@HeartByte would you please test all presence of all 3 mentioned issues after updating NConfigurator to the latest
1.7.2 and Firmware to
52. All two were released yesterday.
1) was fixed already for sure.
2) was most probably linked to inline mic detection (it could give false positive) and a very specific combination of host device (iPhone) and headphones, Firmware 52 has new approach towards detection which made it reliable across all devices (fix is confirmed by another user with a similar issue description).
3) although related to Neutron Player, still could be provoked by false positive inline mic detection and the fact that DAC V1 was starting with inline mic enabled by default (and then it was detected as absent), now it starts without Input interface enabled by default and inline mic detection happens after that. I think Android OS will no longer show recording permission request, but of course if your headset does not have inline mic.