I’m sure It’s not going to help, but the backplate falling off is most likely a consequence of a bad battery: the battery bulged, maybe not that much, but enough to push the backplate out. It’s actually a pretty good & safe design, you know for sure that something is wrong with the battery by...

See here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-new-hiby-r3-ii-is-here-4-4mm-jack-improved-sound-and-bluetooth.872288/post-17985829

Off-topic, but it’s available at AE (that’s where I got mine): https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOIDS9Y They also have its new little brother: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mN1D8cO

Besides your (Android) phone, what USB device have you successfully connected to your car USB? Have you been able to connect another non-Android player? What about a large thumbdrive with all you tracks? It is very possible that your car only support Android devices (or Apple CarPlay) and, in...

Digital to analog music transfer through USB………. Are you sure? AFAIK the R2 or R3 don’t transfer analog music through USB.

What does your car “expect” to see on the USB port? A USB mass storage? A digital source?

I’ll express my opinion…. Now, I know you. For once, just do what you say you’re doing: don’t reply!

Just re-read this comment from Hiby about the M300 src (Android 13): https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hiby-digital-m300-android-digital-audio-player-the-gen-z-music-player-discussion-thread.970428/page-2#post-17816663 They mention a bug limiting the bandwidth to 24kHz unless touch panel feedback...

There may have been some problems with src implementation on some Android phones. See Hiby’s comments about the M300 here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hiby-digital-m300-android-digital-audio-player-the-gen-z-music-player-discussion-thread.970428/page-2#post-17816663 Note that the M300 is...

Head-Fi has a mechanism for the granting of medals... Could something similar be used for users to report a potential troll or sealion? No ban or posting restriction, but something like a low-bar: “you’ve been tagged as potential troll or sealion… the community is watching you…” I think that...

I was mostly interested into the earpads as a possible inexpensive aftermarket replacement. The headband and earpads on my 5909 are still in great condition, so I haven't had to replace anything.

When you say the Shanling H2 ran fine, did you confirm that every single track on your SD was playing fine? It could be that the H2 saw the exact same error, but choose to ignore it instead of trying to fix it and/or aborting the scan—which would be a worse error handling IMO…

I have not disassemble the headband—no need so far—so can’t help. But I got a set of replacement headband and earpads from AliExpress that look to be from the same vendor: same exact pictures. They are utter garbage. Quality is absolutely terrible, the stitches are black instead of red and are...

In addition to perfect level matching, you would need to find somebody to randomly swap the phones for you and restart the track you left. Otherwise, it is a sighted test, and I’m sure you’ll “hear” differences: nothing wrong with that, it’s just how our brain is wired… So, although there...

Really? Go for it, explain your process and the results. :ksc75smile: Do you still have the FreeDSP cable? Same night and day difference? Can you also do a blind test with that cable? I suspect it’s an app self-imposed limit, not a HW constraint…