I have a NX4 DSD to drive my AKG K702 on the iphone (been streaming over spotify and now tidal hifi) and I am super happy with the combination. I would now like to move on and use it also on my desktop PC for gaming (to replace an old cheap headset).
While this obviously works fine and boosts my audio experience from pitiful to awesome, I am a little worried about using the NX4DSD as permanent desktop solution. Leaving the charge USB plugged in will keep the battery at 100% all the time. I'm afraid this will add battery charging cycles very quickly and degrade the battery. When I (or the wife) will ever forget to switch the NX4 DSD off (happens) it will deplete the battery to min, further diminishing the life time.
Does anybody know if the battery can be replaced? Does anyone have a better idea how to do it? It would be awesome if the battery could be removed to it only runs on USB power when the PC is on. I guess thats not possible easily?
I wouldn't like to buy a dedicated new desktop DAC+amplifier, because i'm so super happy with the NX4