Xmas gadgets - Shanling M1s, Kobo Elipsa 2E
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| Shanling M1s on top of Kobo Elipsa 2E |
Kobo Elipsa 2E
- This trick still works to bypass the “download our software, create an account, login” hoops you otherwise have to jump through. I’m sure I’m missing out on some functionality but I can’t be arsed. I’m excited for the bigger screen and the stylus / notetaking functionality. Loading it up with my .epub (etc) library.
- It’s not waterproof. But I still have my Libra 2 for hot tub reading, which I keep saying I’ll do but never quite seem to get around to.
- I got this cover for it (learned my lesson a while ago with these things). It has a slot for the stylus. It was relatively inexpensive, and it’s relatively cheap. Stay tuned.
Shanling M1s
I’m using these with this 4.4mm male to 2.5mm female balanced adapter and currently trying them out with my HiFiMan HE400se planar magnetic headphones. The verdict: Still TBD. Some tracks sound incredible on this setup. Later Tool albums, e.g., I’m hearing subtle details I never noticed before. Other albums just sort of sound like crap. Suspect it’s a combination of these headphones being hard to drive, not having a good EQ curve plugged in, and maybe bad recordings? (I’m feeding it FLAC files but I didn’t encode all of them.) I’m going to try it out with my Sennheiser HD58x Jamboree cans (also balanced) and see where I get. The adapter is clunky (maybe the Surfans F28 with a native 2.5mm balanced output would have been a better get?), might try this one, even though it’s more expensive.
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