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There is no "bypass" function. The RCA and XLR output the same signal, and you can select which to output. The HDMI on the A6 is output only. The A8 has no HDMI, it does have IIS. But, the A6 / A8 can act as a preamp which is what I assume you want to do since you are connecting it directly...

Ok. Been playing with the room correction more. It’s good. Hard to describe but it opens everything up and less “mud” and more clarity. I guess this is correcting for room modes and vibrations. It’s not subtle and generally sounds much. Much better. I’m sure this isn’t news to anyone who has...

This was a surprise. I’d picked up a mic a few months ago and was using a Mac to generate the fir files. I couldn’t get it to really work to my liking. Tried this with the mic direct into the a8 and it immediately improved the sound vs no filter. SUPER easy to use too. Impressed. Will play...

Compared to modern cars yes. My gt3 is about 2950, my 71 911 weighs just over 2100 lbs.

Both are fun cars. The red one, it’s pretty hard edged, took about 400lbs of weight off it (weights about 2600 lbs), and the chassis has zero rubber in it, has pretty aggressive multiple adjustment shocks, so it’s very, very direct and responsive. I did keep the AC, though. And it works. It’s...

One of my toys. I think i may have posted this one before. Here’s another (997.1 RS)

First think i did was stick my benchmark dac3 in a drawer when I got the A8.

I have both units, if i get some time this week I’ll hook them up via balanced inputs on my luxman integrated, play the same file played at the same time on repeat off the internal ssd, and see if i can hear a difference. I have a mic and software i can use to level match them, so I only have to...

If it sounds good to you, it’s good. As shared, speakers are very much a preference. I for one love the supposedly inaccurate and resonating cabinets of Harbeth. I never fatigue listening to them. I also love the tone controls on my amps.

In my office i have an old BAT Integrated amp (VK-300xSE) that I just had fully serviced by BAT, running some small harbeth p3esr xd speakers. I use the A6 as the source. I’d bought the A6 as an experiement to see if a streamer would work for me, really liked the device, features, and software...

Bollox and nothing? I didnt see that in any measured results from Amir, stereophile, etc. And i don’t know about you but i have pretty good ears and know i cannot hear 20k hz +. And I certainly don’t hear any issues in my a6 or a8. Listening to the a8 right now with some Ornette coleman...

New firmware out, lots of feature upgrades including native Apple Music integration, which is super slick to be able to combine playlists across sources. It’s at “CD” lossless 44.1k though, you need to use the android/side loaded Apple Music app to play high resolution still.

Been using one of these for about 6 months now, it’s a really great device. Right now I’m streaming high-resolution lossless off Apple Music. I mostly use it as a streamer + local storage for my entire ripped music library. This replaced my Dac/computer. I love the ease of use and interface via...

I enjoy mine. Nice to see the measured performance be such high level.

my bat and Luxman amps make similar clicks selecting and changing various settings. It’s relays. normal.

I have an a6 and an a8. A8 is on my bigger system (luxman 509x amp with Harbeth 30.2xd speakers) and it sounds the same to my ears . Which is great. At least to my ears. I use xlr with volume pass through and on the luxman i usually use the direct mode.

I haven’t noticed any difference in sound between firmware.

I'm not an Android user so I'm not too familiar with the guts of the platform, but there is lots of chatter on this on many Android sites/blogs. For now, 4.6 works fine, which I reinstalled. There does seem to be a way to trick AM to thinking the device is not rooted, but unsure/clear if the...

For those of you using Apple Music don’t install 4.7beta. Looks like Apple is not allowing use on rooted android devices. I’m sure a work around will be found.

Only high resolutions stereo. If Atmos is important to you, the Apple TV is a great device for that, it'll do lossless over HDMI to your receiver too (via Apple Music)