and “brighter”.
The only one I kept was the RS6. Still mids forward but the R2R DACs were warmer than the other 6 series.
The R8ii is tuned differently than any other Hiby DAC I have experienced. It is warm with a wide stage.
Excellent DAP IMHO, based on my personal listening preferences.
