Best compact headphone listening solution?

[Gray]

DOH!
Pass me another doughnut ☺️

Serves me right for talking about blind testing.....my power went off for the second time this week.
Currently sitting in the dark with no heat.
UK Power Networks woman asked if there was anywhere I could go to warm up. I said I could try the fridge.
(Nothing to do with storms, just the fuse of one phase, repeatedly blowing in the substation 😕 ).

 

[Jasonovich]

Serves me right for talking about blind testing.....my power went off for the second time this week.
Currently sitting in the dark with no heat.
UK Power Networks woman asked if there was anywhere I could go to warm up. I said I could try the fridge.
(Nothing to do with storms, just the fuse of one phase, repeatedly blowing in the substation 😕 ).

Sorry to hear that Gray. Really poor showing from NGRID.
Hopefully they're able to resolve this quickly.
Lots of candles, don't burn the house down. Lots of blankets and hot soup.
All the best mate.

 

[Revolutions]

@RTHerringbone have you got the K13 connected to the WiiM by usb?

Realised yesterday that I do a lot of music listening in bed with a book. Could be a perfect opportunity to use my planers instead of the Apple HomePod speaker. Been exploring single box options, thought to check here & saw this thread. Got cogs moving- I want Spotify lossless into headphones via a permanent box setup (that also looks lovely)…. BUT, I really should limit my budget to around £350 so it kinda makes things tricky. Maybe 2nd hand WiiM ultra & headphone dac.

 

[RTHerringbone]

@RTHerringbone have you got the K13 connected to the WiiM by usb?

Realised yesterday that I do a lot of music listening in bed with a book. Could be a perfect opportunity to use my planers instead of the Apple HomePod speaker. Been exploring single box options, thought to check here & saw this thread. Got cogs moving- I want Spotify lossless into headphones via a permanent box setup (that also looks lovely)…. BUT, I really should limit my budget to around £350 so it kinda makes things tricky. Maybe 2nd hand WiiM ultra & headphone dac.

Yep. The Ultra is a bit of an extravagance given I'm only using it as a transport. I went for it as it's a pretty close footprint match to the FiiO and I thought the screen would be a nice touch, but the reality is that I rarely look at that at all as I control it via my mobile phone, so that's the screen I look at the most 🤦‍♂️

If doing this again, I still think I'd go with this pairing though. The K13 is a lovely unit and whilst there's an active thread where an owner of the K11 has reservations about the way R2R handles treble, for my taste it's a good option.